Little Delaware River in Kansas
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Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Little Delaware River is a 9.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Delaware R near Muscotah, KS (site 06890100). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1970 to 2026
Little Delaware River typically runs highest in May, at a median 128 cfs, and lowest in September, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,000 cfs, in 2013.
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| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 35 | 17 to 89 |
| February | 56 | 23 to 142 |
| March | 74 | 29 to 205 |
| April | 91 | 36 to 243 |
| May | 128 | 49 to 340 |
| June | 83 | 40 to 243 |
| July | 41 | 15 to 102 |
| August | 22 | 8.2 to 66 |
| September | 16 | 5.3 to 61 |
| October | 16 | 4.7 to 64 |
| November | 37 | 13 to 73 |
| December | 40 | 17 to 86 |
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 57 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Delaware R near Muscotah, KS (site 06890100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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