About this river
Neosho River is a 9.8 mile river near Hidden Adventures ks. in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Neosho R at Council Grove, KS (site 07179500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Neosho River typically runs highest in May, at a median 28 cfs, and lowest in November, at 8.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 34,000 cfs, in 1951.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 3.0 to 38 | |
| February | 10 | 3.0 to 50 | |
| March | 13 | 4.1 to 75 | |
| April | 22 | 6.5 to 97 | |
| May | 28 | 7.8 to 119 | |
| June | 26 | 8.8 to 174 | |
| July | 17 | 8.1 to 91 | |
| August | 13 | 7.4 to 24 | |
| September | 12 | 4.9 to 21 | |
| October | 12 | 4.7 to 24 | |
| November | 8.9 | 4.3 to 23 | |
| December | 8.9 | 3.2 to 26 |
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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Neosho R at Council Grove, KS (site 07179500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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