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Republican River at Clay Center

Highest listed crest 25.74 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft120 crests since 1935

The Republican River at Clay Center crested above flood stage 94 times among the 120 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1935 to 2024. The highest, 25.74 ft on June 3, 1935, was moderate flooding, 10.74 feet above flood stage. 4 other gauges on the Republican River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 4 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
25.74 ft
June 3, 1935; 195,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
15.0 ft
Major flooding from 28.0 ft
Crests at major
0
94 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 17, 2024
15.19 ft, minor flooding
Location
Clay County
Kansas

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Republican River at Clay Center
Action stage10.024Jun 10, 2014The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)15.089Jun 17, 2024Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage22.55Jul 24, 1993Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage28.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

120 crests from 1935 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Republican River at Clay Center, 1935 to 2024 51015202530ft Flood stage 15.0 ftMajor 28.0 ft Jun 3, 1935: 25.74 ft, moderate flooding; 195,000 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1936: 13.33 ft, action stage; 8,790 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1937: 14.13 ft, action stage; 10,200 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1938: 15.78 ft, minor flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1939: 14.88 ft, action stage; 10,200 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1940: 13.43 ft, action stage; 7,310 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1941: 21.08 ft, minor flooding; 50,800 cubic feet per secondOct 19, 1941: 16.88 ft, minor flooding; 17,200 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1943: 18.69 ft, minor flooding; 27,700 cubic feet per secondAug 26, 1944: 18.38 ft, minor flooding; 22,200 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1945: 20.82 ft, minor flooding; 43,200 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 1946: 18.75 ft, minor flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1947: 22.92 ft, moderate flooding; 62,400 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1948: 17.84 ft, minor flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1949: 17.50 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1950: 19.47 ft, minor flooding; 26,600 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1951: 22.20 ft, minor flooding; 51,500 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1952: 13.57 ft, action stage; 6,630 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1953: 13.52 ft, action stage; 6,540 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1954: 13.00 ft, action stage; 5,000 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1955: 13.60 ft, action stage; 5,980 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1956: 12.37 ft, action stage; 4,260 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1957: 17.82 ft, minor flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1958: 22.60 ft, moderate flooding; 55,900 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 1959: 6.95 ft, below flood stage; 5,430 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1960: 19.69 ft, minor flooding; 25,300 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1961: 19.34 ft, minor flooding; 20,400 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 1962: 14.76 ft, action stage; 8,320 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1963: 13.51 ft, action stage; 6,250 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1964: 17.67 ft, minor flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per secondSep 21, 1965: 17.25 ft, minor flooding; 13,600 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1965: 12.27 ft, action stage; 4,380 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1967: 19.04 ft, minor flooding; 18,500 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 1968: 15.65 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 1969: 17.47 ft, minor flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 1970: 16.18 ft, minor flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1971: 19.21 ft, minor flooding; 21,100 cubic feet per secondAug 26, 1972: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per secondSep 27, 1973: 20.60 ft, minor flooding; 26,300 cubic feet per secondOct 14, 1974: 21.47 ft, minor flooding; 34,500 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1975: 14.68 ft, action stage; 8,790 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 1976: 14.37 ft, action stage; 8,200 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1977: 17.58 ft, minor flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 1977: 16.38 ft, minor flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1978: 14.57 ft, action stage; 8,580 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1979: 16.90 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1979: 15.52 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1979: 16.79 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1980: 16.71 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1981: 16.03 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1982: 16.84 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per secondJun 19, 1983: 17.15 ft, minor flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1984: 16.49 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 1985: 15.25 ft, minor flooding; 9,880 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1986: 19.76 ft, minor flooding; 22,800 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1987: 20.77 ft, minor flooding; 28,200 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1988: 11.45 ft, action stage; 4,330 cubic feet per secondSep 9, 