River Levels
Kansas river levels
Live streamflow for 130 gauged Kansas reaches, highest first. Where a gauge has a long enough record, the reading is placed against its own history for today's date.
68% of gauged Kansas rivers are running in their normal range for the date, as of October 25, 2026.
Of 63 gauged reaches with a long enough USGS record, 9 are below normal (4 of them much below), 43 are in the normal range, and 11 are above normal (1 of them much above). Normal means the middle half of that gauge's own history for this calendar date.
To cite: Boating Hubs analysis of USGS streamflow, boatinghubs.com/flows/kansas.
| River | Flow | Usually today | Vs normal | NWS flood status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas RiverKansas R at Desoto, KS | 9,550 cfs8.12 ft | 1,990 cfs | Above normal86th percentile · 109 yr record | Below flood stageNWS forecast: 7.9 ft by Sun 1 PM, below flood stage. |
| Kansas RiverKansas R above Topeka Weir at Topeka, KS | 6,410 cfs6.64 ft | 1,420 cfs | Above normal84th percentile · 10 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Neosho RiverNeosho R at Burlington, KS | 2,380 cfs9.34 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Neosho RiverNeosho R near Iola, KS | 2,310 cfs8.29 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Neosho RiverNeosho R near Parsons, KS | 2,280 cfs9.37 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Kansas RiverKansas R at Fort Riley, KS | 750 cfs5.32 ft | 644 cfs | Normal54th percentile · 62 yr record | Below flood stageNWS forecast: 5.3 ft by Sun 1 PM, below flood stage. |
| Big Blue RiverBig Blue R at Marysville, KS | 670 cfs14.48 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Arkansas RiverArkansas R at Arkansas City, KS | 635 cfs3.45 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Big Blue RiverBig Blue River at Barneston, Nebr. | 500 cfs4.35 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Smoky Hill RiverSmoky Hill R at Enterprise, KS | 422 cfs7.26 ft | 370 cfs | Normal54th percentile · 92 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Arkansas RiverArkansas R on Hwy 160 at Oxford, KS | 419 cfs7.51 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Marais des Cygnes RiverMarais Des Cygnes R near Ottawa, KS | 327 cfs5.25 ft | 51 cfs | Above normal77th percentile · 124 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Little Blue RiverL Blue R near Barnes, KS | 302 cfs4.86 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Republican RiverRepublican R at Clay Center, KS | 269 cfs7.54 ft | 213 cfs | Normal56th percentile · 109 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Republican RiverRepublican R at Concordia, KS | 268 cfs5.28 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Marais des Cygnes RiverMarais Des Cygnes R near Ks-mo ST Line, KS | 255 cfs4.31 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Cottonwood RiverCottonwood R near Plymouth, KS | 236 cfs3.50 ft | 131 cfs | Normal64th percentile · 63 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Marais des Cygnes RiverMarais Des Cygnes R at LA Cygne, KS | 234 cfs4.75 ft | 94 cfs | Normal53rd percentile · 42 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Spring RiverSpring R near Baxter Springs, KS | 210 cfs2.86 ft | 433 cfs | Below normal10th percentile · 17 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Verdigris RiverVerdigris R near Altoona, KS | 206 cfs3.74 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Ninnescah RiverNinnescah R near Peck, KS | 190 cfs2.54 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Republican RiverRepublican R at Junction City, KS | 140 cfs4.31 ft | 149 cfs | Normal48th percentile · 59 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Smoky Hill RiverSmoky Hill R at Lindsborg, KS | 139 cfs7.24 ft | 102 cfs | Normal56th percentile · 96 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Smoky Hill RiverSmoky Hill R near Mentor, KS | 139 cfs4.34 ft | 92 cfs | Normal65th percentile · 102 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Smoky Hill RiverSmoky Hill R near Langley, KS | 130 cfs3.59 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| South Fork Ninnescah RiverSF Ninnescah R near Murdock, KS | 114 cfs3.20 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Neosho RiverNeosho R at Burlingame RD near Emporia, KS | 101 cfs3.93 ft | 15 cfs | Normal73rd percentile · 17 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Mill CreekMill C near Paxico, KS | 98 cfs3.58 ft | 22 cfs | Above normal81st percentile · 72 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Arkansas RiverArkansas R at Syracuse, KS | 90 cfs4.51 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Arkansas RiverArkansas R near Hutchinson, KS | 88 cfs1.94 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Neosho RiverNeosho R near