Rivers in Nebraska

Keya Paha River near Naper

Boyd County, NebraskaNWS NPRN1North Platte office

Below flood stage
5.42ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 8:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
8.00 ft
Record crest
15.11 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood12.00 ft
Moderate flood10.00 ft
Minor flood8.00 ft
Action7.00 ft
  1. 12.00 ftMajor flood stage with significant flooding along the river.
  2. 10.00 ftModerate flood stage. Moderate flooding is possible. Lowland flooding will become widespread.
  3. 8.00 ftFlood stage. Minor flooding along the lower banks.
  4. 7.00 ftAction stage. Minor overflows into lowlands directly along the river.

Crest history

71 crests on NOAA’s list since 1958.

#DateStage
1March 14, 201915.11 ft
2February 20, 199714.35 ft
3March 23, 196013.34 ft
4March 5, 199412.78 ft
5February 12, 199611.20 ft
6July 1, 196210.91 ft
7May 6, 200710.62 ft
8March 1, 198610.55 ft
9March 15, 200110.50 ft
10June 22, 202410.27 ft
11March 27, 19609.82 ft
12March 19, 19789.67 ft
13March 4, 19949.64 ft
14July 20, 19999.54 ft
15May 29, 19959.48 ft
16March 14, 19719.47 ft
17May 28, 19969.38 ft
18June 6, 20089.35 ft
19June 11, 20109.22 ft
20May 1, 20169.07 ft
21June 22, 20118.93 ft
22March 13, 19668.88 ft
23May 6, 20018.87 ft
24July 8, 19638.66 ft
25June 28, 19838.63 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 27, 2025: 6.15 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 10.27 ft
  • July 2, 2023: 7.96 ft
  • May 1, 2022: 7.26 ft
  • May 17, 2021: 6.59 ft
  • May 24, 2020: 7.95 ft
  • March 14, 2019: 15.11 ft
  • May 18, 2018: 8.10 ft
  • May 22, 2017: 7.81 ft
  • May 1, 2016: 9.07 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. Gauge reading may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.