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North Platte River near Sutherland

Highest listed crest 7.11 ftFlood stage 6.5 ft79 crests since 1938

The North Platte River near Sutherland crested above flood stage 2 times among the 79 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1938 to 2024. The highest, 7.11 ft on June 21, 2011, was minor flooding, 0.61 feet above flood stage. 4 other gauges on the North Platte River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 3 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
7.11 ft
June 21, 2011; 6,129 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
6.5 ft
Major flooding from 8.5 ft
Crests at major
0
2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 3, 2016
6.54 ft, minor flooding
Location
Lincoln County
Nebraska

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, North Platte River near Sutherland
Action stage5.019Jul 26, 2022The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)6.52Jun 3, 2016Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage7.50—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage8.50—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

79 crests from 1938 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the North Platte River near Sutherland, 1938 to 2024 246810ft Flood stage 6.5 ftMajor 8.5 ft Apr 29, 1938: 4.95 ft, below flood stage; 3,770 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1939: 4.71 ft, below flood stage; 3,220 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1941: 4.17 ft, below flood stage; 1,402 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1942: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 2,300 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 1943: 4.29 ft, below flood stage; 1,940 cubic feet per secondAug 24, 1944: 4.43 ft, below flood stage; 2,470 cubic feet per secondAug 2, 1945: 4.16 ft, below flood stage; 2,000 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1946: 4.06 ft, below flood stage; 2,020 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1947: 4.46 ft, below flood stage; 2,980 cubic feet per secondJul 29, 1948: 4.50 ft, below flood stage; 2,580 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1949: 4.50 ft, below flood stage; 2,580 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1950: 3.93 ft, below flood stage; 1,500 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1951: 3.84 ft, below flood stage; 1,230 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1952: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 3,080 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1953: 4.59 ft, below flood stage; 2,360 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 1954: 4.40 ft, below flood stage; 2,100 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1955: 4.18 ft, below flood stage; 1,980 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1956: 4.14 ft, below flood stage; 1,840 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1957: 4.27 ft, below flood stage; 1,960 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1958: 5.11 ft, action stage; 4,060 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 1959: 4.33 ft, below flood stage; 2,010 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1960: 4.30 ft, below flood stage; 2,130 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1961: 4.36 ft, below flood stage; 2,100 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1962: 4.83 ft, below flood stage; 3,360 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1963: 4.52 ft, below flood stage; 2,560 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1964: 4.32 ft, below flood stage; 2,040 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 1965: 3.98 ft, below flood stage; 1,760 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1966: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 2,510 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1967: 4.02 ft, below flood stage; 1,890 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 1968: 4.93 ft, below flood stage; 3,040 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1969: 4.20 ft, below flood stage; 1,940 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1970: 4.69 ft, below flood stage; 2,820 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1971: 5.98 ft, action stage; 9,090 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1972: 4.01 ft, below flood stage; 2,910 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1974: 4.69 ft, below flood stage; 3,890 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 1975: 3.61 ft, below flood stage; 2,390 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 1976: 4.24 ft, below flood stage; 3,240 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1977: 3.65 ft, below flood stage; 2,610 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 1978: 3.67 ft, below flood stage; 2,460 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1979: 2.81 ft, below flood stage; 1,620 cubic feet per secondAug 10, 1980: 3.41 ft, below flood stage; 2,210 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 1981: 3.74 ft, below flood stage; 2,640 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 1982: 3.46 ft, below flood stage; 2,240 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1983: 5.19 ft, action stage; 6,540 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1984: 4.89 ft, below flood stage; 5,720 cubic feet per secondNov 16, 1984: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 3,080 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1986: 4.44 ft, below flood stage; 2,960 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 1986: 4.66 ft, below flood stage; 3,110 cubic feet per secondJun 30, 1988: 4.36 ft, below flood stage; 2,710 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1989: 4.05 ft, below flood stage; 2,230 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 1990: 4.21 ft, below flood stage; 2,590 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 1991: 4.00 ft, below flood stage; 2,180 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1992: 3.17 ft, below flood stage; 1,180 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 1998: 5.54 ft, action stage; 2,810 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 2000: 5.67 ft, action stage; 2,560 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 2001: 6.15 ft, action stage; 3,200 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 2002: 6.03 ft, action stage; 3,360 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 2003: 4.76 ft, below flood stage; 1,620 cubic feet per secondJul 30, 2004: 4.37 ft, below flood stage; 1,340 cubic feet per secondJul 26, 2005: 4.28 ft, below flood stage; 839 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 2006: 4.78 ft, below flood stage; 1,360 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 2007: 5.13 ft, action stage; 1,630 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 2008: 5.68 ft, action stage; 2,320 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2009: 5.18 ft, action stage; 1,670 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 2011: 7.11 ft, minor flooding; 6,129 cubic feet per secondOct 1, 2011: 5.35 ft, action stage; 3,090 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 2013: 5.03 ft, action stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondAug 3, 2014: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 1,090 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 2015: 5.31 ft, action stage; 1,640 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 2016: 6.54 ft, minor flooding; 3,480 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 2016: 5.56 ft, action stage; 2,160 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 2018: 4.23 ft, below flood stage; 879 cubic feet per secondOct 25, 2018: 5.07 ft, action stage; 1,620 cubic feet per secondOct 25, 2019: 5.07 ft, action stage; 1,620 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 2020: 6.18 ft, action stage; 2,820 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2021: 5.51 ft, action stage; 1,910 cubic feet per secondJul 26, 2022: 5.42 ft, action stage; 1,930 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 2023: 4.92 ft, below flood stage; 1,450 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2024: 4.71 ft, below flood stage; 1,110 cubic feet per second Highest, 7.11 ft, Jun 21, 2011 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, North Platte River near Sutherland 1930s: 0 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 2 2 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.
  3. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 5.32 ft on Jun 12, 1973.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 79 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, North Platte River near Sutherland
1Jun 21, 20117.11+0.61Minor6,129
2Jun 3, 20166.54+0.04Minor3,480
3Jul 21, 20206.18−0.32Action2,820
4Jul 10, 20016.15−0.35Action3,200
5Jul 7, 20026.03−0.47Action3,360
6Jun 8, 19715.98−0.52Action9,090
7Aug 6, 20085.68−0.82Action2,320
8Aug 15, 20005.67−0.83Action2,560
9Oct 4, 20165.56−0.94Action2,160
10Apr 1, 19985.54−0.96Action2,810
11Jun 22, 20215.51−0.99Action1,910
12Jul 26, 20225.42−1.08Action1,930
13Oct 1, 20115.35−1.15Action3,090
14Aug 5, 20155.31−1.19Action1,640
15Aug 23, 19835.19−1.31Action6,540
16Apr 14, 20095.18−1.32Action1,670
17Jul 28, 20075.13−1.37Action1,630
18Aug 17, 19585.11−1.39Action4,060
19Oct 25, 20185.07−1.43Action1,620
20Oct 25, 20195.07−1.43Action1,620
21Jul 7, 20135.03−1.47Action1,550
22Apr 29, 19384.95−1.55Below flood stage3,770
23Aug 11, 19684.93−1.57Below flood stage3,040
24Sep 1, 20234.92−1.58Below flood stage1,450
25Apr 2, 19844.89−1.61Below flood stage5,720
26Jun 10, 19524.85−1.65Below flood stage3,080
27May 17, 19624.83−1.67Below flood stage3,360
28Aug 8, 20064.78−1.72Below flood stage1,360
29Jul 27, 20034.76−1.74Below flood stage1,620
30Mar 12, 19394.71−1.79Below flood stage3,220
31Jun 15, 20244.71−1.79Below flood stage1,110
32Jun 21, 19704.69−1.81Below flood stage2,820
33Mar 21, 19744.69−1.81Below flood stage3,890
34Oct 17, 19864.66−1.84Below flood stage3,110
35Jul 9, 19534.59−1.91Below flood stage2,360
36Jul 15, 19664.57−1.93Below flood stage2,510
37Nov 16, 19844.57−1.93Below flood stage3,080
38Aug 3, 20144.57−1.93Below flood stage1,090
39Jun 11, 19634.52−1.98Below flood stage2,560
40Jul 29, 19484.50−2.00Below flood stage2,580
41Jul 28, 19494.50−2.00Below flood stage2,580
42Aug 20, 19474.46−2.04Below flood stage2,980
43Jul 13, 19864.44−2.06Below flood stage2,960
44Aug 24, 19444.43−2.07Below flood stage2,470
45Jul 20, 19544.40−2.10Below flood stage2,100
46Sep 2, 19424.38−2.12Below flood stage2,300
47Jul 30, 20044.37−2.13Below flood stage1,340
48Jul 19, 19614.36−2.14Below flood stage2,100
49Jun 30, 19884.36−2.14Below flood stage2,710
50Jul 21, 19594.33−2.17Below flood stage2,010

