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Beaver Creek near Beaver City

Highest listed crest 15.68 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft89 crests since 1937

The Beaver Creek near Beaver City crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 89 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1937 to 2025. The highest, 15.68 ft on June 14, 1983, was major flooding, 4.68 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
15.68 ft
June 14, 1983; 9,510 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
11.0 ft
Major flooding from 15.0 ft
Crests at major
1
38th of 187 gauges in Nebraska
Most recent flood crest
June 14, 1983
15.68 ft, major flooding
Location
Furnas County
Nebraska

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Beaver Creek near Beaver City
Action stage9.06Aug 22, 1996The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)11.011Jun 14, 1965Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage13.02Jun 22, 1947Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage15.01Jun 14, 1983Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

89 crests from 1937 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Beaver Creek near Beaver City, 1937 to 2025 05101520ft Flood stage 11.0 ftMajor 15.0 ft Aug 3, 1937: 11.80 ft, minor flooding; 1,670 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 1938: 8.20 ft, below flood stage; 550 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1939: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 1,140 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1940: 8.00 ft, below flood stage; 600 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1941: 9.80 ft, action stage; 850 cubic feet per secondAug 2, 1942: 11.08 ft, minor flooding; 1,450 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 1943: 7.20 ft, below flood stage; 510 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1944: 13.80 ft, moderate flooding; 3,800 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1945: 5.40 ft, below flood stage; 282 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1946: 7.12 ft, below flood stage; 454 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1947: 13.22 ft, moderate flooding; 3,140 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1948: 11.37 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1949: 12.00 ft, minor flooding; 1,620 cubic feet per secondJul 26, 1950: 12.80 ft, minor flooding; 2,400 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 1951: 12.60 ft, minor flooding; 2,430 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1952: 10.15 ft, action stage; 800 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 1953: 7.26 ft, below flood stage; 388 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1954: 7.07 ft, below flood stage; 451 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1955: 3.50 ft, below flood stageJul 16, 1955: 2.97 ft, below flood stage; 29 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1956: 5.42 ft, below flood stage; 202 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1957: 11.90 ft, minor flooding; 1,640 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 1958: 7.10 ft, below flood stage; 290 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1959: 4.63 ft, below flood stageJun 4, 1959: 4.39 ft, below flood stage; 184 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1960: 12.97 ft, minor flooding; 2,810 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1961: 9.17 ft, action stage; 726 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 1962: 7.60 ft, below flood stage; 532 cubic feet per secondJun 19, 1963: 11.52 ft, minor flooding; 1,270 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1964: 7.28 ft, below flood stage; 494 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1965: 12.46 ft, minor flooding; 2,090 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1966: 10.88 ft, action stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1967: 7.33 ft, below flood stage; 452 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 1968: 3.81 ft, below flood stage; 85 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1969: 5.87 ft, below flood stage; 253 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1970: 5.68 ft, below flood stage; 209 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1971: 5.21 ft, below flood stage; 200 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 1972: 4.15 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1973: 3.74 ft, below flood stage; 75 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1974: 5.29 ft, below flood stage; 189 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1975: 6.65 ft, below flood stage; 219 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1976: 3.61 ft, below flood stage; 41 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1977: 4.80 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1978: 2.89 ft, below flood stage; 19 cubic feet per secondAug 27, 1979: 7.80 ft, below flood stage; 330 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1980: 2.73 ft, below flood stage; 16 cubic feet per secondAug 1, 1981: 6.80 ft, below flood stage; 232 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1982: 2.90 ft, below flood stageFeb 18, 1982: 2.89 ft, below flood stage; 17 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1983: 15.68 ft, major flooding; 9,510 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1984: 3.46 ft, below flood stage; 14 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 1985: 3.55 ft, below flood stage; 18 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 1986: 9.14 ft, action stage; 515 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1988: 3.20 ft, below flood stage; 10 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1989: 4.53 ft, below flood stage; 44 