Flow report

Kansas streamflow

Live discharge, gauge height, water temperature, and percent-of-normal readings from every USGS streamgauge in Kansas. Built for paddlers, anglers, water managers, and flood researchers.

USGS gauges
161
State percent normal
18%
Paddle runs
0
Updated
May 16
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2026
Flow briefing

Streamflow levels across Kansas are currently 18% of normal, with the Kansas R At Desoto reporting the highest discharge in the state at 2,080 cfs and a gauge stage of 5.10 ft.

Meanwhile, the Neosho R Nr Iola is seeing a spike today — up 17% since yesterday and currently running near peak.

Tap any gauge below for the full hydrograph, paired weather forecast, and historical context. Use the rivers panel to jump into Kansas's named rivers.

Active weather warnings for Kansas

# Kansas Natural Disaster Alert

A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for western Kansas from Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening, affecting 13 counties including Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Hodgeman, Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Gray, Ford, Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade, and Clark. The National Weather Service in Dodge City warns of critical fire conditions with southwest winds gusting up to 45 mph and dangerously low humidity levels of 5-10 percent. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly across the region. Residents throughout western Kansas are urged to avoid all outdoor burning and remain vigilant for fire threats during this period.

Source: National Weather Service

Kansas at a glance

State-wide streamflow overview

The Kansas flow picture in four data points -- where the state sits versus historical norms, what's flowing hardest, and what's spiking fastest.

Percent of normal

18%

100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.

Highest discharge

Kansas R At Desoto 2,080 cfs

Gauge stage 5.10 ft

Biggest 24h spike

Neosho R Nr Iola +17%

Now 787 cfs

Network coverage

Gauges + rivers tracked 161 + 20

USGS gauges feeding 20 named rivers in Kansas.

Full streamgauge inventory

Kansas USGS streamgauges

Every USGS gauge Snoflo tracks in Kansas. Sortable, quickly filterable. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep. Tap any gauge for its full hydrograph and forecast.

