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Marmaton River in Kansas

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Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Marmaton River is a 44.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Marmaton R near Fort Scott, KS (site 06917500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1929 to 2026

Marmaton River typically runs highest in April, at a median 132 cfs, and lowest in August, at 2.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 30,200 cfs, in 1929.

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Typical flow by month at Marmaton R near Fort Scott, KS, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January367.4 to 121
February5824 to 147
March8834 to 258
April13249 to 321
May11636 to 372
June7820 to 300
July9.01.7 to 53
August2.61.1 to 15
September3.11.0 to 46
October7.31.0 to 71
November162.1 to 74
December173.4 to 89

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 60 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Marmaton R near Fort Scott, KS (site 06917500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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