Saline River in Kansas
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About this river
Saline River is a 37.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Saline R at Tescott, KS (site 06869500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1920 to 2026
Saline River typically runs highest in June, at a median 135 cfs, and lowest in January, at 35 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 47,600 cfs, in 1951.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 35 | 20 to 76 |
| February | 43 | 26 to 90 |
| March | 52 | 26 to 119 |
| April | 60 | 31 to 142 |
| May | 87 | 38 to 297 |
| June | 135 | 46 to 388 |
| July | 75 | 29 to 224 |
| August | 57 | 25 to 162 |
| September | 51 | 23 to 139 |
| October | 39 | 18 to 99 |
| November | 42 | 21 to 69 |
| December | 38 | 20 to 76 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 107 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Saline R at Tescott, KS (site 06869500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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