161 gauges
Streamgage Streamflow Gage height Water temp Air temp Elevation Watershed
Turkey C Nr Seneca, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06814000
12 cfs · · 91°F 1,063 ft South Fork Big Nemaha
Sf Republican R Nr Co-Ks St Line, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06827000
1 cfs 3.71 ft · 89°F 3,478 ft South Fork Republican
Sappa C Nr Lyle, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06845110
3 cfs 5.39 ft · 93°F 2,244 ft Lower Sappa
Beaver C At Cedar Bluffs, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06846500
0 cfs 2.99 ft · 92°F 2,530 ft Beaver
Prairie Dog C Ab Keith Sebelius Lake, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06847900
2 cfs 3.50 ft · 93°F 2,347 ft Prairie Dog
Prairie Dog C Nr Woodruff, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06848500
0 cfs 1.39 ft · 92°F 2,032 ft Prairie Dog
White Rock C Nr Burr Oak, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06853800
1 cfs 1.46 ft · 92°F 1,612 ft Middle Republican
Republican R Nr Hardy, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06853500
23 cfs · 55°F 93°F 1,505 ft Middle Republican
Republican R Bl Milford Dam, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06857100
82 cfs 4.00 ft · 92°F 1,048 ft Lower Republican
Republican R At Clay Center, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06856600
45 cfs 6.80 ft 76°F 93°F 1,174 ft Lower Republican
Republican R At Concordia, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06856000
35 cfs 4.35 ft · 93°F 1,333 ft Lower Republican
Republican R At Scandia, Ks
13 hours ago · USGS 06854500
33 cfs · · 92°F 1,426 ft Lower Republican
Smoky Hill R At Elkader, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06860000
0 cfs 3.93 ft · 94°F 2,629 ft Upper Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Arnold, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06861000
0 cfs · 51°F 95°F 2,201 ft Upper Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Schoenchen, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06862700
1 cfs 2.81 ft · 96°F 1,917 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Bl Schoenchen, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06862850
0 cfs 2.41 ft · 95°F 1,888 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R At Pfeifer, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06863000
1 cfs 1.21 ft · 95°F 1,825 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R At Ellsworth, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06864500
18 cfs · · 93°F 1,534 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Russell, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06864000
5 cfs 3.41 ft · 94°F 1,700 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Bunker Hill, Ks
14 years ago · USGS 06864050
58 cfs · · 86°F 1,677 ft Middle Smoky Hill
Big C Nr Hays, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06863500
1 cfs 4.52 ft · 95°F 1,975 ft Big
Smoky Hill R At Lindsborg, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06866000
23 cfs 6.13 ft · 95°F 1,322 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Langley, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06865500
12 cfs 2.47 ft 65°F 95°F 1,417 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Gypsum C Nr Gypsum, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06870300
9 cfs 19.81 ft · 93°F 1,252 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R Nr Mentor, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06866500
24 cfs 3.67 ft · 93°F 1,251 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Smoky Hill R At Enterprise, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06877600
150 cfs 5.86 ft 78°F 92°F 1,117 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Lyon C Nr Junction City, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06878600
29 cfs 5.56 ft · 92°F 1,090 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Chapman C Nr Chapman, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06878000
14 cfs 4.08 ft · 91°F 1,130 ft Lower Smoky Hill
Saline R Nr Russell, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06867000
7 cfs 4.65 ft · 94°F 1,563 ft Upper Saline
Paradise C Nr Paradise, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06867500
0 cfs 8.10 ft · 94°F 1,622 ft Upper Saline
Saline R Nr Wakeeney, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06866900
3 cfs 2.54 ft · 95°F 2,225 ft Upper Saline
Mulberry C Nr Salina, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06869950
3 cfs 3.24 ft · 93°F 1,218 ft Lower Saline
Saline R At Wilson Dam, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06868200
