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Average of
lowest 5 consecutive years during drought years 2000-2006 in Kansas
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Previous Documented Droughts
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Station Name
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Average 2000-2006
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Long-term
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Years of
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Remarks
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Streamflow (cfs)
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1929-41
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1952-57
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1962-72
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1974-82
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1988-92
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annual
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record
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streamflow (cfs)
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streamflow (cfs)
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streamflow (cfs)
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streamflow (cfs)
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streamflow (cfs)
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average
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Beaver Creek near
Cedar Bluffs
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0.047
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no data
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6.45
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3.48
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1.65
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1.79
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12.2
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58
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Prairie Dog Creek
near Woodruff
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2.37
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no data
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31.4
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8.7
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3.65
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3.74
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24.9
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63
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Republican River
near Hardy
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53.7
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557
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233
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264
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202
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138
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470
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73
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1933-41 only
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Republican River
at Concordia
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153
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no data
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291
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470
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390
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254
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615
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60
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Republican River
at Clay Center
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208
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708
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331
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685
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575
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395
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935
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88
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Big Creek near
Hays
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6.59
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no data
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10.8
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15.2
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11.6
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6.50
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31.2
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59
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Smoky Hill River
at Ellsworth
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56.7
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193
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107
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197
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117
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96.4
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232
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95
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Smoky Hill River
near Mentor
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91.5
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no data
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189
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257
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246
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120
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375
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65
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Smoky Hill River
at Enterprise
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413
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664
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761
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824
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1010
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559
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1543
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71
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1935-41 only
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North Fork Solomon River at Portis
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21.5
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no data
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85.3
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71.1
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43.3
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43.0
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115
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60
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South Fork Solomon River at Osborne
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11.6
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no data
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57.7
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22.4
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26.6
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26.0
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106
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85
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Solomon River at Niles
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121
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239
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290
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210
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314
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252
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552
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94
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Saline River near Russell
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20.2
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no data
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59.5*
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66.5
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46.7
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18.9
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91.7
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55
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1952,53 only
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Saline River near Tescott
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41.7
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124
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182
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72.2
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89.1
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76.3
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215
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86
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Kansas River at
Wamego
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2420
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3201
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2948
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4176
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5310
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2633
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5058
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86
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Soldier Creek at Topeka
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103
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44.6*
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20.1
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101
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144
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99.4
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155
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70
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Kansas River at
Lecompton
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2198
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no data
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2540*
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4303
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5932
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3490
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7116
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69
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Marais des Cygnes River at Ottawa
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580
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372
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199
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606
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717
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384
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693
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90
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Arkansas River at
Syracuse
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75.2
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181
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146
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169
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32.5
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164
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288
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89
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Arkansas River at
Garden City
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4.24
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51.7
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56.7
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234
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no data
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30.5
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177
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66
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missing 1970-86
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Arkansas River at
Dodge City
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0.26
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no data
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80.5
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99.3
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1.15
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7.91
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130
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65
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Arkansas River
near Kinsley
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0.11
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no data
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97.5
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117
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22.8
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12.6
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122
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61
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Arkansas River at
Great Bend
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12.4
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no data
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188
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270
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82.3
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31.9
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250
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67
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Pawnee River near Rozel
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8.16
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35.6
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41.1
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32.0
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21.3
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17.3
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58.9
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81
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Little Arkansas
River at Valley Center
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292
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68.4
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74.2
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223
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325
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143
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314
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83
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Arkansas River at
Wichita
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653
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365*
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434
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763
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843
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445
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1040
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71
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missing 1929-34
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Ninnescah River near Peck
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498
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no data
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259
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263
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489
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327
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522
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68
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1939-41 only
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Arkansas River at
Arkansas City
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1813
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707
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859
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1409
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1637
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1100
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1925
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87
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Walnut River at Winfield
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1252
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260
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179
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654
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553
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552
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893
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84
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Medicine Lodge River near Kiowa
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140
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70.2*
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no data
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96.1
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130
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125
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151
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61
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1939-41 only
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Crooked Creek
near Englewood
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8.51
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no data
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37.5
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15.5
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15.8
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10.8
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28.4
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63
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Verdigris River near Altoona
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673
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no data
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152
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327
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474
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648
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761
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67
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1940-41 only
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Verdigris River at Independence
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1813
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677
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388
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740
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1221
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1580
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1782
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91
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Fall River near
Fredonia
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565
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no data
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94.0
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228
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328
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380
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512
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67
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1939-41 only
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Caney River near Elgin
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310
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no data
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72.5
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94.7
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159
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228
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274
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66
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Neosho River at Council Grove
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96.0
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no data
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24.7
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54.0
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80.3
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35.5
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124
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67
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1939-41 only
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Cedar Creek near
Cedar Point
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56.2
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no data
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10.4
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43.1
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39.3
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41.3
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57.5
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67
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1939-41 only
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Neosho River near Iola
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1640
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589
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381
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1103
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1400
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1290
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1849
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95
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Neosho River near Parsons
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2219
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849
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640
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1359
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1967
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2120
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2720
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84
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Note: Highlighted
mean annual streamflows indicate lowest value
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* indicates
incomplete data for period
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