USGS Streamgage 06879810
Wildcat C at Scenic Drive, Manhattan, KS
Wildcat C at Scenic Drive, Manhattan, KS is USGS streamgage 06879810, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270101. It drains a watershed of about 86 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2012. Typical flow runs near 8.5 cfs in July and 10.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 86 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,043 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270101
- Coordinates
- 39.18839, -96.64256
- USGS site number
- 06879810
- Records begin
- 2012-01-11 (14 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 15 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 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 40.2 | |
| February | 1.7 | 6.4 | 47.3 | |
| March | 1.4 | 6.8 | 114.2 | |
| April | 1.6 | 10.6 | 180.7 | |
| May | 4.8 | 26.5 | 422.4 | |
| June | 2.6 | 23.3 | 236.7 | |
| July | 0.8 | 8.5 | 149.2 | |
| August | 0.5 | 5.2 | 88.3 | |
| September | 0.3 | 3 | 130.3 | |
| October | 0.3 | 2.1 | 80.1 | |
| November | 0.4 | 3.4 | 21.3 | |
| December | 0.7 | 4.5 | 92.6 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).