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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07144200 LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER AT VALLEY CENTER, KS

LOCATION - Lat 37°49'56", long 97°23'19" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.36, T.25 S., R.1 W., Sedgwick County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 11030012, on right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 0.5 mi west of Valley Center, and at mile 17.5. Little Arkansas River Floodway gage is in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.34, T.25 S., R.1 W., on left bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, and 1.2 mi northwest of river gage.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,327 mi² of which 77 mi² probably is noncontributing.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1037: 1944. WSP 1117: Drainage area. WSP 1241: 1923, 1924-26(M), 1928-29(M), 1930(M, m), 1931(M), 1932(M, m), 1933(M), 1934, 1937(M), 1949(M). WSP 1711: 1958.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1922 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311.

GAGE -

River gage is water-stage recorder.

Current datum of gage is 1,325.86 ft. above mean sea level. (NAVD88) Obtained Nov. 5, 2020 using Trimble R10 unit set over RM8 for 1-hour static survey processed by OPUS.

Old Datum of river gage is 1,325.66 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Feb. 12, 1935, nonrecording gage at site 2.0 mi downstream at diffdrent datum. Feb. 12, 1935, to July 1, 1951, water-stage recorder, July 2, 1951, to Feb. 16, 1952, nonrecording gage, and Feb. 17, 1952, to Sept. 30, 1974, water-stage recorder at present site and at datum 2.00 ft higher. Floodway gage is water-stage recorder. Datum of floodway gage is 1,340.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project).

REMARKS - Natural flow affected by diversions and groundwater withdrawals for irrigation and municipal supply. Satellite telemeter at river station and floodway station. Since May 1957, part of high-water flow bypasses river gage through floodway channel for which separate records are computed; figures representing combined discharge are given herein. Discharge through floodway occurred only on the days given in the following table:


Date   Discharge (ft³/s)   Date   Discharge (ft³/s)   Date   Discharge (ft³/s)   Date   Discharge (ft³/s)

Oct29    733    Jun 9  2,020    Jun14  2,110   Sep 4  4,620
Oct31  2,070    Jun10  5,770    Jul 1  1,400   Sep 5  1,680
Nov 1  1,290    Jun11  5,620    Jul 2  2,030   
Jun 7  4,420    Jun12  4,850    Sep 2  5,000   
Jun 8  4,220    Jun13  4,510    Sep 5  1,680