Rivers in Nebraska

Red Willow Creek at 4W Indianola, Nebraska

Red Willow County, NebraskaNWS RWCN1USGS 06838000Goodland office

Below flood stage
4.55ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 8:30 PM CDT

Flood stage
15.00 ft
Record crest
18.36 ft1947

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood19.00 ft
Moderate flood17.00 ft
Minor flood15.00 ft
Action14.00 ft
  1. 18.36 ftRecord Stage
  2. 15.00 ftBANKFULL STAGE WITH MINOR FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Crest history

87 crests on NOAA’s list since 1940.

#DateStage
1June 22, 194718.36 ft
2June 21, 194816.77 ft
3May 23, 200816.02 ft
4June 17, 195516.00 ft
5July 5, 195615.57 ft
6May 31, 194515.02 ft
7May 14, 195714.97 ft
8February 4, 196014.73 ft
9April 24, 200714.62 ft
10July 8, 196213.86 ft
11May 27, 202313.80 ft
12May 30, 194613.76 ft
13June 13, 194912.50 ft
14June 2, 194112.40 ft
15June 20, 201812.36 ft
16July 22, 200012.33 ft
17August 17, 195412.23 ft
18July 11, 195312.21 ft
19July 31, 195012.00 ft
20June 21, 196712.00 ft
21May 27, 195211.90 ft
22August 11, 199911.76 ft
23July 11, 194411.60 ft
24August 6, 198111.22 ft
25June 8, 195111.07 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 15, 2025: 4.81 ft
  • February 22, 2025: 6.12 ft
  • August 30, 2024: 5.82 ft
  • May 27, 2023: 13.80 ft
  • September 1, 2022: 5.31 ft
  • May 28, 2021: 6.45 ft
  • June 22, 2020: 5.74 ft
  • July 9, 2019: 7.20 ft
  • June 20, 2018: 12.36 ft
  • August 6, 2017: 5.16 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.

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.