About this river
Dry Creek is a 4.9 mile stream near Melvern Lake Marina Inc in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Neosho R at Neosho Rapids, KS (site 07182390). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2026
Dry Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,230 cfs, and lowest in October, at 160 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 33,200 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 238 | 133 to 739 | |
| February | 380 | 145 to 808 | |
| March | 460 | 176 to 1,440 | |
| April | 668 | 263 to 1,230 | |
| May | 1,120 | 363 to 2,890 | |
| June | 1,230 | 291 to 2,910 | |
| July | 421 | 81 to 1,850 | |
| August | 317 | 110 to 726 | |
| September | 210 | 99 to 654 | |
| October | 160 | 72 to 597 | |
| November | 243 | 93 to 501 | |
| December | 245 | 129 to 660 |
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 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Neosho R at Neosho Rapids, KS (site 07182390). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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