Kansas River

Kansas R Ab Topeka Weir at Topeka, KS

Shawnee County, Kansas · USGS 06888990

Updated Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

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RIVER PULSE

Current conditions · Rising

Streamflow is currently 3,340 ft³/s. Flow has risen 470 CFS over the past 24 hours.

WATER QUALITY

Current water conditions

Dissolved oxygen
8.4
Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT
pH
8.4
Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT
Turbidity
69.6
Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT
Specific conductance
689
Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Shawnee County
Drainage area: 56,686 mi²
Current measurements: 8
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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CURRENT MEASUREMENTS

Latest available readings

Phycocyanin fluorescence
Sep 24, 10:15 AM CDT
1.1
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