Platte River at Brady
Highest listed crest 9.80 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft6 crests since 1973
The Platte River at Brady crested above flood stage 6 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1973 to 2013. The highest, 9.80 ft on September 23, 2013, was moderate flooding, 2.30 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Platte River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 9.80 ft
- September 23, 2013; 14,700 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 7.5 ft
- Major flooding from 11.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 6 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 23, 2013
- 9.80 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 6.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 7.5 | 2 | Jun 21, 1997 |
| Moderate flood stage | 9.0 | 4 | Sep 23, 2013 |
| Major flood stage | 11.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
6 crests from 1973 to 2013. 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 | Sep 23, 2013 | 9.80 | +2.30 | Moderate |
| 2 | May 14, 1973 | 9.60 | +2.10 | Moderate |
| 3 | Jun 29, 1983 | 9.20 | +1.70 | Moderate |
| 4 | May 9, 1999 | 9.12 | +1.62 | Moderate |
| 5 | May 23, 1980 | 8.80 | +1.30 | Minor |
| 6 | Jun 21, 1997 | 8.40 | +0.90 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Platte River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Platte River that crested above flood stage within a week.
September 23, 2013: 9.80 ft here, moderate flooding
- MaxwellNE · Sep 23, 2013 · 10.79 ft · Moderate · its highest
- OvertonNE · Sep 25, 2013 · 8.11 ft · Minor
- OdessaNE · Sep 28, 2013 · 7.62 ft · Minor
- KearneyNE · Sep 28, 2013 · 7.22 ft · Minor
- Grand IslandNE · Sep 29, 2013 · 6.52 ft · Minor
May 14, 1973: 9.60 ft here, moderate flooding
- Grand IslandNE · May 17, 1973 · 7.40 ft · Moderate
- OvertonNE · May 15, 1973 · 10.43 ft · Minor · its highest
June 29, 1983: 9.20 ft here, moderate flooding
- Grand IslandNE · Jun 30, 1983 · 7.97 ft · Major
- OvertonNE · Jun 22, 1983 · 9.44 ft · Minor
- OdessaNE · Jun 29, 1983 · 7.82 ft · Minor
- KearneyNE · Jun 29, 1983 · 7.42 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Platte River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Brady this gauge | NE | 9.80 ft, Sep 23, 2013 | 0 |
| Fremont | NE | 11.91 ft, Jun 23, 2024 | 0 |
| Louisville | NE | 13.82 ft, Mar 16, 2019 | 2 |
| Maxwell | NE | 10.79 ft, Sep 23, 2013 | 0 |
| North Bend | NE | 15.55 ft, Mar 19, 1978 | 3 |
| Ashland | NE | 24.32 ft, Mar 16, 2019 | 1 |
| Duncan | NE | 8.07 ft, Jun 14, 1983 | 0 |
| Grand Island | NE | 8.16 ft, Mar 27, 1960 | 15 |
| Kearney | NE | 8.62 ft, Feb 24, 1994 | 0 |
| Leshara | NE | 11.84 ft, Feb 9, 1996 | 0 |
| Odessa | NE | 8.27 ft, Jul 9, 2019 | 0 |
| Overton | NE | 10.43 ft, May 15, 1973 | 0 |
| Venice | NE | 19.92 ft, Mar 15, 2019 | 0 |
Other gauges in Lincoln County
| North Platte | 7.73 ft, Jun 21, 2011 | 1 |
| Sutherland | 7.11 ft, Jun 21, 2011 | 0 |
| Maxwell | 10.79 ft, Sep 23, 2013 | 0 |
| North Platte | 14.54 ft, Sep 23, 2013 | 0 |
Lincoln County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Nebraska
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BDYN1, 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.