Platte River at Fremont

Highest listed crest 11.91 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft5 crests since 2022

The Platte River at Fremont crested above flood stage 4 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2022 to 2025. The highest, 11.91 ft on June 23, 2024, was minor flooding, 0.91 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Platte River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 11.91 ft; June 23, 2024
Flood stage: 11.0 ft; Major flooding from 17.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 4 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: June 27, 2025; 11.26 ft, minor flooding
Location: Dodge County; Near Fremont (2.5 mi)
Identifiers: NWS FREN1; No USGS station

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Platte River at Fremont

Action stage	9.5	1	Feb 28, 2023	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	11.0	4	Jun 27, 2025	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	14.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	17.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

5 crests from 2022 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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

Highest listed crests, Platte River at Fremont

1	Jun 23, 2024	11.91	+0.91	Minor	—
2	Feb 10, 2022	11.76	+0.76	Minor	—
3	Feb 3, 2024	11.63	+0.63	Minor	—
4	Jun 27, 2025	11.26	+0.26	Minor	—
5	Feb 28, 2023	10.29	−0.71	Action	—

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.

June 23, 2024: 11.91 ft here, minor flooding

VeniceNE · Jun 23, 2024 · 15.64 ft · Minor
LesharaNE · Jun 23, 2024 · 8.59 ft · Minor

June 27, 2025: 11.26 ft here, minor flooding

LesharaNE · Jun 27, 2025 · 8.16 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Platte River

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

Flood gauges on the Platte River

Brady	NE	7.5	9.80 ft, Sep 23, 2013	0
Fremont this gauge	NE	11.0	11.91 ft, Jun 23, 2024	0
Louisville	NE	9.0	13.82 ft, Mar 16, 2019	2
Maxwell	NE	9.0	10.79 ft, Sep 23, 2013	0
North Bend	NE	8.0	15.55 ft, Mar 19, 1978	3
Ashland	NE	20.0	24.32 ft, Mar 16, 2019	1
Duncan	NE	8.0	8.07 ft, Jun 14, 1983	0
Grand Island	NE	6.5	8.16 ft, Mar 27, 1960	15
Kearney	NE	7.0	8.62 ft, Feb 24, 1994	0
Leshara	NE	8.0	11.84 ft, Feb 9, 1996	0
Odessa	NE	7.0	8.27 ft, Jul 9, 2019	0
Overton	NE	7.5	10.43 ft, May 15, 1973	0
Venice	NE	15.5	19.92 ft, Mar 15, 2019	0

Other gauges in Dodge County

Flood gauges in Dodge County

Winslow	17.0	24.14 ft, Mar 14, 2019	1
Uehling	18.0	21.24 ft, Mar 15, 2019	1
Nickerson	11.5	17.78 ft, Mar 14, 2019	2
Scribner	18.0	24.48 ft, Aug 5, 1996	14
North Bend	8.0	15.55 ft, Mar 19, 1978	3

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FREN1, 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.