Big Blue River

River in Kansas, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 9,640 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

11,200

cfs · 32 min ago

Normal for today

526

cfs median, 76 yrs

Water temp

°F · 32 min ago

Gage height

11.14

Above normal for the date2129% of medianUSGS gauge 06887000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 500–12,100 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
BIG BLUE R NR MANHATTAN, KS06887000	11,200 cfs	68°F	32 min ago
BIG BLUE R AT MARYSVILLE, KS06882510	1,230 cfs	69°F	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 526 cfs over 76 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 196 and 1,750 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Big Blue River

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