Kansas river levels

264 active gauges · data refreshed 8 min ago (NWS backup feed)

140 gauges with a water-level reading and an official flood stage; 0 at action level below flood stage. 105 gauges without a usable water-level reading; 19 with a reading but no published minor flood stage.

This summary uses the latest available readings, which may be delayed. Check each gauge’s observation time below. Below-stage readings do not rule out flooding elsewhere, including streets and unmonitored waterways.

Rivers: Arkansas River · Smoky Hill River · Neosho River · Kansas River · Soldier Creek · Marais Des Cygnes River · Cottonwood River · Republican River · Saline River · Solomon River · Cedar Creek · Indian Creek · Buckner Creek · Sf Solomon River · Mill Creek · Rock Creek · Shunganunga Creek · Walnut Creek · L Arkansas River · Cowskin Creek · Verdigris River · Prairie Dog Creek · Nf Solomon River · Salt Creek · Wildcat Creek · Big Blue River · Delaware River · Wakarusa River · Stranger Creek · Pottawatomie Creek · Marmaton River · Rattlesnake Creek · Cow Creek · Nf Ninnescah River · Walnut River · Cimarron River · Elk River · Turkey Creek · Missouri River · Sappa Creek · Beaver Creek · White Rock Creek · Big Creek · Blue River · Big Bull Creek · Pawnee River · Sf Ninnescah River · Whitewater River · Caney River · Mcconnell Creek

Towns: Overland Park · Wichita · Desoto · Topeka · Sedgwick · Manhattan · Lyndon · Emporia · Arlington · Junction City · Schoenchen · Wamego · Dunlap · Jetmore · Great Bend · Russell · Lawrence · Burdett · Hutchinson · Ellis · Webster Re · Arkansas City · Buttermilk

GaugeStatusStageFlowUpdated
Arkansas River at Arkansas City, KSNo flooding3.31 ft373 cfs
Arkansas River at Deerfield, KSNo flooding5.97 ft
Arkansas River at Derby, KSNo flooding0.57 ft174 cfs
Arkansas River at Dodge City, KSNo flooding6.74 ft
Arkansas River at Garden City, KSNo flooding5.18 ft
Arkansas River at Great Bend, KSNo flooding0.56 ft0 cfs
Arkansas River at Mulvane, KSNo flooding5.45 ft138 cfs
Arkansas River at Syracuse, KSNo flooding3.17 ft0 cfs
Arkansas River near Coolidge, KSNo flooding1.51 ft0 cfs
Arkansas River near Hutchinson, KSNo flooding1.89 ft81 cfs
Arkansas River on Hwy 160 at Oxford, KSNo flooding7.33 ft333 cfs
Beaver C at Cedar Bluffs, KSNo flooding2.98 ft
Big Blue River at Blue Rapids, KSNo flooding15.77 ft
Big Blue River at Marysville, KSNo flooding13.24 ft262 cfs
Big Blue River near Manhattan, KSNo flooding1.23 ft501 cfs
Big C near Hays, KSNo flooding4.26 ft1 cfs
Black Vermillion River near Frankfort, KSNo flooding2.76 ft
Blue River near Stanley, KSNo flooding4.25 ft22 cfs
Bow C near Stockton, KSNo flooding3.35 ft
Chapman C near Chapman, KSNo flooding4.16 ft16 cfs
Chikaskia River near Corbin, KSNo flooding1.99 ft27 cfs
Cimarron River near Forgan, OKNo flooding2.28 ft13 cfs
Cottonwood River at Emporia, KSNo flooding1.78 ft106 cfs
Cottonwood River near Florence, KSNo flooding2.91 ft45 cfs
Cottonwood River near Plymouth, KSNo flooding2.64 ft100 cfs
Cow C near Hutchinson, KSNo flooding1.29 ft9 cfs
Cow C near Lyons, KSNo flooding3.47 ft0 cfs
Cowskin C at 119Th St at Wichita, KSNo flooding6.61 ft0 cfs
Crooked C near Englewood, KSNo flooding1.49 ft
