USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06847900 PRAIRIE DOG CREEK ABOVE KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE, KS
LOCATION - Lat 39°46'11", long 100°06'01" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.23, T.3 S., R.25 W., Norton County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10250015, on right bank 10 ft upstream from county highway bridge, 4.0 mi east of Clayton, and at mile 90.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 590 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1962 to current year. Prior to Dec. 28, 1980, published as Prairie Dog Creek above Norton Reservoir.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 2335.672 ft. above NAVD88 from the results of a static survey using Trimble R8 equipment conducted on 6/30/21. Prior to that the gage datum was 2,334.94 ft above NGVD of 1929 and prior to Sept. 30, 1974, at datum 2.00 ft higher than 2334.94 ft.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum known flood since at least 1944, 65,500 ft³/s May 28, 1953, at site 9.4 mi downstream, based on contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.