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Historic Low Flows for Kansas Streams

For a listing of this table in numerical order.

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Station
number

Station name

Period of
record

Low Flow in
cubic feet per
second (ft³/s)

Date

07146500

Arkansas River at Arkansas City

1903-current year

1.0

Oct. 9, 1921

07138070

Arkansas River at Deerfield

1999-current year

.00

(1)

07144550

Arkansas River at Derby

1969-current year

62

Oct. 5, 1991

07139500

Arkansas River at Dodge City

1903-current year

.00

(1)

07139000

Arkansas River at Garden City

1923-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07141300

Arkansas River at Great Bend

1941-current year

.00

(1)

07138000

Arkansas River at Syracuse

1903-current year

.00

Aug. 17, 1946

07144300

Arkansas River at Wichita

1935-current year

3.0

Sept. 3, 1934

07137500

Arkansas River near Coolidge

1951-current year

.00

(1)

07143330

Arkansas River near Hutchinson

1960-current year

27

Oct. 13, 1980

 

 

 

 

 

07140000

Arkansas River near Kinsley

1945-current year

.00

(1)

07141220

Arkansas River near Larned

1999-current year

35

Sept. 20, 2002

07143375

Arkansas River near Maize

1988-current year

3.4

Oct. 16, 1991

07142680

Arkansas River near Nickerson

1998-current year

32

Aug. 26, 2003

06846500

Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs

1946-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06846000

Beaver Creek at Ludell

1930-current year

.00

(1)

06882510

Big Blue River at Marysville

1985-current year

17

Dec. 4, 1991

06887000

Big Blue River near Manhattan

1963-current year

.20

Nov. 23, 1978

06914950

Big Bull Creek near Edgerton

1994-current year

.00

Sept. 11, 1997

06915000

Big Bull Creek near Hillsdale

1959-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06863500

Big Creek near Hays

1947-current year

.00

(1)

07170700

Big Hill Creek near Cherryvale

1958-current year

.00

(1)

06885500

Black Vermillion River near Frankfort

1954-current year

.00

(1)

06893080

Blue River near Stanley

1975-current year

.00

(1)

06871500

Bow Creek near Stockton

1952-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07141175

Buckner Creek near Burdett

1996-current year

.00

(1)

07172000

Caney River near Elgin

1940-current year

.00

(1)

07180500

Cedar Creek near Cedar Point

1939-current year

.00

(1)

06878000

Chapman Creek near Chapman

1955-current year

.10

Oct. 10, 1956

07151500

Chikaskia River near Corbin

1951-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07155590

Cimarron River near Elkhart

1972-current year

.00

(1)

07180200

Cottonwood River at Marion

1986-1999

1.9

Oct. 24, 1991

07180400

Cottonwood River near Florence

1962-current year

4.4

June 28, 1991

07182250

Cottonwood River near Plymouth

1964-current year

8.7

Oct. 21, 1964

07143300

Cow Creek near Lyons

1938-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07157500

Crooked Creek near Englewood

1943-current year

.00

(1)

06890900

Delaware River below Perry Dam

1970-current year

.00

(1)

06890100

Delaware River near Muscotah

1970-current year

.00

Aug. 17, 1989

06911900

Dragoon Creek near Burlingame

1961-current year

.00

(1)

07169800

Elk River at Elk Falls

1968-current year

.00

(1)

07169500

Fall River at Fredonia

1950-current year

.00

(1)

07144680

Goose Creek near Arlington

1997-current year

.00

Aug. 23, 1998

06912500

Hundred and Ten Mile Creek near Quenemo

1940-current year

.00

(1)

06893300

Indian Creek at Overland Park

1964-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06892350

Kansas River at DeSoto

1918-current year

160

Oct. 11, 1956

06879100

Kansas River at Fort Riley

1965-current year

100

Dec. 24, 1966

06891000

Kansas River at Lecompton

1937-current year

185

Oct. 13, 1956

06889000

Kansas River at Topeka

1918-current year

112

Dec. 16, 1940

06887500

Kansas River at Wamego

1920-current year

73

Dec. 14, 1940

 

