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Stranger Creek near Kansas City, KS

River21.5 mi

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Around Stranger Creek

Suncatcher Lake RV Park14 miClinton Lake17 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Stranger Creek is a 21.5 mile river near Marina Boathouse in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Stranger C at Easton, KS (site 06891850). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2015 to 2026

Stranger Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 125 cfs, and lowest in October, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,400 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at Stranger C at Easton, KS, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January178.8 to 58
February2616 to 64
March2414 to 117
April4715 to 131
May12534 to 304
June6933 to 183
July3012 to 96
August136.2 to 30
September6.82.1 to 16
October4.72.0 to 30
November125.7 to 27
December149.4 to 27

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 11 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Stranger C at Easton, KS (site 06891850). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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