Cross C at Rossville, KSNo flooding7.27 ft25 cfs
Delaware River near Muscotah, KSNo flooding2.95 ft68 cfs
Dragoon C near Burlingame, KSNo flooding8.03 ft
Elk River at Elk Falls, KSNo flooding2.31 ft6 cfs
Emma C at Sedgwick, KSNo flooding-2.24 ft
Fall River at Fredonia, KSNo flooding3.09 ft39 cfs
Indian C at Overland Park, KSNo flooding5.99 ft33 cfs
Indian C at State Line Rd, Leawood, KSNo flooding10.84 ft151 cfs
Kansas River at Desoto, KSNo flooding5.04 ft1,860 cfs
Kansas River at Fort Riley, KSNo flooding4.77 ft391 cfs
Kansas River at Kansas City, KSNo flooding9.59 ft
Kansas River at Lawrence, KSNo flooding13.76 ft20,100 cfs
Kansas River at Lecompton, KSNo flooding2.90 ft2,250 cfs
Kansas River at Manhattan, KSNo flooding5.12 ft587 cfs
Kansas River at Topeka, KSNo flooding5.87 ft1,730 cfs
Kansas River at Wamego, KSNo flooding3.81 ft1,230 cfs
Kansas River near Belvue, KSNo flooding6.00 ft1,280 cfs
Kansas River near Lake Quivira, KSNo flooding10.36 ft2,390 cfs
L Arkansas River at Alta Mills, KSNo flooding-1.11 ft
L Arkansas River at Hwy 50 near Halstead, KSNo flooding5.56 ft2 cfs
L Arkansas River near Sedgwick, KSNo flooding1.66 ft6 cfs
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GaugeStatusStageFlowUpdated
L Blue River near Barnes, KSNo flooding4.87 ft372 cfs
L Osage River at Fulton, KSNo flooding3.19 ft
Lightning C near Mccune, KSNo flooding0.75 ft0 cfs
Little Blue River at Hollenberg, KSNo flooding1.50 ft
Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne, KSNo flooding4.73 ft201 cfs
Marais Des Cygnes River near Ks-Mo St Line, KSNo flooding4.28 ft245 cfs
Marais Des Cygnes River near Ottawa, KSNo flooding4.35 ft143 cfs
Marais Des Cygnes River near Reading, KSNo flooding2.40 ft
Marmaton River near Fort Scott, KSNo flooding9.22 ft154 cfs
Marmaton River near Uniontown, KSNo flooding-0.07 ft
Medicine Lodge River near Kiowa, KSNo flooding-0.72 ft
Mill C at Washington, KSNo flooding1.80 ft
Mill C near Paxico, KSNo flooding3.03 ft39 cfs
Missouri River at Atchison, KSNo flooding7.91 ft36,600 cfs
Missouri River at Leavenworth, KSNo flooding3.23 ft36,000 cfs
Mud C near Talmage, KSNo flooding3.77 ft
Mulberry C near Salina, KSNo flooding2.94 ft22 cfs
Neosho River at Burlington, KSNo flooding5.88 ft77 cfs
Neosho River at Neosho Rapids, KSNo flooding1.32 ft234 cfs
Neosho River near Americus, KSNo flooding2.75 ft21 cfs
Neosho River near Erie, KSNo flooding11.77 ft503 cfs
Neosho River near Iola, KSNo flooding7.06 ft248 cfs
Neosho River near Parsons, KSNo flooding7.49 ft281 cfs
Nf Solomon River at Glade, KSNo flooding2.57 ft
Nf Solomon River at Portis, KSNo flooding3.67 ft
Ninnescah River near Peck, KSNo flooding1.91 ft141 cfs
Paradise C near Paradise, KSNo flooding8.17 ft13 cfs
Pawnee River at Rozel, KSNo flooding6.29 ft
Pawnee River near Burdett, KSNo flooding2.29 ft
Pottawatomie C at Lane, KSNo flooding5.75 ft
Pottawatomie C near Garnett, KSNo flooding3.54 ft15 cfs
Prairie Dog C above Keith Sebelius Lake, KSNo flooding2.71 ft0 cfs
Prairie Dog C near Woodruff, KSNo flooding1.35 ft1 cfs
Rattlesnake C near Macksville, KSNo flooding2.72 ft
Rattlesnake C near Zenith, KSNo flooding11.72 ft0 cfs