The worst floods along the North Platte River

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

June 21, 2011: 7.11 ft here, minor flooding

  • North PlatteNE · Jun 21, 2011 · 7.73 ft · Major · its highest
  • LiscoNE · Jun 19, 2011 · 5.28 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • LewellenNE · Jun 20, 2011 · 8.66 ft · Minor
  • GlenrockWY · Jun 20, 2011 · 7.18 ft · Minor · its highest

June 3, 2016: 6.54 ft here, minor flooding

Gauges on the North Platte River

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

Flood gauges on the North Platte River
CasperWY8.08.34 ft, Jun 9, 19840
LewellenNE8.08.92 ft, May 27, 20160
LiscoNE4.05.28 ft, Jun 19, 20110
North PlatteNE6.07.73 ft, Jun 21, 20111
SaratogaWY8.510.49 ft, Jun 9, 20110
ScottsbluffNE11.512.74 ft, May 28, 20160
WY-NE State Line nr HenryWY5.56.77 ft, May 11, 20180
GlenrockWY7.07.18 ft, Jun 20, 20110
KeystoneNE6.07.57 ft, Aug 10, 19830
NorthgateCO8.09.45 ft, Mar 21, 20070
OrinWY8.010.45 ft, Jun 12, 19702
SinclairWY9.011.64 ft, Jun 14, 20103
Sutherland this gaugeNE6.57.11 ft, Jun 21, 20110

Other gauges in Lincoln County

Flood gauges in Lincoln County
North Platte6.07.73 ft, Jun 21, 20111
Brady7.59.80 ft, Sep 23, 20130
Maxwell9.010.79 ft, Sep 23, 20130
North Platte13.014.54 ft, Sep 23, 20130

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SUTN1, 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.