USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07141900 WALNUT CREEK AT ALBERT, KS
LOCATION - Lat 38°27'42", long 99°00'52" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.29, T.18 S., R.15 W., Barton County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 11030008, on left bank at downstream side of county highway bridge, 0.2 mi north of Albert, 14 mi northwest of Great Bend, and at mile 43.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,618 mi² of which 169 mi² probably is noncontributing. Per automated delineation using 30-meter NHDPlus in Kansas StreamStats website 9/11/2017. DA 1618, CDA 1449.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1958 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. The current datum of gage is 1,897.51 ft above sea level NAVD 88. The previous datum of gage was 1,897.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark).
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in August 1927 reached a stage of 21.3 ft, from floodmark and information by local residents (discharge not determined, but due to levees built in 1934 is substantially greater than indicated by current rating).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge and stage of 12,700 cfs, 25.75 ft., gage datum, occurred on Sept. 22, 1959.