Rivers in Nebraska

Niobrara River near Spencer

Boyd County, NebraskaNWS SPCN1USGS 06465000North Platte office

Below flood stage
6.68ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 8:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
8.00 ft

Open the live map with the river flood outlook

Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood14.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood8.00 ft
Action7.50 ft
  1. 13.00 ftMajor flood stage. Highway 281 begins to flood.
  2. 11.00 ftModerate flood stage. Water begins to overflow the banks on both side.
  3. 8.00 ftMinor flood stage. Water begins to impact the bottom of the Highway 281 bridge.

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. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.