Kansas River at De Soto, KS
River level and flood forecast · Johnson County
The river is 15.1 ft below flood stage (26 ft).
Forecast to rise to 11.2 ft Mon 7 PM, below the 26 ft flood stage.
Flow: 19,600 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 9:25 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 36 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 33 ft |
| Flood stage | 26 ft |
| Action stage | 22 ft |
| Record crest (July 13, 1951) | 37.3 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 33 ftThe county highway which leads north from De Soto floods.
- 26 ftFlood waters approach Linwood, Kansas.
Highest crests on record
- 37.3 ft — July 13, 1951
- 27.54 ft — October 13, 1973
- 26.91 ft — July 27, 1993
- 25.99 ft — May 8, 2007
- 23.97 ft — May 28, 2016
Recent crests: 15.34 ft (May 18, 2021) · 16.92 ft (July 31, 2020) · 23.29 ft (June 24, 2019) · 10.94 ft (October 22, 2017) · 17.25 ft (April 6, 2017)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (DSOK1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.