White River (WY) at Crawford

Highest listed crest 16.32 ftFlood stage 6.5 ft22 crests since 1958

The White River (WY) at Crawford crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 22 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1958 to 2019. The highest, 16.32 ft on May 10, 1991, was major flooding, 9.82 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 16.32 ft; May 10, 1991; 13,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 6.5 ft; Major flooding from 10.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 38th of 187 gauges in Nebraska
Most recent flood crest: March 12, 2019; 7.82 ft, minor flooding
Location: Dawes County; Nebraska
Identifiers: NWS WRCN1; 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, White River (WY) at Crawford

Action stage	5.0	13	May 19, 2018	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	6.5	4	Mar 12, 2019	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	8.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	10.0	1	May 10, 1991	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

22 crests from 1958 to 2019. 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.
14 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 9.90 ft on May 20, 1920; 6.40 ft on May 6, 1932; 10.30 ft on Aug 28, 1933; 6.02 ft on Jun 16, 1935; 10.82 ft on Sep 4, 1936; 10.13 ft on Apr 24, 1938; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, White River (WY) at Crawford

1	May 10, 1991	16.32	+9.82	Major	13,300
2	Mar 12, 2019	7.82	+1.32	Minor	595
3	Jul 10, 1958	7.70	+1.20	Minor	1,060
4	Jun 9, 1968	7.39	+0.89	Minor	980
5	Jun 19, 1975	6.66	+0.16	Minor	715
6	Jul 16, 1993	6.28	−0.22	Action	695
7	Aug 24, 1960	6.25	−0.25	Action	750
8	Mar 6, 2014	6.08	−0.42	Action	310
9	Aug 16, 2016	5.84	−0.66	Action	280
10	Apr 8, 2017	5.84	−0.66	Action	300
11	May 19, 2018	5.66	−0.84	Action	285
12	Sep 18, 1986	5.61	−0.89	Action	525
13	Sep 18, 1988	5.61	−0.89	Action	525
14	Jul 24, 1979	5.27	−1.23	Action	515
15	Jun 20, 1967	5.05	−1.45	Action	510
16	Mar 27, 1971	5.02	−1.48	Action	505
17	Mar 18, 1969	5.00	−1.50	Action	515
18	Aug 7, 1970	5.00	−1.50	Action	545
19	Jun 18, 1965	4.60	−1.90	Below flood stage	420
20	Jun 22, 2013	3.53	−2.97	Below flood stage	100
21	Jun 6, 2015	3.29	−3.21	Below flood stage	85
22	Mar 5, 2012	3.04	−3.46	Below flood stage	70

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WRCN1, 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.