 

 

 

 

06888350

Kansas River near Belvue

1983-current year

390

Jan. 16, 1992

06879650

Kings Creek near Manhattan

1980-current year

.00

(1)

07143665

Little Arkansas River at Alta Mills

1974-current year

.00

Aug. 15, 1991

07143672

Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead

1996-current year

3.3

Sept. 19, 1998

07144200

Little Arkansas River at Valley Center

1923-current year

.00

Nov. 19, 1992

 

 

 

 

 

07144100

Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick

1994-current year

2.8

Aug. 24, 2003

06884400

Little Blue River near Barnes

1959-current year

22

Aug. 6, 1964

06914990

Little Bull Creek near Spring Hill

1994-current year

.02

June 2, 1998

06917000

Little Osage River at Fulton

1949-current year

.00

(1)

07184000

Lightning Creek near McCune

1939-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06915800

Marais des Cygnes River at La Cygne

1985-current year

36

Nov. 7, 1988

06916600

Marais des Cygnes River near Ks-Mo State Line

1959-current year

.00

(1)

06913500

Marais des Cygnes River near Ottawa

1903-current year

.00

(1)

06913000

Marais des Cygnes River near Pomona

1923-current year

.00

(1)

06910800

Marais des Cygnes River near Reading

1970-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06917380

Marmaton River near Marmaton

1972-current year

.00

Aug. 1, 1978

07149000

Medicine Lodge River near Kiowa

1938-current year

.00

(1)

06884200

Mill Creek at Washington

1960-current year

.00

(1)

06888500

Mill Creek near Paxico

1954-current year

.00

(1)

07179795

North Cottonwood River below Marion Lake

1969-current year

.00

Oct. 3, 1984

 

 

 

 

 

07182510

Neosho River at Burlington

1966-current year

.00

Nov. 28, 1980

07179500

Neosho River at Council Grove

1939-current year

.00

(1)

07179730

Neosho River near Americus

1964-current year

.00

(1)

07183000

Neosho River near Iola

1899-current year

.00

(1)

07183500

Neosho River near Parsons

1922-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07144780

North Fork Ninnescah River above Cheney Reservoir

1966-current year

.00

July 14, 1966

07144601

North Fork Ninnescah River at Arlington

1997-current year

12

Sept. 11, 1998

07144795

North Fork Ninnescah River at Cheney Dam

1965-current year

.00

(1)

06871000

North Fork Solomon River at Glade

1953-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06872500

North Fork Solomon River at Portis

1946-current year

.00

(1)

07145500

Ninnescah River near Peck

1938-current year

.20

Sept. 3, 1956

07167500

Otter Creek at Climax

1947-current year

.00

(1)

07141200

Pawnee River at Rozel

1925-current year

.00

(1)

07140850

Pawnee River near Burdett

1982-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06914000

Pottawatomie Creek near Garnett

1940-current year

.00

(1)

06847900

Prairie Dog Creek above Keith Sebelius Lake

1963-current year

.00

(1)

06848500

Prairie Dog Creek near Woodruff

1929-current year

.00

(1)

07142300

Rattlesnake Creek near Macksville

1960-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07142575

Rattlesnake Creek near Zenith

1974-current year

.00

Sept. 14, 1984

07144730

Red Rock Creek near Pretty Prairie

1997-current year

.18

Aug. 24, 1998

06856600

Republican River at Clay Center

1918-current year

.00

Aug. 10, 1934

06856000

Republican River at Concordia

1946-current year

4.6

Sept. 10,2003

06857100

Republican River below Milford Dam

1968-current year

2.7

Sept. 18, 1985

 

 

 

 

 