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 1990: 3.58 ft, below flood stage; 18 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1991: 3.29 ft, below flood stage; 12 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 1992: 5.92 ft, below flood stage; 109 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 1993: 5.72 ft, below flood stage; 96 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 1994: 4.52 ft, below flood stage; 52 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1995: 4.65 ft, below flood stage; 58 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 1996: 10.06 ft, action stage; 601 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1997: 8.95 ft, below flood stage; 439 cubic feet per secondAug 2, 1998: 3.87 ft, below flood stage; 35 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 1999: 6.25 ft, below flood stage; 90 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 2000: 6.71 ft, below flood stage; 193 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2001: 3.29 ft, below flood stage; 19 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2002: 3.51 ft, below flood stage; 22 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 2004: 3.11 ft, below flood stage; 3 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 2005: 3.09 ft, below flood stage; 10 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 2006: 5.21 ft, below flood stage; 60 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2007: 6.49 ft, below flood stage; 95 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2008: 7.91 ft, below flood stage; 197 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 2009: 3.77 ft, below flood stageAug 5, 2010: 3.63 ft, below flood stage; 17 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2011: 3.12 ft, below flood stage; 8 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 2012: 3.01 ft, below flood stage; 244 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2014: 4.04 ft, below flood stageJun 5, 2015: 3.57 ft, below flood stageApr 17, 2016: 3.66 ft, below flood stage; 12 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 2017: 4.77 ft, below flood stage; 37 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 2018: 4.08 ft, below flood stage; 13 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2019: 4.56 ft, below flood stage; 25 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2020: 3.67 ft, below flood stage; 7 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2021: 3.88 ft, below flood stage; 8 cubic feet per secondDec 27, 2022: 3.51 ft, below flood stageJun 29, 2023: 6.31 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 2024: 3.75 ft, below flood stage; 6 cubic feet per secondJul 5, 2025: 4.87 ft, below flood stage Highest, 15.68 ft, Jun 14, 1983 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Beaver Creek near Beaver City 1930s: 2 1940s: 5 5 1950s: 3 1960s: 3 1970s: 0 1980s: 1 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 2020s: 0 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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 89 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Beaver Creek near Beaver City
1Jun 14, 198315.68+4.68Major9,510
2Jul 19, 194413.80+2.80Moderate3,800
3Jun 22, 194713.22+2.22Moderate3,140
4Jun 13, 196012.97+1.97Minor2,810
5Jul 26, 195012.80+1.80Minor2,400
6Jul 17, 195112.60+1.60Minor2,430
7Jun 14, 196512.46+1.46Minor2,090
8May 6, 194912.00+1.00Minor1,620
9Jun 16, 195711.90+0.90Minor1,640
10Aug 3, 193711.80+0.80Minor1,670
11Jun 19, 196311.52+0.52Minor1,270
12Jun 23, 194811.37+0.37Minor1,240
13Aug 2, 194211.08+0.08Minor1,450
14May 26, 193911.000.00Minor1,140
15Jun 23, 196610.88−0.12Action1,160
16May 16, 195210.15−0.85Action800
17Aug 22, 199610.06−0.94Action601
18Jun 8, 19419.80−1.20Action850
19Jun 5, 19619.17−1.83Action726
20May 9, 19869.14−1.86Action515
21Jun 26, 19978.95−2.05Below flood stage439
22Jul 16, 19388.20−2.80Below flood stage550
23Sep 24, 19408.00−3.00Below flood stage600
24May 24, 20087.91−3.09Below flood stage197
25Aug 27, 19797.80−3.20Below flood stage330
26Aug 8, 19627.60−3.40Below flood stage532
27Jun 14, 19677.33−3.67Below flood stage452
28Jun 14, 19647.28−3.72Below flood stage494
29Jul 20, 19537.26−3.74Below flood stage388
30Apr 11, 19437.20−3.80Below flood stage510
31May 30, 19467.12−3.88Below flood stage454
32Aug 21, 19587.10−3.90Below flood stage290
33Aug 17, 19547.07−3.93Below flood stage451
34Aug 1, 19816.80−4.20Below flood stage232
35Jul 23, 20006.71−4.29Below flood stage193
36Jun 21, 19756.65−4.35Below flood stage219
37May 22, 20076.49−4.51Below flood stage95
38Jun 29, 20236.31−4.69Below flood stage97
39Jun 29, 19996.25−4.75Below flood stage90
40Aug 7, 19925.92−5.08Below flood stage109
41May 22, 19695.87−5.13Below flood stage253
42Mar 9, 19935.72−5.28Below flood stage96
43Jun 11, 19705.68−5.32Below flood stage209
44Jul 12, 19565.42−5.58Below flood stage202
45Jul 12, 19455.40−5.60Below flood stage282
46Jun 14, 19745.29−5.71Below flood stage189
47Jun 9, 19715.21−5.79Below flood stage200
48Jul 13, 20065.21−5.79Below flood stage60
49Jul 5, 20254.87−6.13Below flood stage—
50May 24, 19774.80−6.20Below flood stage97

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 14, 1983: 15.68 ft here, major flooding

June 13, 1960: 12.97 ft here, minor flooding

  • Cedar BluffsKS · Jun 11, 1960 · 18.71 ft · Moderate · 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 BluffsKS16.018.71 ft, Jun 11, 19600
Beaver City this gaugeNE11.015.68 ft, Jun 14, 19831

Other gauges in Furnas County

Flood gauges in Furnas County
Arapahoe24.031.00 ft, Jun 22, 19471
Furnas-Gosper County Line29.029.35 ft, Jul 9, 20190
Cambridge11.011.08 ft, May 28, 20230
Edison17.525.48 ft, Jul 9, 20190

Furnas County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Nebraska

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BEVN1, 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.