Cottonwood River

River in Kansas, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 1,833 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,060

cfs · 36 min ago

Normal for today

111

cfs median, 12 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1927d ago

Gage height

4.83

Above normal for the date955% of medianUSGS gauge 07182260

Thirty-day mean discharge · 79.5–8,060 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
COTTONWOOD R AT EMPORIA, KS07182260	1,060 cfs	—	36 min ago
COTTONWOOD R NR PLYMOUTH, KS07182250	910 cfs	73°F	1h ago
COTTONWOOD R AT COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS07182000	655 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 111 cfs over 12 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 60.0 and 750 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Cottonwood River

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