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USGS 06889000 KANSAS R AT TOPEKA, KS

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This station is operated by the USGS and funded by the Logo for COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District and the Logo for Topeka city of Topeka.

Logo for NWS The National Weather Service flood stage for this site is 26.0 ft. (Forecast)

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Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on September 30, 2005.


This station managed by the Lawrence field office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2026-05-31
2007-10-01  2026-05-31







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 8490 05-31-2026   02:30 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 31 based on 108 water years of record more
Min
(1956)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 31		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
428 2850 6200 8490 10100 13900 54500

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.74 05-31-2026   02:30 CDT
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