17 cfs 2.84 ft · 93°F 1,449 ft Lower Saline
Saline R At Tescott, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06869500
20 cfs 7.68 ft · 94°F 1,301 ft Lower Saline
Bow C Nr Stockton, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06871500
4 cfs 3.92 ft · 93°F 1,810 ft Upper North Fork Solomon
Nf Solomon R At Glade, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06871000
4 cfs 3.12 ft · 93°F 1,764 ft Upper North Fork Solomon
Nf Solomon R At Portis, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06872500
17 cfs 3.81 ft · 94°F 1,511 ft Lower North Fork Solomon
Sf Solomon R Ab Webster Re, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06873000
1 cfs 2.46 ft · 94°F 1,949 ft Upper South Fork Solomon
Sf Solomon R At Osborne, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06874000
5 cfs 3.06 ft · 94°F 1,529 ft Lower South Fork Solomon
Sf Solomon R At Woodston, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06873460
0 cfs 3.73 ft · 93°F 1,676 ft Lower South Fork Solomon
Solomon R At Niles, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06876900
51 cfs 3.55 ft · 93°F 1,176 ft Solomon
Solomon R Nr Minneapolis, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06876440
21 cfs 2.02 ft · 94°F 1,249 ft Solomon
Salt C Nr Ada, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06876700
14 cfs 4.03 ft · 94°F 1,269 ft Solomon
Solomon R At Beloit, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06876000
52 cfs 2.96 ft · 93°F 1,361 ft Solomon
Solomon R Nr Glen Elder, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06875900
57 cfs 7.97 ft · 92°F 1,386 ft Solomon
Kansas R At Fort Riley, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06879100
346 cfs 4.29 ft · 93°F 1,038 ft Upper Kansas
Kings C Nr Manhattan, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06879650
0 cfs 3.33 ft 71°F 90°F 1,110 ft Upper Kansas
Mill C Nr Paxico, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06888500
141 cfs 3.52 ft · 90°F 990 ft Middle Kansas
Kansas R At Topeka, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06889000
1,360 cfs 5.63 ft · 91°F 854 ft Middle Kansas
Soldier C Nr Topeka, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06889500
16 cfs · · 91°F 866 ft Middle Kansas
Kansas R Nr Belvue, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06888350
1,040 cfs 9.84 ft · 90°F 940 ft Middle Kansas
Kansas R At Wamego, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06887500
1,210 cfs 3.58 ft 69°F 90°F 955 ft Middle Kansas
Soldier C Nr Delia, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06889200
9 cfs 5.19 ft · 91°F 938 ft Middle Kansas
Rock C Nr Louisville, Ks
2 years ago · USGS 06888300
16 cfs 8.70 ft · 64°F 1,007 ft Middle Kansas
Vermillion C Nr Wamego, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06888000
12 cfs 2.58 ft · 90°F 1,015 ft Middle Kansas
Delaware R Bl Perry Dam, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06890900
181 cfs 27.82 ft 65°F 89°F 901 ft Delaware
Delaware R Nr Muscotah, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06890100
33 cfs 2.60 ft 80°F 91°F 924 ft Delaware
Wakarusa R Nr Richland, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06891260
19 cfs 3.72 ft 57°F 90°F 898 ft Lower Kansas
Wakarusa R Nr Lawrence, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06891500
24 cfs 4.51 ft · 90°F 840 ft Lower Kansas
Kill C At 95 St Nr Desoto, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06892360
13 cfs 5.06 ft 60°F 89°F 775 ft Lower Kansas
Cedar C Nr Desoto, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06892495
15 cfs 57.28 ft 35°F 88°F 759 ft Lower Kansas
Kansas R At Desoto, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06892350
2,080 cfs 5.10 ft 75°F 89°F 759 ft Lower Kansas
Mill C At Johnson Drive, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06892513
12 cfs 44.92 ft 34°F 89°F 751 ft Lower Kansas
Kansas R At Lecompton, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06891000
2,030 cfs 2.99 ft · 89°F 824 ft Lower Kansas
Stranger C Nr Tonganoxie, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06892000
39 cfs 2.35 ft · 89°F 806 ft Lower Kansas
Stranger C Nr Potter, Ks
10 years ago · USGS 06891810
199 cfs 3.75 ft · 80°F 934 ft Lower Kansas
Big Blue R Nr Manhattan, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06887000
505 cfs 1.24 ft 64°F 90°F 992 ft Lower Big Blue
Fancy C At Winkler, Ks
2 years ago · USGS 06886500
8 cfs · 54°F 64°F 1,104 ft Lower Big Blue
Black Vermillion R Nr Frankfort, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06885500
43 cfs 2.94 ft 56°F 91°F 1,108 ft Lower Big Blue
Big Blue R At Marysville, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06882510
