Kansas River at Lecompton water level

What this means

The Kansas River at Lecompton is well above normal at 7.99 ft.

The median for mid-October is 2.78 ft, based on 31 years of readings, so the river stage is 5.21 ft above typical. It is 9.01 ft below the flood stage of 17.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 2.34 ft, a difference of +5.65 ft.

It has dropped 0.05 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to rise to 8.10 ft by Monday, October 19 at 07:00 AM. In the last month it has stayed between 3.09 ft and 15.94 ft.

Compared with 31 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.78 ft5.21 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.06 ft – 6.19 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (31 years of records)

Same day last year

2.34 ft+5.65 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

3.09 ft – 15.94 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

2.23 ft – 15.94 ft

Highest on record

30.23 ftJuly 13, 1951

Forecast peak

8.10 ftMonday, October 19 at 07:00 AM