Rivers in Nebraska

Platte River at Maxwell

Lincoln County, NebraskaNWS MXWN1North Platte office

Below flood stage
4.03ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 3:00 PM CDT

Flood stage
9.00 ft
Record crest
10.79 ft2013

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood12.00 ft
Moderate flood10.00 ft
Minor flood9.00 ft
Action8.00 ft
  1. 12.00 ftMajor flood stage. Water may approach the 56D Link which is the road between Interstate 80 and Maxwell.
  2. 10.50 ftAccess to homes along the Platte River may be cutoff.
  3. 10.00 ftModerate flood stage. Water may cover portions of West Island Road and Old Military Road south and west of Maxwell.
  4. 9.00 ftMinor flood stage. Flooding of agricultural land along the river may occur.

Crest history

32 crests on NOAA’s list since 1994.

#DateStage
1September 23, 201310.79 ft
2June 20, 201510.40 ft
3June 1, 20169.25 ft
4June 24, 20109.19 ft
5June 22, 20119.14 ft
6June 10, 20149.08 ft
7June 29, 20238.68 ft
8January 13, 19987.72 ft
9April 17, 20097.65 ft
10July 8, 20027.58 ft
11June 2, 20177.29 ft
12March 5, 20037.26 ft
13August 8, 20087.18 ft
14June 15, 20076.98 ft
15October 1, 20116.97 ft
16May 29, 20196.71 ft
17September 21, 19966.63 ft
18May 18, 20006.63 ft
19August 15, 20016.63 ft
20July 25, 20206.58 ft
21April 3, 19986.55 ft
22June 23, 20216.54 ft
23June 3, 20256.41 ft
24July 19, 20066.34 ft
25June 19, 20056.32 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 3, 2025: 6.41 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 5.80 ft
  • June 29, 2023: 8.68 ft
  • June 10, 2022: 6.07 ft
  • June 23, 2021: 6.54 ft
  • July 25, 2020: 6.58 ft
  • May 29, 2019: 6.71 ft
  • May 5, 2018: 6.21 ft
  • June 2, 2017: 7.29 ft
  • June 1, 2016: 9.25 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.