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Streamgage Dashboard

Flow summary

Show summary of flow conditions and link to a map showing a site location.

USGS 06892350 KANSAS R AT DESOTO, KS
Drainage area:59756 mi2
Discharge:1500 cfs
Stage:4.75 ft
Adj. stage:758.62 ft
Date:2020-10-21 18:45:00
Flood stage:26 ft
Percentile:36.69 %
Length of Record:103 years
Class symbol:symbol
% normal (median):68.81 %
% normal (mean):27.97 %
Water temperature:10.6 oC
Specific conductance:1490 μS/cm

Location map

Show a selected streamgage and surrouding streamgages. Click on a site to goto a site page

USGS hydrograph

Display 7-day gage-height hydrograph from USGS NWISWeb. Link to NwisWeb for more data options.

USGS hydrograph from NwisWeb and click to go to NwisWeb

AHPS River Forecast

Show AHPS hydrograph and link to AHPS for a given USGS site number.

AHPS River Forecast and click to view a large image with more options

Flood tracking chart

Compare the current stage and NWS flood stage with recorded peak stages of previous floods.

Flood tracking chart and click to view a large image with more options

Additional Information

Duration Hydrograph

Present a time-history streamflow along with historical streamflow percentiles.

Duration Hydrograph and click to view a large image with more options

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Duration Hydrograph (Monthly flow stats)

Present a time-history streamflow along with backdrop of monthly-flow percentiles.

Duration Hydrograph and click to view a large image with more options

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Duration Hydrograph (alt color)

Present a time-history streamflow along with historical normal and below normal streamflow percentiles.

Duration Hydrograph and click to view a large image with more options

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Cumulative Streamflow Hydrograph

Present a time-history cumulative streamflow along with historical cumulative streamflow percentiles.

Duration Hydrograph and click to view a large image with more options

Rating Curve

Show the relationship between gage height and discharge.

Rating curve and click to view a large image with more options

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Duration Curve

Provide long-term steamflow statistics

Duration curve and click to view a large image with more options

Raster Hydrograph

Provide pixel-based plots for visualizing and identifying variabtions and changes in a streamflwo data set.

Raster Hydrograph and click to view a large image with more options

Flow Statistics

Show summary of flow stats

Daily flow statistics for all days
Site number:06892350
Drainage area:59756 mi2
Date:ALL
Begin date:19171001
End date:20200102
Count:37349
Minimum:160.00 cfs
Mean:7369.92 cfs
Median:3370.00 cfs
Maximum:486000.00 cfs