Rivers in Nebraska

Missouri River near Ponca

Dixon County, NebraskaNWS MRPN1USGS 06479097Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
10.27ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 1:15 AM CDT

Flood stage
20.00 ft
Record crest
29.15 ft2011

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood24.00 ft
Moderate flood22.00 ft
Minor flood20.00 ft
Action18.00 ft

Crest history

6 crests on NOAA’s list since 2011.

#DateStage
1July 20, 201129.15 ft
2March 17, 201921.30 ft
3June 26, 202420.93 ft
4February 23, 202513.87 ft
5March 19, 202313.77 ft
6April 3, 202012.58 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 23, 2025: 13.87 ft
  • June 26, 2024: 20.93 ft
  • March 19, 2023: 13.77 ft
  • April 3, 2020: 12.58 ft
  • March 17, 2019: 21.30 ft
  • July 20, 2011: 29.15 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 affected by reservoir operations.

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.