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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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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).
REMARKS - Flow slightly regulated since Oct. 1948 by John Martin Reservoir (station 07130000). Extensive diversions upstream from station for irrigation. Natural flow is significantly altered, since May 1957, by diversion during high flows from the Little Arkansas River into the stream upstream from station. Satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Nov. 1, 1998 reached a gage-height of 16.93 ft, discharge 45,900 cfs.