Rivers in Nebraska

Platte River near Odessa

Buffalo County, NebraskaNWS ODSN1Hastings office

Below flood stage
2.37ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
7.00 ft
Record crest
8.27 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood12.00 ft
Minor flood7.00 ft
Action6.00 ft
  1. 12.00 ftThe water level will reach the bottom of the bridge at the gauge site and nearby commercial buildings will be threatened.
  2. 7.00 ftLow land pasture land along the river will flood.

Crest history

16 crests on NOAA’s list since 1983.

#DateStage
1July 9, 20198.27 ft
2June 10, 19957.94 ft
3June 29, 19837.82 ft
4September 28, 20137.62 ft
5June 18, 20157.49 ft
6March 5, 20146.78 ft
7May 30, 20166.74 ft
8February 20, 20186.32 ft
9January 13, 20245.86 ft
10July 2, 20235.70 ft
11January 20, 20125.30 ft
12January 5, 20255.17 ft
13June 1, 20175.08 ft
14May 25, 20204.94 ft
15February 26, 20214.59 ft
16March 1, 20224.25 ft

Most recent crests

  • January 5, 2025: 5.17 ft
  • January 13, 2024: 5.86 ft
  • July 2, 2023: 5.70 ft
  • March 1, 2022: 4.25 ft
  • February 26, 2021: 4.59 ft
  • May 25, 2020: 4.94 ft
  • July 9, 2019: 8.27 ft
  • February 20, 2018: 6.32 ft
  • June 1, 2017: 5.08 ft
  • May 30, 2016: 6.74 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. Stage may be affected by ice.

Sources

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