Rivers in Nebraska

North Platte River near Keystone

Keith County, NebraskaNWS KEYN1North Platte office

Below flood stage
1.67ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 1:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
6.00 ft
Record crest
7.57 ft1983

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Minor flood6.00 ft
Action5.50 ft

Crest history

36 crests on NOAA’s list since 1971.

#DateStage
1August 10, 19837.57 ft
2June 10, 19717.25 ft
3June 3, 19737.19 ft
4May 25, 19846.42 ft
5May 31, 20116.40 ft
6August 22, 19946.20 ft
7June 28, 19866.01 ft
8October 21, 19975.64 ft
9June 14, 20165.61 ft
10July 16, 19955.61 ft
11July 24, 20025.58 ft
12August 12, 20015.46 ft
13October 1, 20115.32 ft
14June 13, 20005.23 ft
15July 22, 20205.22 ft
16July 3, 19965.19 ft
17July 4, 19985.17 ft
18July 16, 19995.13 ft
19August 4, 20084.98 ft
20June 20, 20214.81 ft
21July 19, 20034.66 ft
22July 26, 20174.64 ft
23July 6, 20134.61 ft
24August 1, 20104.56 ft
25July 31, 20064.54 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 15, 2025: 4.38 ft
  • June 17, 2024: 4.16 ft
  • August 20, 2023: 4.52 ft
  • June 20, 2021: 4.81 ft
  • July 22, 2020: 5.22 ft
  • August 5, 2019: 4.37 ft
  • July 23, 2018: 4.39 ft
  • July 26, 2017: 4.64 ft
  • June 14, 2016: 5.61 ft
  • August 13, 2015: 4.50 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.