USGS Streamgage 06896000
Wakenda Creek at Carrollton, MO
Wakenda Creek at Carrollton, MO is USGS streamgage 06896000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10300101. It drains a watershed of about 256 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1948. Typical flow runs near 16.4 cfs in July and 55 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 256 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 649 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10300101
- Coordinates
- 39.34325, -93.48554
- USGS site number
- 06896000
- Records begin
- 1948-03-01 (78 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 78 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9 | 17.9 | 152.5 | |
| February | 3.2 | 32.9 | 333.5 | |
| March | 5.6 | 57.3 | 762.1 | |
| April | 6.5 | 55 | 745.7 | |
| May | 6.8 | 40.5 | 808.6 | |
| June | 3.1 | 28.1 | 1,460.7 | |
| July | 1.6 | 16.4 | 693.3 | |
| August | 1.5 | 9.1 | 227 | |
| September | 1.1 | 6.7 | 454.2 | |
| October | 1.4 | 8.1 | 276.4 | |
| November | 1.6 | 10 | 130.3 | |
| December | 1.8 | 10.9 | 126.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).