Rivers in Kansas

Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs

Decatur County, KansasNWS CDBK1USGS 06846500Goodland office

Below flood stage
2.98ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 23, 8:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
16.00 ft
Record crest
18.71 ft1960

Open the live map with the river flood outlook

Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood20.00 ft
Moderate flood18.00 ft
Minor flood16.00 ft
Action14.00 ft
  1. 16.00 ftLowland areas in the vicinity of the gage will become flooded.

Flood outlook

Chance of flooding, September to November

CategoryChance
Minor floodingUnder 5%
Moderate floodingUnder 5%
Major floodingUnder 5%

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued September 23, 2026.

Crest history

80 crests on NOAA’s list since 1944.

#DateStage
1June 11, 196018.71 ft
2May 30, 195718.18 ft
3July 31, 194418.16 ft
4July 14, 195117.89 ft
5June 12, 198316.94 ft
6May 27, 196516.69 ft
7October 8, 194716.58 ft
8June 14, 196116.42 ft
9July 24, 195015.68 ft
10August 4, 196214.50 ft
11June 17, 197213.60 ft
12August 17, 195813.02 ft
13July 7, 195612.85 ft
14August 19, 196412.41 ft
15July 2, 198911.43 ft
16May 23, 200811.07 ft
17October 20, 196610.84 ft
18May 8, 19699.78 ft
19July 4, 19469.76 ft
20July 9, 19719.64 ft
21June 27, 19939.59 ft
22August 13, 20199.47 ft
23May 18, 19549.46 ft
24August 11, 19969.44 ft
25May 22, 19499.39 ft

Most recent crests

  • March 19, 2025: 3.15 ft
  • August 14, 2024: 6.45 ft
  • May 12, 2023: 8.65 ft
  • June 8, 2022: 7.94 ft
  • June 28, 2021: 5.75 ft
  • June 26, 2020: 3.57 ft
  • August 13, 2019: 9.47 ft
  • July 17, 2018: 6.82 ft
  • May 10, 2017: 6.52 ft
  • September 6, 2016: 3.33 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available. The current flows in cubic feet per second, are approximate and may be affected by debris, aquatic growth, and seasonal ice in the river.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.