Rivers in Nebraska

Cedar River near Spalding

Greeley County, NebraskaNWS SPDN1USGS 06791500Hastings office

Below flood stage
2.74ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 10:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
8.00 ft
Record crest
8.42 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood13.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood8.00 ft
Action7.00 ft
  1. 13.00 ftWater covers the county road and a home near the gage site may begin to flood.
  2. 11.00 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge and covers the west approach of the gravel road leading to the gage. In addition, the base of the gage house floods.
  3. 8.00 ftFlooding occurs in low lying areas and in farm land.

Crest history

22 crests on NOAA’s list since 1947.

#DateStage
1March 15, 20198.42 ft
2June 23, 19477.50 ft
3May 30, 19956.35 ft
4May 7, 19996.05 ft
5December 23, 20145.86 ft
6December 29, 20255.74 ft
7June 1, 19964.92 ft
8October 10, 20174.88 ft
9February 4, 20234.83 ft
10May 3, 20164.65 ft
11January 24, 20244.61 ft
12June 18, 19984.61 ft
13December 24, 20134.53 ft
14July 10, 20184.52 ft
15April 26, 20014.47 ft
16January 19, 20124.45 ft
17February 3, 20154.35 ft
18May 28, 20204.06 ft
19August 27, 20213.93 ft
20June 23, 19973.93 ft
21May 31, 20223.90 ft
22July 30, 20003.37 ft

Most recent crests

  • December 29, 2025: 5.74 ft
  • January 24, 2024: 4.61 ft
  • February 4, 2023: 4.83 ft
  • May 31, 2022: 3.90 ft
  • August 27, 2021: 3.93 ft
  • May 28, 2020: 4.06 ft
  • March 15, 2019: 8.42 ft
  • July 10, 2018: 4.52 ft
  • October 10, 2017: 4.88 ft
  • May 3, 2016: 4.65 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice.

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.