======================================================================= Gauging |Drainage |Avg |Maximum| |Minimum| station |area |dis- |dis- | |dis- | |(sq. mi.)|charge|charge | Date |charge | Date ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|----------- Arkansas River | 43,713 |1,630 |103,000| June 10, | 1 |October 9, at Arkansas | | | | 1923 | | 1921 City | | | | | | ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|---------- Walnut River | 1,840 | 738 |105,000| April 23,| 0 |1928, 1936 at Winfield | | | | 1944 | | ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|---------- Big Caney River| 445 | 264 | 35,500| April 10,| 0 |1939, 1940, at Elgin | | | | 1944 | |1946, 1947 ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|---------- Elk River near | 575 | 393 | 39,200| April 16,| 0 |1939, 1940, Elk City | | | | 1945 | |1946 ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|---------- Fall River near| 591 | 359 | 45,600| April 16,| 0 |1939, 1940, Fall River | | | | 1945 | |1946 ---------------|---------|------|-------|----------|-------|---------- Verdigris River| 2,892 |1,649 |117,000| April 17,| 0 |1932, 1934, at Independence| | | | 1945 | |1936, 1939, | | | | | |1940 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Something of the effect that drought and flash-flood have had on Big Caney River is shown by the monthly means of daily discharge from October, 1954, to September, 1956, at the stream-gauging station near Elgin, Kansas (Table 2). Within these monthly variations there are also pronounced daily fluctuations; on Big Caney River approximately 1/4 mile south of Elgin, Kansas, discharge in cubic feet per second for May, 1944, ranged from .7 to 9,270.0 and for May, 1956, from .03 to 20.0. TABLE 2.--MONTHLY MEANS OF DAILY DISCHARGE IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND FOR BIG CANEY RIVER AT ELGIN, KANSAS _Month_ _1954-55_ _1955-56_ October 103.00 69.60 November .31 .78 December .18 1.92 January .78 1.65 February 4.76 2.08 March 3.37 1.27 April 4.91 .47 May 624.00 7.37 June 51.30 35.20 July 1.20 1.85 August 0.00 0.00 September .04 0.00 PRESENT FLORA