Little Blue River near Barnes, KS
River level and flood forecast · Marshall County
Normal5.6 ftas of Mon 3:30 PM
The river is 10.4 ft below flood stage (16 ft).
Flow: 624 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Oct 4, 8:57 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 39 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 23 ft |
| Flood stage | 16 ft |
| Action stage | 11 ft |
| Record crest (May 8, 2015) | 28.02 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 39 ftThe intersection of highway 148 and 15th Road in Washington county floods.
- 37 ftKansas Highway 148 bridge deck floods, 4.5 miles north of Barnes.
- 36 ftTop rail of the Sunflower Road Bridge is inundated by flood waters in Marshall county.
- 32 ftSunflower Road bridge deck floods over the Little Blue River. Flood waters reach the low steel of the Kansas Highway 148 bridge, 4.5 miles north of Barnes.
- 23 ftSunflower Road floods about 250 feet east of the Little Blue River in Marshall county. Farm field, 4.5 miles north of Barnes, floods north of the river and west of Highway 148 in Washington county.
- 21 ftMinor flooding of farm fields along the Little Blue River...south of the Sunflower Road Bridge in Marshall county.
- 19 ftFarm field, 4.5 miles north of Barnes, south of the river and east of Highway 148 floods.
- 17 ftFarm field, 4.5 miles north of Barnes, on the west side of Highway 148 floods north of the river.
- 16 ftLowland agricultural flooding occurs from 15th Road and Zenith Road in Washington County to Waterville in Marshall County.
Highest crests on record
- 28.02 ft — May 8, 2015
- 21.11 ft — March 15, 2019
- 20.75 ft — September 5, 2018
- 19.5 ft — May 21, 2017
- 19.46 ft — May 31, 2019
Recent crests: 10.47 ft (May 15, 2023) · 14.14 ft (July 7, 2022) · 12.28 ft (August 13, 2021) · 16.64 ft (July 30, 2020) · 18.08 ft (July 29, 2020)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BANK1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.