Republican River at Clay Center, KSNo flooding6.31 ft
Republican River at Concordia, KSNo flooding4.40 ft
Republican River at Scandia, KSNo flooding0.66 ft
Republican River near Hardy, NENo flooding0.63 ft22 cfs
Saline River at Lincoln, KSNo flooding10.40 ft25 cfs
Saline River at Tescott, KSNo flooding6.45 ft
Saline River near Russell, KSNo flooding4.25 ft
Saline River near Wakeeney, KSNo flooding2.12 ft
Salt C at Lyndon, KSNo flooding0.85 ft
Salt C near Ada, KSNo flooding3.99 ft
Sappa C near Lyle, KSNo flooding4.88 ft3 cfs
Sf Ninnescah River near Murdock, KSNo flooding2.82 ft65 cfs
Sf Ninnescah River near Pratt, KSNo flooding2.72 ft5 cfs
Sf Republican River near Co-Ks St Line, KSNo flooding2.74 ft
Sf Solomon River above Webster Re, KSNo flooding1.37 ft
Sf Solomon River at Osborne, KSNo flooding2.67 ft
Sf Solomon River at Woodston, KSNo flooding3.73 ft0 cfs
Shunganunga C at Gage Blvd, Topeka, KSNo flooding4.67 ft42 cfs
Shunganunga C at Topeka, KSNo flooding4.49 ft29 cfs
Slate C at Wellington, KSNo flooding3.95 ft7 cfs
Smoky Hill River at Elkader, KSNo flooding4.26 ft2 cfs
Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, KSNo flooding1.15 ft22 cfs
Smoky Hill River at Enterprise, KSNo flooding6.73 ft213 cfs
Smoky Hill River at Lindsborg, KSNo flooding6.56 ft
Smoky Hill River at New Cambria, KSNo flooding5.14 ft127 cfs
Smoky Hill River below Schoenchen, KSNo flooding2.19 ft
Smoky Hill River near Arnold, KSNo flooding0.16 ft
Smoky Hill River near Mentor, KSNo flooding3.93 ft74 cfs
Smoky Hill River near Russell, KSNo flooding3.53 ft
Soldier C near Delia, KSNo flooding5.03 ft2 cfs
Soldier C near Topeka, KSNo flooding0.02 ft
Solomon River at Beloit, KSNo flooding2.79 ft43 cfs
Solomon River at Niles, KSNo flooding3.88 ft72 cfs
Solomon River near Glen Elder, KSNo flooding7.77 ft
Solomon River near Minneapolis, KSNo flooding2.08 ft24 cfs
Spring River near Baxter Springs, KSNo flooding2.96 ft279 cfs
Stranger C at Easton, KSNo flooding2.08 ft0 cfs
Stranger C near Tonganoxie, KSNo flooding2.19 ft29 cfs
Tomahawk C near Overland Park, KSNo flooding2.49 ft39 cfs
Turkey C near Seneca, KSNo flooding0.67 ft9 cfs
Verdigris River at Independence, KSNo flooding2.71 ft352 cfs
Verdigris River near Altoona, KSNo flooding3.43 ft48 cfs
Vermillion C near Wamego, KSNo flooding2.52 ft13 cfs
Wakarusa River at Wakarusa, KSNo flooding2.53 ft
Wakarusa River near Lawrence, KSNo flooding4.47 ft24 cfs
Walnut C at Albert, KSNo flooding2.28 ft0 cfs
Walnut C at Nekoma, KSNo flooding6.47 ft0 cfs
Walnut River at Arkansas City, KSNo flooding2.67 ft307 cfs
Walnut River at Winfield, KSNo flooding0.69 ft57 cfs
Wb Walnut River near El Dorado, KSNo flooding5.55 ft0 cfs
White Rock C near Burr Oak, KSNo flooding1.13 ft
Whitewater River at Augusta, KSNo flooding3.48 ft22 cfs
Whitewater River at Towanda, KSNo flooding1.59 ft10 cfs
Wildcat C at Keats, KSNo flooding7.97 ft
Wildcat C at Scenic Drive, Manhattan, KSNo flooding2.63 ft14 cfs
Arkansas River at Wichita, KSNo current data
Arkansas River near Bentley, KSNo current data
Arkansas River near Kinsley, KSNo current data
Arkansas River near Maize, KSNo current data
Arkansas River near Nickerson, KSNo current data
Bear C near Johnson, KSNo current data
