Salt Creek near Ashland
Highest listed crest 22.10 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft15 crests since 2012
The Salt Creek near Ashland crested above flood stage 4 times among the 15 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2012 to 2025. The highest, 22.10 ft on March 14, 2019, was moderate flooding, 2.10 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Salt Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 22.10 ft
- March 14, 2019
- Flood stage
- 20.0 ft
- Major flooding from 26.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 4 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- March 14, 2019
- 22.10 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 | 19.0 | 2 | Jul 2, 2024 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 20.0 | 2 | May 20, 2017 |
| Moderate flood stage | 21.0 | 2 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Major flood stage | 26.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
15 crests from 2012 to 2025. 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 | Mar 14, 2019 | 22.10 | +2.10 | Moderate |
| 2 | May 8, 2015 | 21.45 | +1.45 | Moderate |
| 3 | Oct 1, 2014 | 20.38 | +0.38 | Minor |
| 4 | May 20, 2017 | 20.08 | +0.08 | Minor |
| 5 | Sep 4, 2018 | 19.80 | −0.20 | Action |
| 6 | Jul 2, 2024 | 19.67 | −0.33 | Action |
| 7 | May 12, 2016 | 18.69 | −1.31 | Below flood stage |
| 8 | May 30, 2013 | 18.40 | −1.60 | Below flood stage |
| 9 | Apr 15, 2012 | 16.39 | −3.61 | Below flood stage |
| 10 | Mar 15, 2021 | 15.92 | −4.08 | Below flood stage |
| 11 | Jun 17, 2022 | 15.40 | −4.60 | Below flood stage |
| 12 | Oct 2, 2019 | 14.58 | −5.42 | Below flood stage |
| 13 | Aug 10, 2025 | 14.23 | −5.77 | Below flood stage |
| 14 | May 23, 2020 | 12.60 | −7.40 | Below flood stage |
| 15 | Mar 1, 2023 | 10.08 | −9.92 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the Salt Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Salt Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
March 14, 2019: 22.10 ft here, moderate flooding
- GreenwoodNE · Mar 13, 2019 · 25.28 ft · Moderate
- Innovation Campus at LincolnNE · Mar 13, 2019 · 28.08 ft · Minor
- Lincoln (27th Street)NE · Mar 13, 2019 · 21.44 ft · Minor
May 8, 2015: 21.45 ft here, moderate flooding
- Innovation Campus at LincolnNE · May 7, 2015 · 35.47 ft · Moderate · its highest
- Lincoln (Pioneers Boulevard)NE · May 7, 2015 · 30.08 ft · Moderate · its highest
- Lincoln (27th Street)NE · May 7, 2015 · 28.87 ft · Moderate · its highest
- GreenwoodNE · May 7, 2015 · 27.08 ft · Moderate
- RocaNE · May 7, 2015 · 21.86 ft · Moderate
October 1, 2014: 20.38 ft here, minor flooding
- GreenwoodNE · Oct 1, 2014 · 25.89 ft · Moderate
- Innovation Campus at LincolnNE · Oct 1, 2014 · 27.04 ft · Minor
- Lincoln (27th Street)NE · Oct 1, 2014 · 20.51 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Salt Creek
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Roca | NE | 26.00 ft, May 8, 1950 | 1 |
| Lincoln (Pioneers Boulevard) | NE | 30.08 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Innovation Campus at Lincoln | NE | 35.47 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Lincoln (27th Street) | NE | 28.87 ft, May 7, 2015 | 0 |
| Greenwood | NE | 27.74 ft, Oct 1, 2026 | 0 |
| Ashland this gauge | NE | 22.10 ft, Mar 14, 2019 | 0 |
Other gauges in Saunders County
| Valparaiso | 22.70 ft, Jul 2, 2024 | 0 |
| Venice | 19.92 ft, Mar 15, 2019 | 0 |
| Ashland | 21.10 ft, Mar 14, 2019 | 0 |
| Ithaca | 23.22 ft, Aug 2, 1959 | 1 |
| Wahoo | 29.15 ft, Jun 24, 1963 | 2 |
Saunders County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Nebraska
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ASTN1, 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.