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Platte River near Duncan

Highest listed crest 8.07 ftFlood stage 8.0 ft57 crests since 1978

The Platte River near Duncan crested above flood stage 3 times among the 57 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1978 to 2024. The highest, 8.07 ft on June 14, 1983, was minor flooding, 0.07 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
8.07 ft
June 14, 1983
Flood stage
8.0 ft
Major flooding from 10.0 ft
Crests at major
0
3 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
March 16, 2019
8.04 ft, minor flooding
Location
Platte County
Near Columbus (8.5 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Platte River near Duncan
Action stage7.010Jun 20, 2015The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)8.03Mar 16, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage9.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage10.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

57 crests from 1978 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Platte River near Duncan, 1978 to 2024 46810ft Flood stage 8.0 ftMajor 10.0 ft Mar 20, 1978: 7.45 ft, action stage; 19,700 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1979: 6.84 ft, below flood stageMar 19, 1979: 6.19 ft, below flood stage; 9,640 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1980: 7.14 ft, action stage; 15,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 1981: 5.07 ft, below flood stageAug 1, 1981: 4.88 ft, below flood stage; 3,890 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1982: 6.80 ft, below flood stageMay 26, 1982: 5.72 ft, below flood stage; 7,390 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1983: 8.07 ft, minor floodingJun 18, 1983: 7.96 ft, action stage; 24,200 cubic feet per secondApr 23, 1984: 7.22 ft, action stageMay 20, 1984: 7.03 ft, action stage; 19,100 cubic feet per secondJan 22, 1985: 8.00 ft, minor floodingMar 1, 1985: 6.05 ft, below flood stage; 10,900 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 1986: 6.13 ft, below flood stage; 11,500 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1987: 6.78 ft, below flood stage; 15,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1988: 6.51 ft, below flood stageMar 12, 1989: 6.18 ft, below flood stage; 8,400 cubic feet per secondNov 19, 1989: 5.32 ft, below flood stageFeb 23, 1990: 4.87 ft, below flood stage; 4,300 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1991: 5.76 ft, below flood stage; 8,480 cubic feet per secondDec 1, 1991: 5.33 ft, below flood stageMar 10, 1992: 4.83 ft, below flood stage; 3,950 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1993: 7.86 ft, action stageMar 6, 1994: 6.39 ft, below flood stage; 10,000 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1995: 7.20 ft, action stage; 16,200 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1996: 5.97 ft, below flood stageMay 30, 1996: 5.66 ft, below flood stage; 7,100 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1997: 6.18 ft, below flood stage; 9,770 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1998: 7.44 ft, action stageApr 9, 1998: 6.77 ft, below flood stage; 14,700 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1999: 6.56 ft, below flood stage; 11,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 2000: 5.09 ft, below flood stage; 4,890 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 2001: 5.94 ft, below flood stageMar 15, 2002: 5.16 ft, below flood stage; 2,620 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2003: 4.40 ft, below flood stage; 2,880 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2004: 4.26 ft, below flood stage; 2,300 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 2005: 6.20 ft, below flood stage; 11,700 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2006: 4.06 ft, below flood stage; 1,870 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2007: 5.58 ft, below flood stageMay 29, 2008: 7.24 ft, action stage; 15,200 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2009: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 4,960 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 2010: 6.52 ft, below flood stage; 12,300 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2011: 6.42 ft, below flood stage; 13,000 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 2012: 6.44 ft, below flood stageOct 4, 2013: 6.05 ft, below flood stage; 10,700 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2014: 5.89 ft, below flood stageJun 20, 2015: 7.31 ft, action stageMay 29, 2016: 6.07 ft, below flood stage; 10,200 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 2017: 5.29 ft, below flood stageMar 4, 2018: 5.94 ft, below flood stageMar 16, 2019: 8.04 ft, minor flooding; 20,200 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2020: 6.73 ft, below flood stage; 12,600 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 2021: 5.94 ft, below flood stage; 8,190 cubic feet per secondNov 30, 2022: 4.70 ft, below flood stageJul 4, 2023: 5.32 ft, below flood stage; 6,390 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2024: 5.13 ft, below flood stage; 5,610 cubic feet per second Highest, 8.07 ft, Jun 14, 1983 19801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Platte River near Duncan 1970s: 0 1980s: 2 2 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 2020s: 0 1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 30 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.50 ft on Jun 23, 1905; 8.28 ft on Jun 7, 1935; 7.91 ft on Jun 24, 1947; 6.36 ft on Mar 28, 1960; 3.68 ft on May 25, 1961; 4.72 ft on Mar 24, 1962; and more.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 57 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Platte River near Duncan
1Jun 14, 19838.07+0.07Minor—
2Mar 16, 20198.04+0.04Minor20,200
3Jan 22, 19858.000.00Minor—
4Jun 18, 19837.96−0.04Action24,200
5Mar 11, 19937.86−0.14Action—
6Mar 20, 19787.45−0.55Action19,700
7Mar 15, 19987.44−0.56Action—
8Jun 20, 20157.31−0.69Action—
9May 29, 20087.24−0.76Action15,200
10Apr 23, 19847.22−0.78Action—
11Jun 14, 19957.20−0.80Action16,200
12Jun 5, 19807.14−0.86Action15,500
13May 20, 19847.03−0.97Action19,100
14Mar 10, 19796.84−1.16Below flood stage—
15Mar 6, 19826.80−1.20Below flood stage—
16Mar 24, 19876.78−1.22Below flood stage15,800
17Apr 9, 19986.77−1.23Below flood stage14,700
18May 27, 20206.73−1.27Below flood stage12,600
19May 15, 19996.56−1.44Below flood stage11,600
20Jun 21, 20106.52−1.48Below flood stage12,300
21Feb 26, 19886.51−1.49Below flood stage—
22Jan 25, 20126.44−1.56Below flood stage—
23Jun 28, 20116.42−1.58Below flood stage13,000
24Mar 6, 19946.39−1.61Below flood stage10,000
25May 13, 20056.20−1.80Below flood stage11,700
26Mar 19, 19796.19−1.81Below flood stage9,640
27Mar 12, 19896.18−1.82Below flood stage8,400
28Jun 24, 19976.18−1.82Below flood stage9,770
29Feb 27, 19866.13−1.87Below flood stage11,500
30May 29, 20166.07−1.93Below flood stage10,200
31Mar 1, 19856.05−1.95Below flood stage10,900
32Oct 4, 20136.05−1.95Below flood stage10,700
33Mar 13, 19965.97−2.03Below flood stage—
34Mar 15, 20015.94−2.06Below flood stage—
35Mar 4, 20185.94−2.06Below flood stage—
36Mar 15, 20215.94−2.06Below flood stage8,190
37Jun 16, 20145.89−2.11Below flood stage—
38Jun 2, 19915.76−2.24Below flood stage8,480
39May 26, 19825.72−2.28Below flood stage7,390
40May 30, 19965.66−2.34Below flood stage7,100
41Apr 27, 20075.58−2.42Below flood stage—
42Dec 1, 19915.33−2.67Below flood stage—
43Nov 19, 19895.32−2.68Below flood stage—
44Jul 4, 20235.32−2.68Below flood stage6,390
45Jan 25, 20175.29−2.71Below flood stage—
46Mar 15, 20025.16−2.84Below flood stage2,620
47Jun 22, 20245.13−2.87Below flood stage5,610
48Feb 25, 20005.09−2.91Below flood stage4,890
49Feb 19, 19815.07−2.93Below flood stage—
50Aug 1, 19814.88−3.12Below flood stage3,890

