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Beaver Creek at Ludell

Highest listed crest 14.15 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft23 crests since 1946

The Beaver Creek at Ludell crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 23 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1946 to 2010. The highest, 14.15 ft on July 13, 1951, was major flooding, 5.15 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Beaver Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
14.15 ft
July 13, 1951; 2,140 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
9.0 ft
Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major
2
29th of 171 gauges in Kansas
Most recent flood crest
April 27, 2007
10.20 ft, minor flooding
Location
Rawlins 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 Ludell
Action stage8.01May 29, 2001The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)9.05Apr 27, 2007Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage11.03Aug 8, 1996Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage13.02Jul 13, 1951Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

23 crests from 1946 to 2010. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Beaver Creek at Ludell, 1946 to 2010 05101520ft Flood stage 9.0 ftMajor 13.0 ft Sep 10, 1946: 13.00 ft, major flooding; 1,600 cubic feet per secondOct 7, 1947: 10.08 ft, minor flooding; 564 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1948: 12.05 ft, moderate flooding; 1,100 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1949: 11.10 ft, moderate flooding; 756 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 1950: 9.95 ft, minor flooding; 563 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1951: 14.15 ft, major flooding; 2,140 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1952: 6.65 ft, below flood stage; 225 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 1953: 3.62 ft, below flood stage; 77 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1996: 7.12 ft, below flood stage; 147 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 1996: 11.20 ft, moderate flooding; 1,130 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 1996: 9.13 ft, minor flooding; 398 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1997: 6.74 ft, below flood stage; 121 cubic feet per secondJul 30, 1998: 9.01 ft, minor flooding; 379 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 1999: 7.52 ft, below flood stage; 190 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 2000: 4.19 ft, below flood stage; 17 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2001: 8.08 ft, action stage; 237 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 2003: 4.68 ft, below flood stage; 14 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 2004: 7.94 ft, below flood stage; 182 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 2005: 3.78 ft, below flood stageAug 18, 2006: 7.37 ft, below flood stageApr 27, 2007: 10.20 ft, minor floodingJun 2, 2009: 4.43 ft, below flood stage; 10 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2010: 5.28 ft, below flood stage; 35 cubic feet per second Highest, 14.15 ft, Jul 13, 1951 1950196019701980199020002010

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Beaver Creek at Ludell 1940s: 4 4 1950s: 2 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 3 2000s: 1 2010s: 0 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
  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.
  3. 4 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 9.23 ft on Jul 23, 1929; 16.70 ft on Sep 8, 1930; 9.70 ft on Jun 5, 1931; 10.90 ft on May 26, 1932.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Beaver Creek at Ludell
1Jul 13, 195114.15+5.15Major2,140
2Sep 10, 194613.00+4.00Major1,600
3Jun 28, 194812.05+3.05Moderate1,100
4Aug 8, 199611.20+2.20Moderate1,130
5May 20, 194911.10+2.10Moderate756
6Apr 27, 200710.20+1.20Minor—
7Oct 7, 194710.08+1.08Minor564
8Aug 6, 19509.95+0.95Minor563
9Sep 6, 19969.13+0.13Minor398
10Jul 30, 19989.01+0.01Minor379
11May 29, 20018.08−0.92Action237
12Jul 16, 20047.94−1.06Below flood stage182
13Jul 18, 19997.52−1.48Below flood stage190
14Aug 18, 20067.37−1.63Below flood stage—
15Jun 23, 19967.12−1.88Below flood stage147
16Jun 2, 19976.74−2.26Below flood stage121
17May 22, 19526.65−2.35Below flood stage225
18May 29, 20105.28−3.72Below flood stage35
19Jun 29, 20034.68−4.32Below flood stage14
20Jun 2, 20094.43−4.57Below flood stage10
21Jul 18, 20004.19−4.81Below flood stage17
22Jul 7, 20053.78−5.22Below flood stage—
23May 27, 19533.62−5.38Below flood stage77

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.

July 13, 1951: 14.15 ft here, major flooding

June 28, 1948: 12.05 ft here, moderate flooding

Gauges on the Beaver Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Beaver Creek
Ludell this gaugeKS9.014.15 ft, Jul 13, 19512
Cedar BluffsKS16.018.71 ft, Jun 11, 19600
Beaver CityNE11.015.68 ft, Jun 14, 19831

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LDLK1, 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.