Americus, KS | 76 cfs3.28 ft | 25 cfs | Normal74th percentile · 63 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Walnut RiverWalnut R at Winfield, KS | 72 cfs0.78 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Little Delaware RiverDelaware R near Muscotah, KS | 70 cfs2.80 ft | 19 cfs | Normal73rd percentile · 57 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Stranger CreekStranger C near Tonganoxie, KS | 67 cfs2.54 ft | 13 cfs | Above normal75th percentile · 97 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Smoky Hill RiverSmoky Hill R at Ellsworth, KS | 65 cfs1.58 ft | 44 cfs | Normal64th percentile · 131 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Black Vermillion RiverBlack Vermillion R near Frankfort, KS | 63 cfs3.10 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Vermillion CreekVermillion C near Wamego, KS | 61 cfs3.16 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Cottonwood RiverCottonwood R near Florence, KS | 55 cfs2.95 ft | 63 cfs | Normal43rd percentile · 65 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Solomon RiverSolomon R near Minneapolis, KS | 53 cfs2.32 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Arkansas RiverArkansas R near Nickerson, KS | 48 cfs8.93 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| South Fork Big Nemaha RiverNorth Fork Big Nemaha River at Humboldt, Nebr. | 37 cfs1.98 ft | 41 cfs | Normal44th percentile · 74 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Little Soldier CreekSoldier C near Topeka, KS | 36 cfs0.20 ft | 15 cfs | Normal68th percentile · 91 yr record | Below flood stageNWS forecast: 0.2 ft by Sun 1 PM, below flood stage. |
| Solomon RiverSolomon R at Beloit, KS | 36 cfs2.79 ft | 51 cfs | Normal39th percentile · 97 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Verdigris RiverVerdigris R near Virgil, KS | 34 cfs6.94 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| North Fork Ninnescah RiverNF Ninnescah R above Cheney RE, KS | 34 cfs5.85 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Medicine Lodge RiverMedicine Lodge R near Kiowa, KS | 34 cfs-0.11 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Indian CreekIndian C at State Line RD, Leawood, KS | 32 cfs10.23 ft | 30 cfs | Normal52nd percentile · 23 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| South Fork Cottonwood RiverSF Cottonwood R near Bazaar, KS | 30 cfs7.15 ft | 13 cfs | Normal54th percentile · 14 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Turkey CreekTurkey C near Seneca, KS | 30 cfs1.06 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | No NWS flood stage |
| Saline RiverSaline R at Tescott, KS | 28 cfs6.54 ft | 32 cfs | Normal44th percentile · 107 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Soldier CreekSoldier C near Delia, KS | 27 cfs5.54 ft | 7.4 cfs | Above normal75th percentile · 68 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Stranger CreekStranger C at Easton, KS | 23 cfs2.61 ft | 8.4 cfs | Normal69th percentile · 11 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Marais des Cygnes RiverMarais Des Cygnes R near Reading, KS | 21 cfs2.79 ft | 1.9 cfs | Normal75th percentile · 57 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| North Fork Solomon RiverNF Solomon R at Portis, KS | 21 cfs3.90 ft | 21 cfs | Normal50th percentile · 81 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Wildcat CreekWildcat C at Scenic Drive, Manhattan, KS | 19 cfs2.95 ft | 2.2 cfs | Above normal84th percentile · 14 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Hundred and Ten Mile CreekHundred and Ten Mile C near Quenemo, KS | 19 cfs2.57 ft | 20 cfs | Normal44th percentile · 87 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Salt CreekSalt C near Ada, KS | 17 cfs4.33 ft | Not recorded | No historical record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Whitewater RiverWhitewater R at Towanda, KS | 17 cfs1.66 ft | 25 cfs | Normal38th percentile · 65 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
| Wakarusa RiverWakarusa R near Richland, KS | 17 cfs3.83 ft | 5.4 cfs | Above normal75th percentile · 24 yr record | No NWS flood stage |
| Chapman CreekChapman C near Chapman, KS | 16 cfs4.42 ft | 17 cfs | Normal46th percentile · 72 yr record | Below flood stageNWS issues forecasts here only during high water. |
Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey, updated hourly. "Usually today" is the median for this calendar date over the gauge's full record. A gauge tells you how much water is moving, not whether a stretch is safe to run: check the channel, the hazards and a current local notice before you launch. Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service; "Vs normal" is our comparison with the USGS record, not a National Weather Service product.
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