Rivers in Nebraska

Snake River near Burge

Cherry County, NebraskaNWS BRGN1North Platte office

Below flood stage
0.86ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 23, 2:45 PM CDT

Flood stage
5.00 ft
Record crest
6.96 ft1963

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood9.00 ft
Moderate flood7.00 ft
Minor flood5.00 ft
Action4.00 ft
  1. 9.00 ftMajor flood stage. Widespread flooding along the Snake River downstream of Merritt Dam.
  2. 7.00 ftModerate flood stage. Roads and structures along the lower banks will be impacted.
  3. 5.00 ftFlood stage. Minor flooding along the lower banks of the Snake River.
  4. 4.00 ftLow lying areas directly along the Snake River may flood. Recreation interests on and along the river may begin to be impacted.

Crest history

64 crests on NOAA’s list since 1947.

#DateStage
1February 7, 19636.96 ft
2June 30, 19625.39 ft
3May 25, 20193.88 ft
4August 27, 19683.37 ft
5June 14, 19673.21 ft
6May 26, 19553.16 ft
7March 12, 19533.11 ft
8May 4, 20162.98 ft
9August 3, 19562.95 ft
10April 28, 19642.94 ft
11May 7, 19602.90 ft
12April 2, 19582.84 ft
13May 18, 20202.82 ft
14May 27, 20152.79 ft
15March 29, 19772.79 ft
16March 8, 19512.77 ft
17May 16, 19572.75 ft
18May 30, 19542.75 ft
19October 10, 19492.74 ft
20May 14, 19612.73 ft
21May 16, 19522.69 ft
22September 23, 19482.69 ft
23February 26, 19492.67 ft
24October 3, 19652.65 ft
25May 19, 19832.62 ft

Most recent crests

  • March 18, 2025: 2.08 ft
  • February 7, 2024: 2.25 ft
  • March 4, 2023: 2.27 ft
  • June 2, 2022: 2.21 ft
  • May 15, 2022: 2.45 ft
  • March 2, 2021: 2.29 ft
  • May 18, 2020: 2.82 ft
  • April 1, 2020: 2.31 ft
  • May 25, 2019: 3.88 ft
  • March 19, 2018: 2.27 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.