Rivers in Nebraska

Union Creek at Madison

Madison County, NebraskaNWS MSON1USGS 06799230Valley office

Below flood stage
7.39ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 2:15 AM CDT

Flood stage
20.00 ft
Record crest
25.72 ft1990

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood25.00 ft
Moderate flood23.00 ft
Minor flood20.00 ft
Action18.00 ft
  1. 25.00 ftState Highway 32 downstream of the gage begins to flood.
  2. 24.00 ftConsiderable flooding of residential and commercial areas within Madison begins.
  3. 23.50 ftWater nears the bottom of the Main Street bridge.
  4. 20.00 ftMinor flooding commences along portions of Union Creek.
  5. 13.50 ftWater begins to overflow the natural banks near the gage.

Crest history

46 crests on NOAA’s list since 1979.

#DateStage
1June 16, 199025.72 ft
2July 9, 199325.27 ft
3March 13, 201924.41 ft
4May 30, 200723.26 ft
5July 6, 200023.23 ft
6June 4, 199923.20 ft
7August 23, 199523.07 ft
8June 10, 201022.91 ft
9June 17, 198422.90 ft
10June 17, 199022.66 ft
11May 22, 200421.52 ft
12June 4, 199121.29 ft
13May 19, 198221.15 ft
14September 15, 198720.82 ft
15August 21, 199820.81 ft
16June 26, 201820.30 ft
17July 6, 199419.94 ft
18May 30, 200819.87 ft
19June 30, 198619.72 ft
20June 29, 198319.22 ft
21April 29, 202217.93 ft
22March 15, 200117.77 ft
23April 30, 200317.43 ft
24June 30, 198117.26 ft
25August 5, 199616.64 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 3, 2024: 16.52 ft
  • February 27, 2023: 11.93 ft
  • April 29, 2022: 17.93 ft
  • June 26, 2021: 14.58 ft
  • February 2, 2020: 13.57 ft
  • March 13, 2019: 24.41 ft
  • June 26, 2018: 20.30 ft
  • May 17, 2017: 15.63 ft
  • June 19, 2016: 14.49 ft
  • June 12, 2015: 14.10 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.