Rivers in Nebraska

Warm Slough near Central City

Merrick County, NebraskaNWS CENN1USGS 06772775Hastings office

Below flood stage
2.13ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 4:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
10.00 ft
Record crest
8.63 ft2025

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood13.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood10.00 ft
Action8.00 ft
  1. 13.00 ftWater covers the county road adjacent to the gauge and significant lowland flooding occurs.
  2. 11.00 ftWater covers the county road adjacent to the gauge.
  3. 10.00 ftWater approaches the county road adjacent to the gauge and will begin to spill into low spots in surrounding fields. Flooding will also begin to impact portions of the yard of the property just upstream of the gauge house.
  4. 8.00 ftWater begins to impact the bottom of the bridge at the gage site.

Crest history

28 crests on NOAA’s list since 1996.

#DateStage
1June 27, 20258.63 ft
2May 12, 20058.55 ft
3March 15, 20218.13 ft
4August 26, 20198.04 ft
5May 23, 20207.99 ft
6April 8, 19987.86 ft
7June 5, 20087.57 ft
8June 20, 20097.37 ft
9June 22, 20106.89 ft
10May 6, 20016.70 ft
11May 26, 20116.65 ft
12May 26, 20166.49 ft
13January 19, 20126.44 ft
14May 28, 19966.18 ft
15December 29, 20186.16 ft
16May 31, 20076.05 ft
17April 16, 19995.85 ft
18May 21, 20175.22 ft
19June 13, 20155.21 ft
20May 4, 20224.13 ft
21June 15, 20143.80 ft
22May 19, 20033.53 ft
23May 11, 20023.44 ft
24February 25, 20003.39 ft
25May 8, 20123.31 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 27, 2025: 8.63 ft
  • July 2, 2024: 3.02 ft
  • May 4, 2022: 4.13 ft
  • March 15, 2021: 8.13 ft
  • May 23, 2020: 7.99 ft
  • August 26, 2019: 8.04 ft
  • December 29, 2018: 6.16 ft
  • May 21, 2017: 5.22 ft
  • May 26, 2016: 6.49 ft
  • June 13, 2015: 5.21 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.