Rivers and flooding in Kansas
221 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Kansas. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Kansas in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Neosho River near Erie16% chance of major flooding
- Stranger Creek at Easton5% chance of major flooding
- Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick8% chance of major flooding
- Walnut River at Winfield7% chance of major flooding
- Little Osage River at Fulton28% chance of moderate flooding
- Little Arkansas River at Alta Mills7% chance of major flooding
- Walnut Creek (KS) at Albert7% chance of major flooding
- Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne23% chance of moderate flooding
- Cottonwood River at Emporia24% chance of moderate flooding
- Marais Des Cygnes River near Trading Post24% chance of moderate flooding
- Neosho River at Oswego5% chance of major flooding
- Neosho River near Parsons23% chance of moderate flooding
101 of the 146 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Kansas have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
110 Mile Creek
Arkansas River
- Arkansas River at Arkansas CityBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at CoolidgeBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at DeerfieldBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at DerbyBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at Dodge CityBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at Garden CityBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at Great BendBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at HavenBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at HutchinsonReading out of date
- Arkansas River at KendallNo flood stages set
- Arkansas River at LarnedNo flood stages set
- Arkansas River at MulvaneBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at OxfordBelow flood stage
- Arkansas River at SyracuseBelow flood stage
Beaver Creek
Big Blue River
Big Creek
Big Hill Creek
Black Vermillion River
Blue River
Bluff Creek
Bow Creek
Buckner Creek
- Buckner Creek at BurdettReading out of date
- Buckner Creek at HanstonNo flood stages set
- Buckner Creek at Horse Thief ReservoirNo flood stages set
- Buckner Creek at Horse Thief ReservoirNo flood stages set
- Buckner Creek at Horse Thief ReservoirNo flood stages set
- Buckner Creek at JetmoreNo flood stages set
Buffalo Creek (KS River Basin)
Chapman Creek
Chikaskia River
Cimarron River (KS)
Cottonwood River
Cow Creek
Cow Creek (KS)
Cowskin Creek
Crooked Creek (KS)
Cross Creek (KS)
Delaware River (KS)
Dragoon Creek
Elk Creek (KS)
Elk River
Elk River (KS)
ELK RIVER BELOW ELK CITY LAKE
Emma Creek (KS)
Fall River (KS)
Grouse Creek Near Silverdale
Gypsum Creek
Hackberry Creek
Indian Creek
Kansas River
- Kansas RiverBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at 23rd Street - Kansas City - KSBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at BelvueBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at De SotoBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at Ft. RileyBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at LawrenceBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at LecomptonBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at ManhattanBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at TopekaBelow flood stage
- Kansas River at Turner BridgeOut of service
- Kansas River at WamegoBelow flood stage
Lightning Creek (SE KS)
Little Arkansas River
Little Blue River
Little Osage River
Lyon Creek
Marais Des Cygnes River
- Marais Des Cygnes River at La CygneBelow flood stage
- Marais Des Cygnes River at Melvern LakeNo flood stages set
- Marais Des Cygnes River at OsawatomieBelow flood stage
- Marais Des Cygnes River at OttawaBelow flood stage
- Marais Des Cygnes River at PomonaNo flood stages set
- Marais Des Cygnes River at QuenemoReading out of date
- Marais Des Cygnes River at ReadingBelow flood stage
- Marais Des Cygnes River at Trading PostBelow flood stage
Marmaton River
Medicine Lodge River
Mill Creek (PXCK1)
Mill Creek (WSHK1)
Missouri River
Mud Creek (KS)
Mulberry Creek (KS)
N F Solomon River
near Yocemento
Neosho River
- Neosho River at AmericusBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at BurlingtonBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at ChanuteBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at Council Grove LakeBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at EmporiaReading out of date
- Neosho River at ErieBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at IolaBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at John Redmond LakeBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at Le RoyReading out of date
- Neosho River at Neosho RapidsBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at OswegoBelow flood stage
- Neosho River at OswegoReading out of date
- Neosho River at ParkervilleNo flood stages set
- Neosho River at ParsonsBelow flood stage
Ninnescah River
Paradise Creek
Pawnee River
Pottawatomie Creek
Prairie Dog Creek
Rattlesnake Creek (KS)
Republican River
Reservoirs
Rock Creek
Rock Creek (KS)
S F Solomon River
Saline River (KS)
Salt Creek (KS)
Salt Creek (LNDK1)
Sappa Creek
Shunganunga Creek
Slate Creek (KS)
Smoky Hill River
- Smoky Hill River at AbileneReading out of date
- Smoky Hill River at ArnoldBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at Cedar Bluff ReservoirNo flood stages set
- Smoky Hill River at EllsworthBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at EnterpriseBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at Junction CityReading out of date
- Smoky Hill River at Kanopolis LakeBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at LindsborgBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at MentorBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at New CambriaBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at OakleyBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at PfeiferNo flood stages set
- Smoky Hill River at RussellBelow flood stage
- Smoky Hill River at SchoenchenNo flood stages set
- Smoky Hill River at SchoenchenBelow flood stage
Soldier Creek
Solomon River
South Fork Ninnescah River
South Fork Republican River 14SW St Francis, Kansas
Spring River
Stranger Creek
Tomahawk Creek
Turkey Creek (KC)
Turkey Creek (KS)
Verdigris River
Vermillion Creek
Wakarusa River
Walnut Creek (KS)
Walnut River
West Branch Walnut River
White Rock Creek
Whitewater River (KS)
Wildcat Creek
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.