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 14, 1983: 8.07 ft here, minor flooding

March 16, 2019: 8.04 ft here, minor flooding

  • AshlandNE · Mar 16, 2019 · 24.32 ft · Major · its highest
  • LouisvilleNE · Mar 16, 2019 · 13.82 ft · Major · its highest
  • North BendNE · Mar 15, 2019 · 11.96 ft · Major
  • Grand IslandNE · Mar 15, 2019 · 7.78 ft · Major
  • VeniceNE · Mar 15, 2019 · 19.92 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • LesharaNE · Mar 15, 2019 · 11.47 ft · Moderate

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
BradyNE7.59.80 ft, Sep 23, 20130
FremontNE11.011.91 ft, Jun 23, 20240
LouisvilleNE9.013.82 ft, Mar 16, 20192
MaxwellNE9.010.79 ft, Sep 23, 20130
North BendNE8.015.55 ft, Mar 19, 19783
AshlandNE20.024.32 ft, Mar 16, 20191
Duncan this gaugeNE8.08.07 ft, Jun 14, 19830
Grand IslandNE6.58.16 ft, Mar 27, 196015
KearneyNE7.08.62 ft, Feb 24, 19940
LesharaNE8.011.84 ft, Feb 9, 19960
OdessaNE7.08.27 ft, Jul 9, 20190
OvertonNE7.510.43 ft, May 15, 19730
VeniceNE15.519.92 ft, Mar 15, 20190

Other gauges in Platte County

Flood gauges in Platte County
Columbus10.520.07 ft, Mar 8, 19932
Columbus30.032.76 ft, Jun 17, 19904

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DNCN1, 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.