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Cedar River near Fullerton

Highest listed crest 18.91 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft92 crests since 1948

The Cedar River near Fullerton crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 92 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1948 to 2025. The highest, 18.91 ft on August 13, 1966, was major flooding, 9.91 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
18.91 ft
August 13, 1966; 64,700 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
9.0 ft
Major flooding from 18.0 ft
Crests at major
1
38th of 187 gauges in Nebraska
Most recent flood crest
March 13, 2019
17.34 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Nance County
Nebraska

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Cedar River near Fullerton
Action stage8.014May 30, 2008The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)9.024Jun 15, 2010Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage15.02Mar 13, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage18.01Aug 13, 1966Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

92 crests from 1948 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Cedar River near Fullerton, 1948 to 2025 05101520ft Flood stage 9.0 ftMajor 18.0 ft Feb 28, 1948: 13.41 ft, minor flooding; 9,760 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1949: 9.36 ft, minor flooding; 2,190 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1950: 13.65 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1951: 9.21 ft, minor floodingApr 27, 1951: 9.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,800 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1952: 10.99 ft, minor floodingAug 7, 1952: 8.13 ft, action stage; 1,970 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1953: 12.46 ft, minor flooding; 6,050 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1954: 7.28 ft, below flood stage; 863 cubic feet per secondJul 5, 1955: 8.28 ft, action stage; 2,090 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1956: 8.43 ft, action stage; 2,190 cubic feet per secondDec 29, 1956: 9.09 ft, minor floodingJul 24, 1958: 9.96 ft, minor floodingMay 31, 1959: 8.99 ft, action stage; 2,650 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1960: 15.76 ft, moderate flooding; 4,300 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1961: 9.22 ft, minor flooding; 2,690 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1962: 12.09 ft, minor floodingJun 17, 1962: 8.49 ft, action stage; 2,250 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 1963: 9.48 ft, minor floodingAug 28, 1963: 8.09 ft, action stage; 1,930 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1964: 12.76 ft, minor flooding; 6,500 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 1965: 10.87 ft, minor flooding; 4,410 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 1966: 18.91 ft, major flooding; 64,700 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1967: 10.87 ft, minor flooding; 5,400 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1968: 8.35 ft, action stage; 2,880 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1970: 7.89 ft, below flood stageApr 23, 1970: 6.64 ft, below flood stage; 1,070 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 1971: 13.08 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 1972: 6.53 ft, below flood stage; 1,460 cubic feet per secondJan 27, 1973: 7.52 ft, below flood stageMay 27, 1973: 6.03 ft, below flood stage; 931 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 1974: 6.69 ft, below flood stageJun 6, 1974: 6.11 ft, below flood stage; 1,010 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 1975: 6.48 ft, below flood stageJun 18, 1975: 6.04 ft, below flood stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1976: 7.82 ft, below flood stage; 2,900 cubic feet per secondAug 31, 1977: 6.88 ft, below flood stage; 1,960 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1978: 11.83 ft, minor flooding; 9,400 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1979: 6.85 ft, below flood stage; 2,070 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1980: 6.47 ft, below flood stage; 1,530 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 1981: 11.02 ft, minor flooding; 6,210 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 1982: 8.66 ft, action stage; 3,390 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1983: 8.79 ft, action stage; 2,300 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1984: 8.85 ft, action stage; 3,590 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 1985: 7.83 ft, below flood stage; 2,720 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1986: 7.27 ft, below flood stage; 2,070 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1987: 8.99 ft, action stage; 4,960 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1988: 6.55 ft, below flood stageMay 24, 1988: 5.20 ft, below flood stage; 620 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1989: 7.40 ft, below flood stage; 1,600 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1990: 9.29 ft, minor flooding; 4,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1991: 5.52 ft, below flood stageMay 7, 1991: 4.74 ft, below flood stage; 437 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1992: 6.31 ft, below flood stage; 1,330 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 1993: 11.43 ft, minor flooding; 8,160 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 1994: 9.78 ft, minor flooding; 5,970 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 1995: 6.21 ft, below flood stage; 2,090 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1996: 