Beaver C at Ludell, KSNo current data
Big Bull C near Edgerton, KSNo current data
Big Bull C near Hillsdale, KSNo current data
Big Elm C near Mayetta, KSNo current data
Big Hill C near Cherryvale, KSNo current data
Blue River at Kenneth Rd, Overland Park, KSNo current data
Buckner C near Burdett, KSNo current data
Buffalo C 4 Mi E of Jamestown, KSNo current data
Calfskin C at 119Th St, Wichita, KSNo current data
Camp C at 95Th St near Desoto, KSNo current data
Caney River near Cedar Vale, KSNo current data
Caney River near Elgin, KSNo current data
Cedar C at 95Th St near Desoto, KSNo current data
Cedar C at Hwy 56 at Olathe, KSNo current data
Cedar C below Olathe Lake near Olathe, KSNo current data
Cedar C near Cedar Point, KSNo current data
Cedar C near Desoto, KSNo current data
Cheyenne Bottoms Dv near Great Bend, KSNo current data
Cimarron River near Elkhart, KSNo current data
Cottonwood River at Marion, KSNo current data
Cottonwood River near Neosho Rapids, KSNo current data
Cow C near Scammon, KSNo current data
Cowskin C at 29Th St North of Wichita, KSNo current data
Cowskin C at Kellogg St, Wichita, KSNo current data
Cowskin C at Maple St, Wichita, KSNo current data
Delaware River at Perry, KSNo current data
Delaware River near Horton, KSNo current data
Elk River near Elk City, KSNo current data
Fancy C at Winkler, KSNo current data
Floodway at Arkansas River at Wichita, KSNo current data
Floodway at L Arkansas River at Valley Center, KSNo current data
Goose C near Arlington, KSNo current data
Hundred and Ten Mile C near Quenemo, KSNo current data
Indian C at 119Th St, Overland Park, KSNo current data
Indian C at College Blvd, Johnson Co, KSNo current data
Indian C at Indian C Pkwy, Overland Park, KSNo current data
Kansas River above Topeka Weir at Topeka, KSNo current data
Kill C at 95Th St near Desoto, KSNo current data
Kings C near Manhattan, KSNo current data
L Arkansas River at Valley Center, KSNo current data
L Arkansas River Upstream of Asr Fac near Sedgwick, KSNo current data
L Bull C near Spring Hill, KSNo current data
Labette C near Oswego, KSNo current data
Lyon C near Junction City, KSNo current data
M Caney C at Sedan, KSNo current data
Marais Des Cygnes River at Melvern, KSNo current data
Marmaton River near Marmaton, KSNo current data
McConnell C at 47th St, Wichita, KSNo current data
McConnell C at Oliver St, Wichita, KSNo current data
Mill C at Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KSNo current data
Mill C near Riley, KSNo current data
N Cottonwood River below Marion Lake, KSNo current data
Neosho River above Council Grove Lake, KSNo current data
Neosho River at Burlingame Rd near Emporia, KSNo current data
Neosho River at Council Grove, KSNo current data
Neosho River at Hartford, KSNo current data
Neosho River near Dunlap, KSNo current data
Nf Cottonwood River near Durham, KSNo current data
Nf Ninnescah River above Cheney Re, KSNo current data
Nf Ninnescah River at Arlington, KSNo current data
Nf Ninnescah River at Cheney Dam, KSNo current data
Nf Solomon River at Kirwin, KSNo current data
Otter C at Climax, KSNo current data
Pottawatomie C near Scipio, KSNo current data
Prairie Dog C at Norton, KSNo current data
