Smoky Hill River

River in Kansas, read from 12 USGS gauges, draining about 19,260 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

771

cfs · 50 min ago

Normal for today

449

cfs median, 92 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1h ago

Gage height

8.31

Normal for the date172% of medianUSGS gauge 06877600

Thirty-day mean discharge · 271–6,710 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SMOKY HILL R AT ENTERPRISE, KS06877600	771 cfs	69°F	50 min ago
SMOKY HILL R AT NEW CAMBRIA, KS06870200	276 cfs	—	7164d ago
SMOKY HILL R NR MENTOR, KS06866500	156 cfs	—	50 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 449 cfs over 92 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 237 and 873 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Smoky Hill River

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