Rivers in Kansas

Shunganunga Creek at Topeka Gage Blvd

Shawnee County, KansasNWS SGBK1USGS 06889585Topeka office

Below flood stage
5.08ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 30, 5:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
15.00 ft
Record crest
19.70 ft2020

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood23.00 ft
Moderate flood18.20 ft
Minor flood15.00 ft
Action9.00 ft
  1. 19.80 ftFlood waters reach the base of homes on the south side of the Shunganunga Creek west of Gage Boulevard.
  2. 19.30 ftFlood waters reach the bridge deck of the Gage Boulevard bridge.
  3. 18.95 ftSidewalk just north of the Gage Boulevard bridge on the west side floods.
  4. 18.18 ftCorner of Shunga Drive and Gage Boulevard floods.
  5. 16.52 ftWater flows over the left downstream bank of the Shunganunga Creek east of the Gage Boulevard bridge.
  6. 15.00 ftMinor flooding along the Shunganunga Creek occurs west and east of Gage Boulevard. The Shunga Path is inundated for several hundred yards west and east of the Gage Boulevard bridge.
  7. 10.00 ftShunga path under the gage boulevard bridge floods.

Crest history

10 crests on NOAA’s list since 2010.

#DateStage
1July 30, 202019.70 ft
2May 17, 202215.59 ft
3September 7, 201515.53 ft
4August 17, 201915.47 ft
5July 13, 201712.69 ft
6April 22, 201112.64 ft
7February 27, 202312.50 ft
8May 9, 202112.12 ft
9September 14, 201611.01 ft
10September 1, 201010.14 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 27, 2023: 12.50 ft
  • May 17, 2022: 15.59 ft
  • May 9, 2021: 12.12 ft
  • July 30, 2020: 19.70 ft
  • August 17, 2019: 15.47 ft
  • July 13, 2017: 12.69 ft
  • September 14, 2016: 11.01 ft
  • September 7, 2015: 15.53 ft
  • April 22, 2011: 12.64 ft
  • September 1, 2010: 10.14 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice during winter months.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.