1989: 18.23 ft, minor flooding; 16,700 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1990: 16.50 ft, minor flooding; 12,400 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1991: 13.91 ft, action stage; 7,410 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 1992: 15.90 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1993: 16.43 ft, minor floodingJun 25, 1993: 16.42 ft, minor floodingJul 2, 1993: 17.80 ft, minor floodingJul 8, 1993: 22.75 ft, moderate floodingJul 18, 1993: 22.28 ft, minor floodingJul 24, 1993: 23.36 ft, moderate flooding; 48,100 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1994: 12.74 ft, action stage; 4,910 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1995: 15.67 ft, minor floodingMay 13, 1995: 15.70 ft, minor floodingMay 18, 1995: 15.58 ft, minor floodingMay 28, 1995: 16.12 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 1995: 15.32 ft, minor floodingJun 8, 1995: 15.48 ft, minor floodingJun 25, 1995: 15.60 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 1996: 16.03 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 1996: 17.12 ft, minor flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1998: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per secondNov 2, 1998: 18.36 ft, minor flooding; 14,700 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 1999: 17.09 ft, minor floodingJul 8, 2000: 11.44 ft, action stage; 3,200 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2001: 15.88 ft, minor flooding; 9,990 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2002: 10.17 ft, action stage; 2,080 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 2003: 17.79 ft, minor flooding; 12,400 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 2003: 16.61 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 2004: 13.18 ft, action stage; 5,580 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2005: 15.19 ft, minor floodingMay 30, 2006: 11.83 ft, action stage; 3,680 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2007: 19.13 ft, minor flooding; 12,200 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 2008: 18.52 ft, minor flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2009: 15.70 ft, minor flooding; 6,721 cubic feet per secondOct 24, 2009: 15.95 ft, minor flooding; 6,900 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2010: 21.03 ft, minor flooding; 20,700 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2011: 22.18 ft, minor flooding; 29,000 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 2012: 14.78 ft, action stage; 6,120 cubic feet per secondAug 3, 2013: 19.05 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2014: 13.14 ft, action stage; 4,400 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 2015: 17.06 ft, minor floodingJun 6, 2015: 20.43 ft, minor floodingJun 12, 2015: 17.52 ft, minor floodingDec 14, 2015: 17.76 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2016: 17.52 ft, minor floodingMay 27, 2016: 19.80 ft, minor floodingMar 31, 2017: 16.86 ft, minor floodingMay 1, 2017: 15.24 ft, minor floodingMay 20, 2017: 19.91 ft, minor floodingJun 30, 2017: 15.43 ft, minor floodingSep 5, 2018: 21.14 ft, minor floodingOct 10, 2018: 17.16 ft, minor floodingDec 2, 2018: 18.58 ft, minor floodingDec 27, 2018: 16.21 ft, minor floodingMar 14, 2019: 18.42 ft, minor floodingMay 8, 2019: 19.98 ft, minor flooding; 12,700 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2019: 15.26 ft, minor floodingAug 17, 2019: 17.47 ft, minor floodingOct 3, 2019: 15.31 ft, minor floodingJul 31, 2020: 21.82 ft, minor flooding; 23,000 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2022: 16.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,280 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2023: 9.28 ft, below flood stage; 1,020 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 2024: 15.19 ft, minor flooding; 5,740 cubic feet per second Highest, 25.74 ft, Jun 3, 1935 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Republican River at Clay Center 1930s: 2 1940s: 9 1950s: 4 1960s: 7 1970s: 10 1980s: 9 1990s: 20 2000s: 8 2010s: 22 22 2020s: 3 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 24.80 ft on May 29, 1903; 26.20 ft on Jun 21, 1915.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 120 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Republican River at Clay Center
1Jun 3, 193525.74+10.74Moderate195,000
2Jul 24, 199323.36+8.36Moderate48,100
3Jun 26, 194722.92+7.92Moderate62,400
4Jul 8, 199322.75+7.75Moderate—
5Sep 5, 195822.60+7.60Moderate55,900
6Jul 18, 199322.28+7.28Minor—
7Jul 12, 195122.20+7.20Minor51,500
8Jun 2, 201122.18+7.18Minor29,000
9Jul 31, 202021.82+6.82Minor23,000
10Oct 14, 197421.47+6.47Minor34,500
11Sep 5, 201821.14+6.14Minor—
12Jun 10, 194121.08+6.08Minor50,800
13Jun 22, 201021.03+6.03Minor20,700
14May 22, 194520.82+5.82Minor43,200
15Mar 26, 198720.77+5.77Minor28,200
16Sep 27, 197320.60+5.60Minor26,300
17Jun 6, 201520.43+5.43Minor—
18May 8, 201919.98+4.98Minor12,700
19May 20, 201719.91+4.91Minor—
20May 27, 201619.80+4.80Minor—
21Sep 30, 198619.76+4.76Minor22,800
22Mar 28, 196019.69+4.69Minor25,300
23Jul 11, 195019.47+4.47Minor26,600
24May 22, 196119.34+4.34Minor20,400
25May 22, 197119.21+4.21Minor21,100
26May 7, 200719.13+4.13Minor12,200
27Aug 3, 201319.05+4.05Minor12,800
28Jun 16, 196719.04+4.04Minor18,500
29Mar 30, 199818.85+3.85Minor15,200
30Jul 17, 194618.75+3.75Minor25,700
31Jun 16, 194318.69+3.69Minor27,700
32Dec 2, 201818.58+3.58Minor—
33Jun 3, 200818.52+3.52Minor10,700
34Mar 14, 201918.42+3.42Minor—
35Aug 26, 194418.38+3.38Minor22,200
36Nov 2, 199818.36+3.36Minor14,700
37Sep 9, 198918.23+3.23Minor16,700
38Mar 19, 194817.84+2.84Minor19,100
39Jun 20, 195717.82+2.82Minor17,000
40Jul 2, 199317.80+2.80Minor—
41Jun 25, 200317.79+2.79Minor12,400
42Dec 14, 201517.76+2.76Minor10,200
43Jun 22, 196417.67+2.67Minor14,600
44Aug 23, 197717.58+2.58Minor14,800
45Jun 12, 201517.52+2.52Minor—
46May 12, 201617.52+2.52Minor—
47Jun 28, 194917.50+2.50Minor18,600
48Feb 27, 196917.47+2.47Minor14,100
49Aug 17, 201917.47+2.47Minor—
50Sep 21, 196517.25+2.25Minor13,600