117 cfs 12.70 ft 75°F 91°F 1,134 ft Lower Big Blue
L Blue R Nr Barnes, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06884400
163 cfs 4.12 ft · 90°F 1,142 ft Lower Little Blue
Mill C At Washington, Ks
17 days ago · USGS 06884200
368 cfs 4.05 ft · 90°F 1,274 ft Lower Little Blue
Little Blue R At Hollenberg, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06884025
58 cfs 1.46 ft · 91°F 1,219 ft Lower Little Blue
Pottawatomie C Nr Scipio, Ks
7 years ago · USGS 06914100
15 cfs 3.17 ft · 87°F 889 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Pottawatomie C At Lane, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06914500
46 cfs 5.75 ft · 89°F 862 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R At Melvern, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06911000
20 cfs 2.19 ft · 90°F 961 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R Nr Reading, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06910800
18 cfs 2.63 ft 49°F 90°F 1,087 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R Nr Pomona, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06913000
95 cfs 1.29 ft · 90°F 895 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Salt C At Lyndon, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06911490
7 cfs · · 90°F 986 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R Nr Ottawa, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06913500
95 cfs 4.05 ft · 89°F 863 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Hundred And Ten Mile C Nr Quenemo, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06912500
11 cfs 2.51 ft · 90°F 923 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Dragoon C Nr Burlingame, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06911900
15 cfs 8.07 ft · 90°F 1,032 ft Upper Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R Nr Ks-Mo St Line, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06916600
370 cfs 4.70 ft · 88°F 765 ft Lower Marais Des Cygnes
Marais Des Cygnes R At La Cygne, Ks
13 hours ago · USGS 06915800
338 cfs 5.06 ft · 88°F 825 ft Lower Marais Des Cygnes
Big Bull C Nr Hillsdale, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06915000
22 cfs 2.21 ft · 88°F 889 ft Lower Marais Des Cygnes
L Bull C Nr Spring Hill, Ks
13 hours ago · USGS 06914990
2 cfs 2.80 ft 43°F 88°F 938 ft Lower Marais Des Cygnes
Big Bull C Nr Edgerton, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06914950
2 cfs 1.82 ft 36°F 88°F 938 ft Lower Marais Des Cygnes
L Osage R At Fulton, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06917000
32 cfs 3.60 ft · 87°F 799 ft Little Osage
Marmaton R Nr Marmaton, Ks
17 years ago · USGS 06917380
194 cfs · · 81°F 797 ft Marmaton
Marmaton R Nr Uniontown, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06917240
3 cfs · 60°F 88°F 881 ft Marmaton
Marmaton R Nr Fort Scott, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06917500
18 cfs 7.35 ft · 87°F 788 ft Marmaton
Blue R Nr Stanley, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06893080
7 cfs 3.81 ft · 87°F 890 ft Lower Missouri-Crooked
Blue R At Kenneth Rd, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06893100
19 cfs 5.21 ft 69°F 88°F 864 ft Lower Missouri-Crooked
Tomahawk C Nr Overland Park, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06893350
3 cfs 2.10 ft 59°F 88°F 860 ft Lower Missouri-Crooked
Indian C At State Line Rd, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06893390
44 cfs 10.34 ft 74°F 88°F 828 ft Lower Missouri-Crooked
Indian C At Overland Park, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 06893300
14 cfs 5.57 ft 79°F 88°F 864 ft Lower Missouri-Crooked
Southside Ditch Nr Lakin, Ks
11 months ago · USGS 07138063
36 cfs 1.27 ft · 96°F 3,059 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Amazon Great Eastern Ditch Nr Lakin, Ks
15 years ago · USGS 07138050
78 cfs 2.65 ft · 59°F 3,089 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R At Kendall, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07138020
7 cfs 5.22 ft · 95°F 3,135 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R At Garden City, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07139000
0 cfs 5.13 ft · 95°F 2,830 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R At Syracuse, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07138000
15 cfs 3.54 ft · 95°F 3,222 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R At Deerfield, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07138070
0 cfs 5.96 ft 59°F 95°F 2,937 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Farmers Ditch Nr Deerfield, Ks
