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Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs

Highest listed crest 18.71 ftFlood stage 16.0 ft80 crests since 1944

The Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs crested above flood stage 8 times among the 80 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1944 to 2025. The highest, 18.71 ft on June 11, 1960, was moderate flooding, 2.71 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Beaver Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
18.71 ft
June 11, 1960; 7,940 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
16.0 ft
Major flooding from 20.0 ft
Crests at major
0
8 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 12, 1983
16.94 ft, minor flooding
Location
Decatur County
Kansas

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs
Action stage14.02Aug 4, 1962The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)16.05Jun 12, 1983Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage18.03Jun 11, 1960Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage20.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

80 crests from 1944 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs, 1944 to 2025 05101520ft Flood stage 16.0 ftMajor 20.0 ft Jul 31, 1944: 18.16 ft, moderate floodingJul 4, 1946: 9.76 ft, below flood stage; 391 cubic feet per secondOct 8, 1947: 16.58 ft, minor flooding; 1,830 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1948: 8.52 ft, below flood stage; 300 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1949: 9.39 ft, below flood stage; 356 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1950: 15.68 ft, action stage; 1,250 cubic feet per secondJul 14, 1951: 17.89 ft, minor flooding; 3,980 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1952: 7.25 ft, below flood stage; 233 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1953: 8.56 ft, below flood stage; 305 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1954: 9.46 ft, below flood stage; 272 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1955: 6.09 ft, below flood stage; 78 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 1956: 12.85 ft, below flood stage; 512 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1957: 18.18 ft, moderate flooding; 4,620 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1958: 13.02 ft, below flood stage; 652 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1959: 8.09 ft, below flood stage; 254 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1960: 18.71 ft, moderate flooding; 7,940 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1961: 16.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,030 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1962: 14.50 ft, action stage; 1,030 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1963: 8.59 ft, below flood stage; 274 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 1964: 12.41 ft, below flood stage; 569 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 1965: 16.69 ft, minor flooding; 2,440 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1966: 10.84 ft, below flood stage; 594 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 1967: 8.04 ft, below flood stage; 298 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1968: 7.41 ft, below flood stage; 263 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1969: 9.78 ft, below flood stage; 448 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1970: 9.11 ft, below flood stage; 381 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1971: 9.64 ft, below flood stage; 434 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 1972: 13.60 ft, below flood stage; 985 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1973: 7.95 ft, below flood stage; 540 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1974: 7.97 ft, below flood stage; 546 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 1975: 8.66 ft, below flood stage; 480 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1976: 7.38 ft, below flood stage; 235 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1977: 8.62 ft, below flood stage; 330 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 1978: 7.88 ft, below flood stage; 187 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 1979: 9.21 ft, below flood stage; 406 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 1980: 7.09 ft, below flood stage; 139 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 1981: 7.80 ft, below flood stage; 244 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1982: 8.15 ft, below flood stage; 236 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1983: 16.94 ft, minor flooding; 2,830 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1984: 5.32 ft, below flood stage; 39 cubic feet per secondAug 29, 1985: 7.14 ft, below flood stage; 175 cubic feet per secondJul 2, 1986: 4.15 ft, below flood stage; 1 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1987: 6.55 ft, below flood stage; 116 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1988: 8.24 ft, below flood stage; 324 cubic feet per secondJul 2, 1989: 11.43 ft, below flood stage; 888 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1990: 7.56 ft, below flood stage; 262 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 1992: 8.96 ft, below flood stage; 497 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1993: 9.59 ft, below flood stage; 588 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 1994: 8.48 ft, below flood stage; 427 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 1995: 5.93 ft, below flood stage; 131 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 1996: 9.44 ft, below flood stage; 563 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 1997: 4.53 ft, below