Bluestem Lake
Highest listed crest 1,316.50 ftFlood stage 1,311.5 ft3 crests since 1973
The Bluestem Lake crested above flood stage 3 times among the 3 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1973 to 2019. The highest, 1,316.50 ft on October 11, 1973, was minor flooding, 5.05 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 1,316.50 ft
- October 11, 1973
- Flood stage
- 1,311.5 ft
- Major flooding from 1,322.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 3 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- March 13, 2019
- 1,311.56 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 1,308.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 1,311.5 | 3 | Mar 13, 2019 |
| Major flood stage | 1,322.5 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
3 crests from 1973 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
- 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
| 1 | Oct 11, 1973 | 1,316.50 | +5.05 | Minor |
| 2 | May 7, 2015 | 1,314.30 | +2.85 | Minor |
| 3 | Mar 13, 2019 | 1,311.56 | +0.11 | Minor |
Other gauges in Lancaster County
| Conestoga Lake | 1,241.10 ft, Mar 24, 1987 | 0 |
| Lincoln (SW 56th Street) | 20.75 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Holmes Lake | 1,250.16 ft, May 10, 2016 | 0 |
| Lincoln (Arbor Road) | 21.65 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Lincoln (SW 63rd Street) | 23.21 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Lincoln (Air Park Road) | 23.53 ft, Oct 1, 2026 | 0 |
| Olive Creek Lake | 1,345.60 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Ceresco | 27.60 ft, Aug 25, 1987 | 0 |
| Innovation Campus at Lincoln | 35.47 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Lincoln (27th Street) | 28.87 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Lincoln (Pioneers Boulevard) | 30.08 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Roca | 26.00 ft, May 8, 1950 | 1 |
| Stagecoach Lake | 1,279.70 ft, Jun 6, 2008 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 31.57 ft, Jun 13, 1984 | 1 |
| Wagon Train Lake | 1,295.50 ft, Jun 5, 2008 | 0 |
| Yankee Hill Reservoir | 1,253.70 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
Lancaster County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Nebraska
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SPGN1, 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.