12 months ago · USGS 07138075
0 cfs 1.29 ft · 95°F 2,917 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R Nr Coolidge, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07137500
17 cfs 1.81 ft 62°F 94°F 3,348 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Frontier Ditch Nr Coolidge, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07137000
28 cfs 11.11 ft · 94°F 3,363 ft Middle Arkansas-Lake Mckinney
Arkansas R Nr Larned, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07141220
0 cfs 3.30 ft · 97°F 1,962 ft Coon-Pickerel
Arkansas R At Great Bend, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07141300
3 cfs · 56°F 95°F 1,842 ft Coon-Pickerel
Pawnee R Nr Burdett, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07140850
0 cfs 2.29 ft · 96°F 2,129 ft Pawnee
Pawnee R At Rozel, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07141200
0 cfs 6.32 ft · 96°F 2,082 ft Pawnee
Walnut C Blw Cheyenne Btms Dv Nr Great Bend, Ks
15 years ago · USGS 07142020
3 cfs · · 86°F 1,861 ft Lower Walnut Creek
Walnut C At Albert, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07141900
0 cfs 2.19 ft · 95°F 1,918 ft Lower Walnut Creek
Walnut C At Nekoma, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07141780
1 cfs 6.68 ft · 96°F 2,023 ft Lower Walnut Creek
Rattlesnake C Nr Macksville, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07142300
1 cfs 3.15 ft · 97°F 1,968 ft Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake C Nr Zenith, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07142575
8 cfs 11.95 ft · 98°F 1,797 ft Rattlesnake
Arkansas R Nr Maize, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07143375
112 cfs 4.64 ft · 94°F 1,326 ft Gar-Peace
Arkansas R Nr Hutchinson, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07143330
103 cfs 2.06 ft · 96°F 1,470 ft Gar-Peace
Arkansas R Nr Nickerson, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07142680
49 cfs 8.89 ft · 96°F 1,602 ft Gar-Peace
Cow C Nr Lyons, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07143300
3 cfs 3.81 ft · 95°F 1,650 ft Cow
L Arkansas R At Valley Center, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144200
27 cfs 1.02 ft · 93°F 1,325 ft Little Arkansas
Floodway At L Arkansas R At Valley Center, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144201
0 cfs 2.58 ft · 93°F 1,335 ft Gar-Peace
L Arkansas R Nr Sedgwick, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144100
20 cfs 2.15 ft 76°F 94°F 1,344 ft Little Arkansas
L Arkansas R At Hwy 50 Nr Halstead, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07143672
5 cfs 5.81 ft 73°F 94°F 1,393 ft Little Arkansas
L Arkansas R At Alta Mills, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07143665
3 cfs · · 95°F 1,409 ft Little Arkansas
Arkansas R At Arkansas City, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07146500
456 cfs 3.39 ft · 92°F 1,059 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Slate C At Wellington, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07145700
7 cfs 3.53 ft · 94°F 1,174 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Arkansas R At Derby, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144550
209 cfs · · 92°F 1,230 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Arkansas R At Wichita, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144300
175 cfs 2.80 ft · 94°F 1,265 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Cowskin C At 119th St At Wichita, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144480
1 cfs 6.70 ft · 94°F 1,322 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Floodway At Arkansas R At Wichita, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144301
0 cfs 6.49 ft · 94°F 1,303 ft Middle Arkansas-Slate
Nf Ninnescah R At Cheney Dam, Ks
10 years ago · USGS 07144795
0 cfs 1.23 ft · 85°F 1,367 ft North Fork Ninnescah
Nf Ninnescah R Ab Cheney Re, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144780
32 cfs 5.84 ft 72°F 97°F 1,467 ft North Fork Ninnescah
Sf Ninnescah R Nr Murdock, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07145200
92 cfs 3.16 ft · 96°F 1,372 ft South Fork Ninnescah
Sf Ninnescah R Nr Pratt, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07144910
5 cfs 2.50 ft · 99°F 1,833 ft South Fork Ninnescah
Ninnescah R Nr Peck, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07145500
157 cfs 2.62 ft · 94°F 1,233 ft Ninnescah
Whitewater R At Towanda, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07147070
27 cfs 1.79 ft · 92°F 1,242 ft Upper Walnut River
Walnut R At Winfield, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07147800
137 cfs 1.05 ft · 92°F 1,112 ft Lower Walnut River
