Wolf River (Kansas)

The Wolf River is a 45.7-mile-long (73.5 km)^[4] tributary of the Missouri River in northeastern Kansas in the United States, draining an area of 247.8 square miles (642 km²) in the Dissected Till Plains region.

Wolf River
The Wolf River near its mouth in 2006
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	north of Powhattan
• coordinates	39°47′38″N 95°38′28″W[1]
• elevation	1,181 ft (360 m)[2]
Mouth	Missouri River
• location	southeast of White Cloud
• coordinates	39°53′55″N 95°11′30″W[1]
• elevation	827 ft (252 m)[2]
Basin size	247.8 sq mi (642 km2)[3]

It rises in Brown County, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Powhattan, and flows generally eastwardly into Doniphan County, past the communities of Robinson, Leona, and Severance. Near Severance, the river turns northward; it flows into the Missouri River approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of White Cloud.^[5]

According to a 2001 study by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 71% of the Wolf River watershed is cropland, 25% is grassland, 3% is woodland, and 0.5% is urban.^[3]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Wolf River has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Petite Riviere de Cansez
• Riviere du Loup
• Shun-ta-nesh-nanga
• Wolf Creek

See also

• List of Kansas rivers

References

1. Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Wolf River (Feature ID #472812)". Retrieved 2007-02-04.
2. Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
3. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (2001-06-28). "TMDLs for the Missouri Basin:". pp. Wolf River. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
5. DeLorme (2003). Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. p. 26. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.