Minimum Desirable Streamflows for Kansas

Kansas Minimum Desirable Streamflows (MDS), in cubic feet per second (ft³/s)

[MDS, values from Kansas Water Office]

For a listing of this table by station number.

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Station number	Station name	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

07141300	Arkansas River at Great Bend(a)	3	3	3	3	10	10	5	3	2	2	2	3
07143330	Arkansas River near Hutchinson	80	80	100	100	100	100	80	80	60	60	60	80
07140000	Arkansas River near Kinsley(a)	2	2	3	3	5	5	3	1	1	1	2	2
06882510	Big Blue River at Marysville	100	100	125	150(c)	150(c)	150	80	90	65	80	80	80
06878000	Chapman Creek near Chapman	10	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10

07151500	Chikaskia River near Corbin	30	45	50	45	40	30	15	5	5	8	30	30
07180400	Cottonwood River near Florence	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
07182250	Cottonwood River near Plymouth	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
06890100	Delaware River near Muscotah	10	10	20	20	20	20	5	3	3	2	10	10
07143665	Little Arkansas River at Alta Mills	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

07144200	Little Arkansas River at Valley Center	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
06884400	Little Blue River near Barnes	100	100	125	150	150(c)	150(c)	75	80	60	80	80	80
06915800	Marais des Cygnes River at LaCygne	20	20	20	20	20	25	25	25	20	20	20	20
06913500	Marais des Cygnes River near Ottawa	15	15	15	15	20	25	25	25	20	15	15	15
07149000	Medicine Lodge River near Kiowa	50	55	60	60	40	30	8	1	1	4	40	50

06888500	Mill Creek near Paxico	8	8	8	25	30	35	10	5	5	2	5	8
07179730	Neosho River near Americus	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
07183000	Neosho River near Iola	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
07183500	Neosho River near Parsons	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
07145500	Ninnescah River near Peck	100	100	100	100	100	70	30	30	30	50	100	100

07144780	North Fork Ninnescah River above Cheney Res.	40	50	50	50	40	30	10	5	5	10	40	40
07142300	Rattlesnake Creek near Macksville(a)	5	5	10	10	10	10	5	1	1	1	5	5
07142575	Rattlesnake Creek near Zenith	15	15	15	15	15	15	5	3	3	3	10	15
06856600	Republican River at Clay Center	125	150	200	250	250	250	200	200	100	90	100	125
06856000	Republican River at Concordia(d)	100	125	150	150	150	150	150	150	80	65	80	100

06867000	Saline River near Russell	5	5	15	15	15	12	2	2	2	5	5	5
06864500	Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth(b)	20	20	25	30	35	45	35	15	15	15	20	20
06876900	Solomon River at Niles	40	50	60	60	90	90	50	50	40	40	40	40
07145200	South Fork Ninnescah River near Murdock	80	90	90	90	90	50	30	30	30	50	80	80
07144910	South Fork Ninnescah River near Pratt	10	10	10	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	10	10

07147800	Walnut River at Winfield	30	35	40	65	100	100	30	25	20	20	20	30
07147070	Whitewater River at Towanda	10	15	15	20	25	25	10	5	5	5	6	10

(a) Subject to subsequent assessment of lagged effects of extensive groundwater appropriations in regional aquifer.
(b) Subject to subsequent assessment of lagged effects of upstream depletions.
(c) Subject to the stateline flows contained in the Blue River Compact.
(d) Subject to subsequent assessment of Harlan County reservoir operations, development of compact stateline flows and lagged effects of upstream depletions.