USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
07143375 ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR MAIZE, KS
LOCATION - Lat 37°46'53", long 97°23'22" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.23, T.26 S., R.1 W., Sedgwick County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 11030010, on upstream side of county highway bridge, 4.0 mi east of Maize, 3.5 mi south-southwest of Valley Center, 2.8 mi downstream from Little Arkansas River Floodway Diversion channel, and at mile 772.2.
DRAINAGE AREA - 39,110 mi² of which 7,186 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1987 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Current gage datum is 1,317.56 ft. above msl (NAVD88). Previous datum of gage was 1,317.08 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Nov. 1, 1998 reached a gage-height of 16.93 ft, discharge 45,900 cfs.