Rivers in Nebraska

Platte River near Venice

Saunders County, NebraskaNWS VENN1USGS 06796550Valley office

Below flood stage
11.97ftStage

Observed Sat, Sep 26, 9:15 PM CDT

Flood stage
15.50 ft
Record crest
19.92 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood22.00 ft
Moderate flood17.50 ft
Minor flood15.50 ft
Action15.00 ft
  1. 22.00 ftWater reaches the top of the levee along the west bank.
  2. 17.50 ftWater reaches the levee along the west bank.
  3. 15.50 ftThe Two Rivers State Recreation Area is flooding.
  4. 14.50 ftWater begins to overflow the east bank.

Crest history

21 crests on NOAA’s list since 2005.

#DateStage
1March 15, 201919.92 ft
2March 11, 201018.18 ft
3March 11, 201416.41 ft
4February 17, 201116.05 ft
5January 29, 201516.01 ft
6June 23, 202415.64 ft
7March 3, 201815.63 ft
8May 31, 200815.43 ft
9June 27, 202515.26 ft
10May 31, 200715.14 ft
11May 27, 202014.72 ft
12August 18, 201714.68 ft
13February 11, 200914.64 ft
14October 4, 201314.63 ft
15May 12, 201614.49 ft
16March 15, 202114.27 ft
17February 14, 202314.17 ft
18January 29, 201213.85 ft
19December 28, 200613.74 ft
20February 6, 200513.70 ft
21February 9, 202213.19 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 27, 2025: 15.26 ft
  • June 23, 2024: 15.64 ft
  • February 14, 2023: 14.17 ft
  • February 9, 2022: 13.19 ft
  • March 15, 2021: 14.27 ft
  • May 27, 2020: 14.72 ft
  • March 15, 2019: 19.92 ft
  • March 3, 2018: 15.63 ft
  • August 18, 2017: 14.68 ft
  • May 12, 2016: 14.49 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. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.