Compass Point: Home of Dirty Girl Adventures
Wakarusa River near Compass Point: Home of Dirty Girl Adventures
About this river
Wakarusa River is a 13.9 mile river near Compass Point: Home of Dirty Girl Adventures in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wakarusa R near Richland, KS (site 06891260). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2003 to 2026
Wakarusa River typically runs highest in May, at a median 53 cfs, and lowest in October, at 2.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 15,800 cfs, in 2007.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1 | 1.8 to 41 | |
| February | 15 | 4.7 to 52 | |
| March | 26 | 6.4 to 73 | |
| April | 39 | 14 to 92 | |
| May | 53 | 18 to 149 | |
| June | 29 | 9.8 to 82 | |
| July | 7.9 | 1.2 to 32 | |
| August | 3.9 | 0.6 to 14 | |
| September | 3.0 | 0.3 to 15 | |
| October | 2.5 | 0.3 to 16 | |
| November | 3.4 | 0.8 to 12 | |
| December | 4.4 | 1.7 to 18 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Wakarusa R near Richland, KS (site 06891260). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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