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Shawnee Mission Park Marina

Little Stranger Creek near Shawnee, KS

River12.6 mi
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Stranger Creek is a 12.6 mile river near Shawnee Mission Park Marina in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Stranger C near Tonganoxie, KS (site 06892000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1930 to 2026

Little Stranger Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 119 cfs, and lowest in October, at 11 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 23,000 cfs, in 2006.

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Typical flow by month at Stranger C near Tonganoxie, KS, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3210 to 81
February4720 to 133
March7630 to 195
April10335 to 245
May11950 to 326
June8936 to 283
July3610 to 91
August174.2 to 54
September123.0 to 47
October113.0 to 66
November267.3 to 70
December309.2 to 80

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 97 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Stranger C near Tonganoxie, KS (site 06892000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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