Cimarron River Near Forgan, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07156900
15 cfs 2.31 ft · 98°F 2,326 ft Upper Cimarron-Liberal
Crooked C Nr Englewood, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07157500
4 cfs 2.24 ft · 99°F 2,168 ft Crooked
Cimarron R Near Buttermilk, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07157740
5 cfs 7.16 ft · 100°F 1,713 ft Upper Cimarron-Bluff
Bluff Creek Nr Buttermilk, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07157940
11 cfs 5.20 ft · 100°F 1,711 ft Upper Cimarron-Bluff
Medicine Lodge R Nr Kiowa, Ks
11 hours ago · USGS 07149000
32 cfs · · 101°F 1,289 ft Medicine Lodge
Chikaskia R Nr Corbin, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07151500
43 cfs 2.04 ft 36°F 94°F 1,111 ft Chikaskia
Verdigris R Nr Altoona, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07166500
136 cfs 3.61 ft · 87°F 798 ft Upper Verdigris
Verdigris R Nr Virgil, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07165750
37 cfs 7.05 ft · 89°F 964 ft Upper Verdigris
Fall R At Fredonia, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07169500
219 cfs 3.96 ft · 88°F 836 ft Fall
Otter C At Climax, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07167500
8 cfs 1.42 ft · 89°F 991 ft Fall
Verdigris R At Coffeyville, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07170990
389 cfs 3.70 ft 60°F 85°F 698 ft Middle Verdigris
Verdigris R At Independence, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07170500
362 cfs 2.75 ft · 86°F 730 ft Middle Verdigris
Elk R At Elk Falls, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07169800
19 cfs 2.78 ft · 89°F 921 ft Elk
Caney R Nr Elgin, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07172000
37 cfs 1.73 ft · 88°F 773 ft Caney
Neosho R Nr Americus, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07179730
71 cfs 3.28 ft · 91°F 1,123 ft Neosho Headwaters
Neosho R At Council Grove, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07179500
11 cfs 8.05 ft 45°F 90°F 1,223 ft Neosho Headwaters
Cedar C Nr Cedar Point, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07180500
31 cfs 4.12 ft · 92°F 1,278 ft Upper Cottonwood
Cottonwood R Nr Florence, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07180400
99 cfs 3.17 ft · 92°F 1,238 ft Upper Cottonwood
N Cottonwood R Bl Marion Lk, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07179795
9 cfs 4.78 ft · 86°F 1,307 ft Upper Cottonwood
Cottonwood R Nr Plymouth, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07182250
257 cfs 4.01 ft 75°F 91°F 1,128 ft Lower Cottonwood
Neosho R Nr Iola, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07183000
787 cfs 7.53 ft 62°F 87°F 946 ft Upper Neosho
Neosho R At Burlington, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07182510
715 cfs 7.46 ft 68°F 89°F 992 ft Upper Neosho
Labette C Nr Oswego, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07184500
7 cfs 5.74 ft · 86°F 827 ft Middle Neosho
Lightning C Nr Mccune, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07184000
5 cfs 1.00 ft 51°F 87°F 849 ft Middle Neosho
Neosho R Nr Parsons, Ks
12 hours ago · USGS 07183500
730 cfs 8.00 ft 60°F 87°F 836 ft Middle Neosho
Flow report FAQ

About Kansas streamflow

Where does the Kansas streamflow data come from?

The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System. USGS streamgauges report continuously (every 15 minutes) and the data is the canonical real-time record for U.S. rivers. Snoflo pulls the latest readings and joins them to a 7-day NOAA weather forecast for each station.

What is cfs?

Cubic feet per second — the standard unit for streamflow. One cfs is about 7.5 gallons per second. Small creeks run at single-digit cfs; the Mississippi at hundreds of thousands.

What does Gauge Height mean?

The water level at the gauge in feet above the reference datum. Used together with discharge to track river state. Flood stage and runnable levels are typically expressed in gauge height (e.g., "flood at 16 ft").

How fresh is the Kansas data?

USGS streamgauges report every 15 minutes; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The AI briefing regenerates daily.

Can I get a flow alert for a Kansas gauge?

Yes. Save any USGS gauge as a favorite in the Snoflo iOS app, set a discharge or stage threshold (e.g. "alert me when discharge crosses 2,000 cfs"), and you'll get a push the moment it crosses.

Is this a substitute for an NWS flood warning?

No. Snoflo is informational. For flood life-safety decisions always follow guidance from your local NWS forecast office and state emergency management. Snoflo data is one input among several.