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Elkhorn River at Ewing

Highest listed crest 13.26 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft86 crests since 1948

The Elkhorn River at Ewing crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 86 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1948 to 2023. The highest, 13.26 ft on June 14, 2010, was major flooding, 4.26 feet above flood stage. 8 other gauges on the Elkhorn River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 4 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.26 ft
June 14, 2010; 27,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
9.0 ft
Major flooding from 12.0 ft
Crests at major
1
38th of 187 gauges in Nebraska
Most recent flood crest
March 17, 2019
9.99 ft, minor flooding
Location
Holt County
Nebraska

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Elkhorn River at Ewing
Action stage8.08Apr 25, 2001The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)9.08Mar 17, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage10.07Mar 20, 1987Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage12.01Jun 14, 2010Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

86 crests from 1948 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Elkhorn River at Ewing, 1948 to 2023 2468101214ft Flood stage 9.0 ftMajor 12.0 ft Mar 29, 1948: 10.45 ft, moderate flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 1948: 2.76 ft, below flood stage; 193 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 1949: 10.74 ft, moderate flooding; 7,280 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1950: 7.97 ft, below flood stage; 1,810 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1951: 10.65 ft, moderate flooding; 5,970 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1952: 8.94 ft, action stage; 2,990 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1953: 9.32 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 1954: 5.95 ft, below flood stage; 842 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1955: 4.87 ft, below flood stage; 442 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 1956: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 252 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1957: 7.25 ft, below flood stage; 1,180 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1958: 7.66 ft, below flood stage; 1,400 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1959: 5.40 ft, below flood stage; 593 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1960: 10.66 ft, moderate flooding; 6,440 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1960: 10.14 ft, moderate flooding; 4,720 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1961: 5.27 ft, below flood stage; 571 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1962: 9.80 ft, minor flooding; 4,600 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1962: 10.60 ft, moderate flooding; 7,500 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1963: 4.06 ft, below flood stage; 458 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 1964: 6.01 ft, below flood stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1965: 7.08 ft, below flood stage; 1,590 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1966: 5.05 ft, below flood stage; 673 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 1967: 6.75 ft, below flood stage; 1,300 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 1968: 4.64 ft, below flood stage; 449 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1969: 7.10 ft, below flood stage; 2,050 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1970: 6.92 ft, below flood stage; 1,870 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1971: 5.91 ft, below flood stage; 1,100 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1972: 8.02 ft, action stage; 2,680 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1973: 6.59 ft, below flood stage; 1,390 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 1974: 4.62 ft, below flood stageMar 5, 1974: 4.15 ft, below flood stage; 285 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1975: 4.25 ft, below flood stage; 324 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1976: 5.45 ft, below flood stage; 750 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1977: 7.13 ft, below flood stage; 1,430 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1978: 7.99 ft, below flood stage; 2,340 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1979: 7.00 ft, below flood stage; 1,040 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1980: 7.85 ft, below flood stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondJan 2, 1981: 4.28 ft, below flood stageFeb 20, 1981: 4.00 ft, below flood stage; 130 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1982: 8.97 ft, action stage; 3,470 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1983: 9.31 ft, minor flooding; 3,670 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1984: 9.75 ft, minor flooding; 4,790 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1985: 6.03 ft, below flood stage; 930 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 1986: 8.42 ft, action stage; 2,520 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1987: 10.31 ft, moderate flooding; 6,750 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 1988: 5.95 ft, below flood stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1989: 4.41 ft, below flood stage; 290 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1990: 4.11 ft, below flood stage; 253 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1991: 6.15 ft, below flood stage; 1,280 cubic feet per secondAug 31, 1992: 5.54 ft, below flood stage; 800 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1993: 8.73 ft, action stage; 4,310 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1993: 8.75 ft, action stageMar 8, 1994: 6.48 ft, below flood stage; 1,490 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 1996: 7.40 ft, below flood stage; 4,430 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1997: 8.37 ft, action stageApr 18, 1997: 5.80 ft, below flood stage; 1,270 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1998: 6.46 ft, below flood stage; 1,740 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 1999: 9.24 ft, minor flooding; 6,460 cubic feet per secondDec 21, 1999: 4.99 ft, below flood stage; 254 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2000: 3.97 ft, below flood stage; 254 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 2001: 8.27 ft, action stage; 4,680 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 2002: 4.26 ft, below flood stageMay 4, 2002: 3.83 ft, below flood stage; 214 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2003: 4.71 ft, below flood stage; 567 cubic feet per secondFeb 29, 2004: 3.92 ft, below flood stage; 238 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 2006: 7.34 ft, below flood stage; 2,760 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 2007: 7.42 ft, below flood stage; 3,150 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2008: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2009: 6.16 ft, below flood stageApr 10, 2009: 5.53 ft, below flood stage; 1,010 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2010: 9.09 ft, minor flooding; 5,490 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 2010: 13.26 ft, major flooding; 27,300 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 2011: 7.05 ft, below flood stage; 3,200 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2012: 5.29 ft, below flood stage; 1,070 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2013: 4.86 ft, below flood stage; 828 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2014: 4.79 ft, below flood stage; 588 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2015: 5.16 ft, below flood stage; 693 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 2016: 7.87 ft, below flood stage; 3,830 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2017: 6.72 ft, below flood stage; 2,120 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 2017: 6.90 ft, below flood stageOct 8, 2018: 7.57 ft, below flood stage; 3,270 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 2019: 9.99 ft, minor flooding; 8,670 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 2021: 4.73 ft, below flood stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2022: 4.67 ft, below flood stage; 929 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 2023: 3.98 ft, below flood stageMay 14, 2023: 4.90 ft, below flood stage; 1,100 cubic feet per second Highest, 13.26 ft, Jun 14, 2010 19501960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Elkhorn River at Ewing 1940s: 2 1950s: 2 1960s: 4 4 1970s: 0 1980s: 3 1990s: 1 2000s: 1 2010s: 3 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: 6.76 ft on Jun 13, 2020.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 86 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Elkhorn River at Ewing
1Jun 14, 201013.26+4.26Major27,300
2Apr 7, 194910.74+1.74Moderate7,280
3Mar 29, 196010.66+1.66Moderate6,440
4May 18, 195110.65+1.65Moderate5,970
5Jun 10, 196210.60+1.60Moderate7,500
6Mar 29, 194810.45+1.45Moderate4,200
7Mar 20, 198710.31+1.31Moderate6,750
8May 8, 196010.14+1.14Moderate4,720
9Mar 17, 20199.99+0.99Minor8,670
10Mar 28, 19629.80+0.80Minor4,600
11Apr 9, 19849.75+0.75Minor4,790
12May 5, 19539.32+0.32Minor2,760
13Apr 2, 19839.31+0.31Minor3,670
14May 7, 19999.24+0.24Minor6,460
15May 30, 20089.19+0.19Minor4,940
16Mar 10, 20109.09+0.09Minor5,490
17Jun 1, 19828.97−0.03Action3,470
18Mar 31, 19528.94−0.06Action2,990
19Jul 19, 19938.75−0.25Action—
20May 11, 19938.73−0.27Action4,310
21Sep 23, 19868.42−0.58Action2,520
22Feb 22, 19978.37−0.63Action—
23Apr 25, 20018.27−0.73Action4,680
24May 16, 19728.02−0.98Action2,680
25Mar 21, 19787.99−1.01Below flood stage2,340
26Apr 2, 19507.97−1.03Below flood stage1,810
27May 3, 20167.87−1.13Below flood stage3,830
28Apr 6, 19807.85−1.15Below flood stage2,140
29Apr 9, 19587.66−1.34Below flood stage1,400
30Oct 8, 20187.57−1.43Below flood stage3,270
31Apr 26, 20077.42−1.58Below flood stage3,150
32May 31, 19967.40−1.60Below flood stage4,430
33Apr 9, 20067.34−1.66Below flood stage2,760
34May 21, 19577.25−1.75Below flood stage1,180
35Jun 26, 19777.13−1.87Below flood stage1,430
36Mar 29, 19697.10−1.90Below flood stage2,050
37Jun 13, 19657.08−1.92Below flood stage1,590
38Jun 25, 20117.05−1.95Below flood stage3,200
39Mar 17, 19797.00−2.00Below flood stage1,040
40Apr 21, 19706.92−2.08Below flood stage1,870
41Aug 18, 20176.90−2.10Below flood stage—
42Jun 17, 19676.75−2.25Below flood stage1,300
43May 22, 20176.72−2.28Below flood stage2,120
44Jun 2, 19736.59−2.41Below flood stage1,390
45Mar 8, 19946.48−2.52Below flood stage1,490
46Jun 14, 19986.46−2.54Below flood stage1,740
47Mar 13, 20096.16−2.84Below flood stage—
48May 21, 19916.15−2.85Below flood stage1,280
49May 14, 19856.03−2.97Below flood stage930
50May 1, 19646.01−2.99Below flood stage1,080