The worst floods along the Republican River

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

June 3, 1935: 25.74 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HardyKS · Jun 2, 1935 · 19.40 ft · Major · its highest
  • ScandiaKS · Jun 2, 1935 · 17.80 ft · Major · its highest
  • BenkelmanNE · May 31, 1935 · 13.10 ft · Major · its highest
  • ConcordiaKS · Jun 2, 1935 · 23.00 ft · Moderate · its highest

July 24, 1993: 23.36 ft here, moderate flooding

  • ConcordiaKS · Jul 22, 1993 · 19.77 ft · Moderate
  • Guide RockNE · Jul 19, 1993 · 15.47 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • ScandiaKS · Jul 21, 1993 · 13.85 ft · Moderate
  • HardyKS · Jul 27, 1993 · 12.48 ft · Minor
  • OrleansNE · Jul 28, 1993 · 10.66 ft · Minor

June 26, 1947: 22.92 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HardyKS · Jun 24, 1947 · 17.00 ft · Major
  • ScandiaKS · Jun 24, 1947 · 15.00 ft · Major
  • OrleansNE · Jun 23, 1947 · 14.00 ft · Major · its highest
  • ConcordiaKS · Jun 25, 1947 · 19.90 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Republican River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Republican River
CambridgeNE11.011.08 ft, May 28, 20230
Clay Center this gaugeKS15.025.74 ft, Jun 3, 19350
ConcordiaKS15.023.00 ft, Jun 2, 19350
Guide RockNE12.515.47 ft, Jul 19, 19930
McCookNE9.010.51 ft, May 26, 20230
RivertonNE9.010.86 ft, Jul 10, 20190
ScandiaKS10.017.80 ft, Jun 2, 19353
StrattonNE11.013.21 ft, May 26, 20230
BenkelmanNE7.013.10 ft, May 31, 19351
HardyKS11.019.40 ft, Jun 2, 19352
OrleansNE9.014.00 ft, Jun 23, 19473

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CYCK1, 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.