USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06869500 SALINE RIVER AT TESCOTT, KS
LOCATION - Lat 39°00'14", long 97°52'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.16, T.12 S., R.5 W., Ottawa County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260010, on right bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 0.5 mi south of Tescott, 0.5 mi upstream from Dry Creek, and at mile 68.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,820 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 806: Drainage area. WSP 856: 1931. WSP 1310: 1926-28(M), 1935(M), 1945(M), 1947-48(M). WSP 1919: 1922, 1960.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1919 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorders. Datum of gage is 1,265.34 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Nov. 23, 1934, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of July 13, 1951, was greatest known since at least 1903 and exceeded the flood of May-June 1903 by about 1.0 ft, from information by local residents.