Rattlesnake C near Raymond, KSNo current data
Red Rock C near Pretty Prairie, KSNo current data
Republican River at Junction City, KSNo current data
Rock C near Dunlap, KSNo current data
Rock C near Louisville, KSNo current data
Rock C near Potwin, KSNo current data
Rock C near Wellsville, KSNo current data
Saline River at Wilson Dam, KSNo current data
Salt C near Lyndon, KSNo current data
Sappa C near Oberlin, KSNo current data
Sb Shunganunga C at SW 37Th St, Topeka, KSNo current data
Sf Cottonwood River near Bazaar, KSNo current data
Sf Sappa C near Achilles, KSNo current data
Sf Solomon River below Webster Re, KSNo current data
Shunganunga C at Rice Rd, Topeka, KSNo current data
Shunganunga C at SW 29Th St, Topeka, KSNo current data
Silver C near Arlington, KSNo current data
Smoky Hill River near Bunker Hill, KSNo current data
Smoky Hill River near Ellis, KSNo current data
Smoky Hill River near Langley, KSNo current data
Soldier C near Circleville, KSNo current data
Soldier C near Holton, KSNo current data
Soldier C near Soldier, KSNo current data
Soldier Creek near Corning, KSNo current data
Solomon River near Simpson, KSNo current data
Stranger C near Potter, KSNo current data
Turkey Creek at Mission, KSNo current data
Unnamed C near Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, KSNo current data
Verdigris River at Coffeyville, KSNo current data
Verdigris River near Virgil, KSNo current data
Walnut C below Cheyenne Btms Dv near Great Bend, KSNo current data
Walnut C near Alexander, KSNo current data
Walnut River at Hwy 54 E of El Dorado, KSNo current data
White Rock C at Lovewell, KSNo current data
Arkansas River at Kendall, KSNo flood stage defined4.68 ft0 cfs
Arkansas River near Larned, KSNo flood stage defined3.40 ft
Big C near Ellis, KSNo flood stage defined1.02 ft
Bluff C near Buttermilk, KSNo flood stage defined4.67 ft
Buckner C above Horsethief Re near Jetmore, KSNo flood stage defined3.69 ft57 cfs
Buckner C at Hanston, KSNo flood stage defined3.17 ft
Buckner C below Horsethief Re near Jetmore, KSNo flood stage defined3.02 ft1 cfs
Buckner C near Jetmore, KSNo flood stage defined2.50 ft1 cfs
Cimarron River near Buttermilk, KSNo flood stage defined6.92 ft
Cottonwood River at Cottonwood Falls, KSNo flood stage defined7.40 ft
Elk River below Elk City Lake, KSNo flood stage defined5.31 ft
Gypsum C near Gypsum, KSNo flood stage defined19.81 ft3 cfs
Hackberry C near Trego Center, KSNo flood stage defined7.44 ft
Marais Des Cygnes River near Pomona, KSNo flood stage defined1.52 ft132 cfs
Neosho River near Parkerville, KSNo flood stage defined8.25 ft
Smoky Hill River at Pfeifer, KSNo flood stage defined1.05 ft0 cfs
Smoky Hill River near Schoenchen, KSNo flood stage defined2.56 ft
Wakarusa River near Richland, KSNo flood stage defined3.55 ft7 cfs
Wildcat C at Seth Childs Rd, Manhattan, KSNo flood stage defined2.34 ft
Provisional data: Real-time readings are provisional and subject to revision by the USGS — sensors can be affected by ice, debris, or equipment malfunction. Do not rely on this site for decisions involving personal safety; follow official guidance from the National Weather Service and local authorities.