Kansas River at Fort Riley water level

What this means

The Kansas River at Fort Riley is at 5.57 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 4.99 ft, based on 39 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.58 ft above typical. It is 15.43 ft below the flood stage of 21.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 4.68 ft, a difference of +0.89 ft.

It has dropped 0.49 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 5.10 ft by Tuesday, October 20 at 01:00 AM. In the last month it has stayed between 4.85 ft and 11.58 ft.

Compared with 39 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

4.99 ft0.58 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

3.42 ft – 8.65 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

4.68 ft+0.89 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

4.85 ft – 11.58 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

4.25 ft – 17.13 ft

Highest on record

34.50 ftJuly 1, 1951

Forecast peak

5.10 ftTuesday, October 20 at 01:00 AM