Walnut C at Albert Water Level
Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Walnut C at Albert in KS, United States, built from official government gauge data.
- Location KS, United States
- Watershed lower walnut creek
- Primary gauge 07141900 (USGS)
About Walnut C at Albert
Walnut Creek at Albert is in the Lower Walnut Creek watershed in Kansas.
The watershed
The gauge drains 1,618 square miles (4,191 km2) above the station. That is the area feeding the reading here, not the whole watershed name on the map.
For people watching water levels on this reach, the long record matters. The station’s record high is 25.06 ft (7.64 m) in May 2019, and the record low is 1.31 ft (0.4 m) in August 2005. Those two marks set the outer bounds of what this creek has already done at Albert.
The seasonal pattern is fairly tight on average, but it still matters for docks, crossings, and pumps. The typical high month is June at 3.96 ft (1.21 m), and the typical low month is September at 3 ft (0.91 m). The typical annual swing is 11.5 in (29.3 cm).
On the Plains, spring and summer storms can push levels up fast, while dry stretches can let them fall away for a while. Flat-land drainage tends to keep high water around longer than people expect.
What the numbers say
This station has more than 50 years on record, so its extremes and monthly pattern are worth trusting more than any single day’s reading. The record high in May 2019 stands far above the usual June level, which tells you this creek can move well outside its seasonal range when conditions line up.
The record low in August 2005 is also a useful warning. Even if summer is normally a season of lower water, this site has shown that the creek can drop well below its typical September level. For anglers, that can mean shallower runs and tighter habitat. For anyone with an intake or low crossing, it means paying attention to late-summer decline, not just flood season.
I do not have a fastest 24-hour rise value in the facts for this page, so there is no number to add there.
Reading the hero number
The number on the page is best read against the median for this calendar day, not just against the raw water-surface elevation. A single elevation by itself does not say whether the creek is high for this date, low for this date, or close to normal for the season.
At this station, that daily comparison is the right lens because the gauge is run by the USGS and has more than 50 years on record. It lets you judge today’s reading against the creek’s own history at Albert, rather than against a fixed number that ignores the time of year.
How this page is built
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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