flood stage; 42 cubic feet per secondAug 1, 1998: 6.60 ft, below flood stage; 181 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 1999: 6.25 ft, below flood stage; 150 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 2000: 3.92 ft, below flood stage; 5 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 2001: 5.95 ft, below flood stage; 127 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 2002: 3.04 ft, below flood stage; 1 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 2003: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 52 cubic feet per secondSep 27, 2004: 7.55 ft, below flood stage; 150 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 2005: 9.13 ft, below flood stage; 100 cubic feet per secondOct 1, 2006: 2.44 ft, below flood stageApr 25, 2007: 7.27 ft, below flood stage; 159 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2008: 11.07 ft, below flood stage; 817 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2009: 7.45 ft, below flood stage; 248 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 2010: 8.72 ft, below flood stage; 357 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 2011: 5.77 ft, below flood stage; 41 cubic feet per secondOct 8, 2012: 2.84 ft, below flood stage; 1 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 2013: 2.95 ft, below flood stage; 1 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2014: 4.95 ft, below flood stage; 23 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 2015: 6.03 ft, below flood stage; 47 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 2016: 3.33 ft, below flood stage; 2 cubic feet per secondMay 10, 2017: 6.52 ft, below flood stage; 69 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 2018: 6.82 ft, below flood stage; 93 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2019: 9.47 ft, below flood stage; 516 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 2020: 3.57 ft, below flood stage; 4 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2021: 5.75 ft, below flood stage; 35 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2022: 7.94 ft, below flood stage; 213 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2023: 8.65 ft, below flood stage; 270 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 2024: 6.45 ft, below flood stage; 64 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 2025: 3.15 ft, below flood stage Highest, 18.71 ft, Jun 11, 1960 1960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs 1940s: 2 1950s: 2 1960s: 3 3 1970s: 0 1980s: 1 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 2020s: 0 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 80 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs
1Jun 11, 196018.71+2.71Moderate7,940
2May 30, 195718.18+2.18Moderate4,620
3Jul 31, 194418.16+2.16Moderate—
4Jul 14, 195117.89+1.89Minor3,980
5Jun 12, 198316.94+0.94Minor2,830
6May 27, 196516.69+0.69Minor2,440
7Oct 8, 194716.58+0.58Minor1,830
8Jun 14, 196116.42+0.42Minor2,030
9Jul 24, 195015.68−0.32Action1,250
10Aug 4, 196214.50−1.50Action1,030
11Jun 17, 197213.60−2.40Below flood stage985
12Aug 17, 195813.02−2.98Below flood stage652
13Jul 7, 195612.85−3.15Below flood stage512
14Aug 19, 196412.41−3.59Below flood stage569
15Jul 2, 198911.43−4.57Below flood stage888
16May 23, 200811.07−4.93Below flood stage817
17Oct 20, 196610.84−5.16Below flood stage594
18May 8, 19699.78−6.22Below flood stage448
19Jul 4, 19469.76−6.24Below flood stage391
20Jul 9, 19719.64−6.36Below flood stage434
21Jun 27, 19939.59−6.41Below flood stage588
22Aug 13, 20199.47−6.53Below flood stage516
23May 18, 19549.46−6.54Below flood stage272
24Aug 11, 19969.44−6.56Below flood stage563
25May 22, 19499.39−6.61Below flood stage356
26Jul 18, 19799.21−6.79Below flood stage406
27Sep 6, 20059.13−6.87Below flood stage100
28Jun 20, 19709.11−6.89Below flood stage381
29Aug 5, 19928.96−7.04Below flood stage497
30Jul 21, 20108.72−7.28Below flood stage357
31Jul 31, 19758.66−7.34Below flood stage480
32May 12, 20238.65−7.35Below flood stage270
33Sep 2, 19778.62−7.38Below flood stage330
34Sep 22, 19638.59−7.41Below flood stage274
35Jul 13, 19538.56−7.44Below flood stage305
36Jun 22, 19488.52−7.48Below flood stage300
37Jul 16, 19948.48−7.52Below flood stage427
38Jul 19, 19888.24−7.76Below flood stage324
39Jul 11, 19828.15−7.85Below flood stage236
40Jun 23, 19598.09−7.91Below flood stage254
41Jul 10, 19678.04−7.96Below flood stage298
42Jun 9, 19747.97−8.03Below flood stage546
43Jul 15, 19737.95−8.05Below flood stage540
44Jun 8, 20227.94−8.06Below flood stage213
45Jul 4, 19787.88−8.12Below flood stage187
46May 31, 19817.80−8.20Below flood stage244
47Jul 27, 19907.56−8.44Below flood stage262
48Sep 27, 20047.55−8.45Below flood stage150
49Jun 15, 20097.45−8.55Below flood stage248
50Jun 18, 19687.41−8.59Below flood stage263

The worst floods along the Beaver Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Beaver Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

June 11, 1960: 18.71 ft here, moderate flooding

July 14, 1951: 17.89 ft here, minor flooding

  • LudellKS · Jul 13, 1951 · 14.15 ft · Major · its highest
  • Beaver CityNE · Jul 17, 1951 · 12.60 ft · Minor

June 12, 1983: 16.94 ft here, minor flooding

  • Beaver CityNE · Jun 14, 1983 · 15.68 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Beaver Creek

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Beaver Creek
LudellKS9.014.15 ft, Jul 13, 19512
Cedar Bluffs this gaugeKS16.018.71 ft, Jun 11, 19600
Beaver CityNE11.015.68 ft, Jun 14, 19831

Other gauges in Decatur County

Flood gauges in Decatur County
Oberlin11.018.16 ft, Jun 15, 19961

Decatur County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Kansas

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CDBK1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.