06853500

Republican River near Hardy, NE

1958-current year

.00

Aug. 9, 1934

06869500

Saline River at Tescott

1920-current year

.00

1935,1936

06868200

Saline River at Wilson Dam

1964-current year

.00

Nov. 8, 1978

06867000

Saline River near Russell

1946-current year

.00

Aug. 11, 1964

06866900

Saline River near WaKeeney

1956-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06876700

Salt Creek near Ada

1960-current year

.00

(1)

06911500

Salt Creek near Lyndon

1940-current year

.00

(1)

06845110

Sappa Creek near Lyle

1996-current year

.01

Sep. 18, 2003

06845000

Sappa Creek near Oberlin

1929-current year

.00

(1)

07145200

South Fork Ninnescah River near Murdock

1951-current year

5.0

Aug. 5, 1964

 

 

 

 

 

07144910

South Fork Ninnescah River near Pratt

1981-current year

.75

Sept. 7, 1990

06844900

South Fork Sappa Creek near Achilles

1960-current year

.00

(1)

06873000

South Fork Solomon River above Webster Reservoir

1946-current year

.00

(1)

06874000

South Fork Solomon River at Osborne

1947-current year

.00

(1)

06873460

South Fork Solomon River at Woodston

1979-current year

.00

Oct. 1, 1979

 

 

 

 

 

07144660

Silver Creek near Arlington

1997-current year

.00

Sept. 4, 1998

07145700

Slate Creek at Wellington

1970-current year

.00

(1)

06860000

Smoky Hill River at Elkader

1940-current year

.00

(1)

06864500

Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth

1896-current year

.00

Sept. 28, 1956

 

 

 

 

 

06877600

Smoky Hill River at Enterprise

1935-current year

10

Apr. 23, 1935

06870200

Smoky Hill River at New Cambria

1963-current year

11

Oct. 22, 1991

06862850

Smoky Hill River below Schoenchen

1982-current year

.00

(1)

06861000

Smoky Hill River near Arnold

1951-current year

.00

(1)

06864050

Smoky Hill River near Bunker Hill

1940-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06865500

Smoky Hill River near Langley

1949-current year

.40

Jan. 23, 1948

06866500

Smoky Hill River near Mentor

1925-current year

1.0

Aug. 10, 1989

06862700

Smoky Hill River near Schoenchen

1965-current year

.00

(1)

06889160

Soldier Creek near Circleville

1965-current year

.03

Sept. 16, 1989

06889200

Soldier Creek near Delia

1959-current year

.00

Sept. 10, 1976

 

 

 

 

 

06889500

Soldier Creek near Topeka

1936-current year

.00

(1)

06876900

Solomon River at Niles

1898-current year

1.0

Sept. 4, 1926

06875900

Solomon River near Glen Elder

1965-current year

.32

Nov. 22, 1971

06876070

Solomon River near Simpson

1991-current year

.78

June 27, 1991

06892000

Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie

1930-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06814000

Turkey Creek near Seneca

1949-current year

.00

July 28,1956

07170500

Verdigris River at Independence

1968-current year

.00

(1)

07166500

Verdigris River near Altoona

1961-current year

.00

(1)

06888000

Vermillion Creek Near Wamego

1936-current year

.00

June 2, 1937

06891500

Wakarusa River near Lawrence

1978-current year

.00

(1)

07141900

Walnut Creek at Albert

1959-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

07141780

Walnut Creek at Nekoma

1970-current year

.00

(1)

07142020

Walnut Creek below Cheyenne Bottoms Diversion near
Great Bend

1995-current year

.00

Oct. 1, 1995

07141770

Walnut Creek near Alexander

1996-current year

.07

Aug. 16, 2003

07147800

Walnut River at Winfield

1922-current year

.00

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

06853800

White Rock Creek near Burr Oak

1958-current year

.00

(1)

07147070

Whitewater River at Towanda

1962-current year

.20

July 14, 1966

                                        (1) Station recorded zero flow all or part of the day several times during the period of record.

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