5.31 ft, below flood stage; 1,180 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1997: 5.31 ft, below flood stage; 2,640 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1998: 6.80 ft, below flood stage; 3,400 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1999: 8.90 ft, action stage; 4,940 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 2000: 4.34 ft, below flood stage; 608 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 2001: 7.52 ft, below flood stage; 1,900 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2002: 5.80 ft, below flood stageJun 12, 2002: 4.36 ft, below flood stage; 691 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 2003: 5.16 ft, below flood stageMay 4, 2003: 4.62 ft, below flood stage; 780 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2004: 8.64 ft, action stage; 4,700 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2005: 4.15 ft, below flood stage; 2,610 cubic feet per secondNov 30, 2005: 5.90 ft, below flood stageSep 10, 2006: 4.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,030 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 2007: 9.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,530 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2007: 9.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,530 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2008: 8.87 ft, action stage; 7,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 2009: 5.86 ft, below flood stageJun 19, 2009: 5.19 ft, below flood stage; 1,950 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2010: 9.35 ft, minor flooding; 6,380 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2011: 6.43 ft, below flood stage; 2,810 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 2012: 7.81 ft, below flood stage; 4,720 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2013: 6.70 ft, below flood stage; 4,200 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 2014: 4.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,750 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 2015: 6.25 ft, below flood stageDec 18, 2016: 5.32 ft, below flood stageJan 20, 2017: 5.92 ft, below flood stageJun 7, 2018: 6.84 ft, below flood stage; 3,950 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2019: 17.34 ft, moderate flooding; 45,500 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2020: 3.66 ft, below flood stage; 988 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 2021: 3.92 ft, below flood stage; 1,140 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 2022: 3.85 ft, below flood stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 2023: 6.04 ft, below flood stageMay 24, 2024: 4.42 ft, below flood stageJul 8, 2025: 5.70 ft, below flood stage Highest, 18.91 ft, Aug 13, 1966 19501960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Cedar River near Fullerton 1940s: 2 1950s: 7 1960s: 8 8 1970s: 2 1980s: 1 1990s: 3 2000s: 2 2010s: 2 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.
  3. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 13.39 ft on Jun 25, 1969.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 92 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Cedar River near Fullerton
1Aug 13, 196618.91+9.91Major64,700
2Mar 13, 201917.34+8.34Moderate45,500
3Mar 28, 196015.76+6.76Moderate4,300
4Jul 19, 195013.65+4.65Minor10,100
5Feb 28, 194813.41+4.41Minor9,760
6Feb 19, 197113.08+4.08Minor3,500
7May 26, 196412.76+3.76Minor6,500
8May 11, 195312.46+3.46Minor6,050
9Mar 26, 196212.09+3.09Minor—
10Mar 14, 197811.83+2.83Minor9,400
11Jul 23, 199311.43+2.43Minor8,160
12Aug 5, 198111.02+2.02Minor6,210
13Mar 25, 195210.99+1.99Minor—
14Jun 29, 196510.87+1.87Minor4,410
15Jun 15, 196710.87+1.87Minor5,400
16Jul 24, 19589.96+0.96Minor—
17Aug 6, 19949.78+0.78Minor5,970
18Feb 7, 19639.48+0.48Minor—
19Jun 1, 19499.36+0.36Minor2,190
20Jun 15, 20109.35+0.35Minor6,380
21May 3, 20079.30+0.30Minor7,530
22May 30, 20079.30+0.30Minor7,530
23Jun 16, 19909.29+0.29Minor4,600
24May 14, 19619.22+0.22Minor2,690
25Mar 16, 19519.21+0.21Minor—
26Apr 27, 19519.17+0.17Minor2,800
27Dec 29, 19569.09+0.09Minor—
28May 31, 19598.99−0.01Action2,650
29Mar 21, 19878.99−0.01Action4,960
30Jun 27, 19998.90−0.10Action4,940
31May 30, 20088.87−0.13Action7,800
32Jun 12, 19848.85−0.15Action3,590
33Feb 20, 19838.79−0.21Action2,300
34Jul 10, 19828.66−0.34Action3,390
35Jun 16, 20048.64−0.36Action4,700
36Jun 17, 19628.49−0.51Action2,250
37Aug 18, 19568.43−0.57Action2,190
38Jun 18, 19688.35−0.65Action2,880
39Jul 5, 19558.28−0.72Action2,090
40Aug 7, 19528.13−0.87Action1,970
41Aug 28, 19638.09−0.91Action1,930
42Jan 26, 19707.89−1.11Below flood stage—
43Apr 22, 19857.83−1.17Below flood stage2,720
44Jun 24, 19767.82−1.18Below flood stage2,900
45Feb 13, 20127.81−1.19Below flood stage4,720
46Jan 27, 19737.52−1.48Below flood stage—
47Mar 14, 20017.52−1.48Below flood stage1,900
48Mar 10, 19897.40−1.60Below flood stage1,600
49Feb 20, 19547.28−1.72Below flood stage863
50Jul 1, 19867.27−1.73Below flood stage2,070

The worst floods along the Cedar River

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

March 13, 2019: 17.34 ft here, moderate flooding

  • SpaldingNE · Mar 15, 2019 · 8.42 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Cedar River

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

Flood gauges on the Cedar River
SpaldingNE8.08.42 ft, Mar 15, 20190
Fullerton this gaugeNE9.018.91 ft, Aug 13, 19661

Other gauges in Nance County

Flood gauges in Nance County
Genoa15.023.32 ft, Jul 19, 19504
Genoa10.013.04 ft, Mar 14, 20190
Genoa10.515.39 ft, Mar 14, 20194

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FULN1, 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.