The worst floods along the Elkhorn River

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

June 14, 2010: 13.26 ft here, major flooding

  • NorfolkNE · Jun 15, 2010 · 17.22 ft · Major · its highest
  • NelighNE · Jun 14, 2010 · 15.54 ft · Major · its highest
  • AtkinsonNE · Jun 14, 2010 · 10.27 ft · Major · its highest
  • WinslowNE · Jun 15, 2010 · 20.40 ft · Moderate
  • WaterlooNE · Jun 14, 2010 · 18.77 ft · Moderate
  • TildenNE · Jun 14, 2010 · 16.14 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • PilgerNE · Jun 16, 2010 · 15.18 ft · Moderate
  • West PointNE · Jun 17, 2010 · 15.21 ft · Minor

March 29, 1960: 10.66 ft here, moderate flooding

  • WaterlooNE · Apr 2, 1960 · 19.11 ft · Moderate
  • NelighNE · Mar 29, 1960 · 12.24 ft · Moderate
  • West PointNE · Mar 31, 1960 · 12.70 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Elkhorn River

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

Flood gauges on the Elkhorn River
Ewing this gaugeNE9.013.26 ft, Jun 14, 20101
NelighNE11.015.54 ft, Jun 14, 20101
NorfolkNE12.017.22 ft, Jun 15, 20101
PilgerNE12.019.85 ft, Feb 26, 20022
WaterlooNE14.024.68 ft, Mar 16, 20191
West PointNE12.018.60 ft, Mar 9, 19934
AtkinsonNE7.510.27 ft, Jun 14, 20101
TildenNE15.016.14 ft, Jun 14, 20100
WinslowNE17.024.14 ft, Mar 14, 20191

Other gauges in Holt County

Flood gauges in Holt County
Atkinson7.510.27 ft, Jun 14, 20101
Butte5.519.41 ft, Mar 14, 20191

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EWIN1, 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.