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Wood River near Alda

Highest listed crest 13.96 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft74 crests since 1954

The Wood River near Alda crested at major flood stage 12 times among the 74 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1954 to 2025. The highest, 13.96 ft on June 16, 1967, was major flooding, 3.96 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Wood River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.96 ft
June 16, 1967; 1,630 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 12.2 ft
Crests at major
12
3rd of 187 gauges in Nebraska
Most recent flood crest
March 16, 2019
13.61 ft, major flooding
Location
Hall County
Near Grand Island (7.6 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Wood River near Alda
Action stage9.08Apr 25, 2001The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.09Jun 3, 1999Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage11.016Feb 23, 2007Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage12.212Mar 16, 2019Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

74 crests from 1954 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Wood River near Alda, 1954 to 2025 468101214ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 12.2 ft Jun 19, 1954: 11.19 ft, moderate flooding; 484 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1955: 11.28 ft, moderate flooding; 523 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1956: 10.41 ft, minor flooding; 351 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 1958: 12.57 ft, major flooding; 742 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 1959: 11.08 ft, moderate flooding; 390 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1960: 12.69 ft, major flooding; 1,370 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1961: 9.68 ft, action stage; 218 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1962: 11.54 ft, moderate floodingMar 29, 1962: 11.33 ft, moderate flooding; 490 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1963: 10.31 ft, minor flooding; 292 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 1964: 8.36 ft, below flood stage; 115 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 1965: 12.57 ft, major flooding; 1,150 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1965: 12.80 ft, major floodingFeb 14, 1966: 11.93 ft, moderate flooding; 470 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1967: 13.96 ft, major flooding; 1,630 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1968: 13.19 ft, major flooding; 968 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1969: 13.39 ft, major flooding; 982 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 1971: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 238 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1972: 9.57 ft, action stageAug 2, 1972: 9.30 ft, action stage; 246 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 1973: 9.03 ft, action stage; 182 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 1975: 10.90 ft, minor flooding; 434 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1976: 6.77 ft, below flood stage; 40 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1977: 11.04 ft, moderate flooding; 476 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1978: 12.66 ft, major flooding; 912 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1979: 10.96 ft, minor floodingMar 24, 1979: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 343 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 1980: 9.37 ft, action stage; 214 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1981: 6.36 ft, below flood stage; 15 cubic feet per secondJun 30, 1982: 9.85 ft, action stage; 291 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1983: 8.45 ft, below flood stage; 144 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1984: 11.79 ft, moderate flooding; 598 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 1985: 11.96 ft, moderate flooding; 582 cubic feet per secondSep 9, 1986: 7.85 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1987: 10.38 ft, minor flooding; 369 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1988: 7.84 ft, below flood stage; 96 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1989: 11.52 ft, moderate flooding; 512 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 1990: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 261 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1991: 11.76 ft, moderate flooding; 559 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1992: 7.45 ft, below flood stage; 43 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1993: 13.55 ft, major flooding; 1,300 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1994: 12.06 ft, moderate flooding; 576 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1995: 11.68 ft, moderate flooding; 486 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1996: 11.84 ft, moderate flooding; 443 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1997: 7.39 ft, below flood stage; 47 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1998: 11.99 ft, moderate flooding; 575 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 1999: 10.66 ft, minor flooding; 286 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2000: 7.71 ft, below flood stage; 50 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2001: 9.96 ft, action stage; 235 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 2001: 9.99 ft, action stageAug 29, 2002: 7.41 ft, below flood stage; 41 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2003: 8.52 ft, below flood stage; 106 cubic feet per secondJul 30, 2004: 6.93 ft, below flood stage; 19 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2005: 13.85 ft, major flooding; 1,020 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 2006: 8.69 ft, below flood stage; 116 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2007: 11.83 ft, moderate flooding; 364 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2008: 12.47 ft, major flooding; 641 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2009: 7.39 ft, below flood stage; 149 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 2010: 8.61 ft, below flood stage; 256 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2011: 8.97 ft, below flood stage; 288 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2012: 6.74 ft, below flood stageMay 31, 2013: 6.92 ft, below flood stage; 117 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2014: 8.57 ft, below flood stage; 210 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 2015: 5.42 ft, below flood stage; 30 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 2016: 4.81 ft, below flood stage; 22 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 2017: 6.61 ft, below flood stage; 71 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 2018: 6.91 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 2019: 13.61 ft, major flooding; 1,460 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2020: 8.94 ft, below flood stage; 280 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 2021: 6.18 ft, below flood stage; 86 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2022: 4.56 ft, below flood stage; 12 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 2023: 4.88 ft, below flood stage; 30 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 2024: 6.04 ft, below flood stage; 55 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 2025: 8.44 ft, below flood stage Highest, 13.96 ft, Jun 16, 1967 1960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Wood River near Alda 1950s: 5 1960s: 10 10 1970s: 6 1980s: 4 1990s: 8 2000s: 3 2010s: 1 2020s: 0 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 74 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Wood River near Alda
1Jun 16, 196713.96+3.96Major1,630
2May 12, 200513.85+3.85Major1,020
3Mar 16, 201913.61+3.61Major1,460
4Mar 12, 199313.55+3.55Major1,300
5Mar 21, 196913.39+3.39Major982
6Jun 26, 196813.19+3.19Major968
7Jul 3, 196512.80+2.80Major—
8Mar 29, 196012.69+2.69Major1,370
9Mar 15, 197812.66+2.66Major912
10Jul 25, 195812.57+2.57Major742
11May 29, 196512.57+2.57Major1,150
12Jun 8, 200812.47+2.47Major641
13Jun 11, 199412.06+2.06Moderate576
14May 24, 199811.99+1.99Moderate575
15Sep 17, 198511.96+1.96Moderate582
16Feb 14, 196611.93+1.93Moderate470
17Jun 18, 199611.84+1.84Moderate443
18Feb 23, 200711.83+1.83Moderate364
19Jul 8, 198411.79+1.79Moderate598
20Jun 1, 199111.76+1.76Moderate559
21May 30, 199511.68+1.68Moderate486
22Mar 25, 196211.54+1.54Moderate—
23Jun 28, 198911.52+1.52Moderate512
24Mar 29, 196211.33+1.33Moderate490
25Jun 20, 195511.28+1.28Moderate523
26Jun 19, 195411.19+1.19Moderate484
27Jul 6, 195911.08+1.08Moderate390
28May 11, 197711.04+1.04Moderate476
29Mar 5, 197910.96+0.96Minor—
30Jul 25, 197510.90+0.90Minor434
31Jun 3, 199910.66+0.66Minor286
32Jul 8, 195610.41+0.41Minor351
33Jun 13, 198710.38+0.38Minor369
34Mar 2, 197110.34+0.34Minor238
35Mar 24, 197910.34+0.34Minor343
36Jun 15, 196310.31+0.31Minor292
37Aug 15, 199010.13+0.13Minor261
38Apr 25, 20019.99−0.01Action—
39Mar 13, 20019.96−0.04Action235
40Jun 30, 19829.85−0.15Action291
41May 24, 19619.68−0.32Action218
42Jul 28, 19729.57−0.43Action—
43Feb 27, 19809.37−0.63Action214
44Aug 2, 19729.30−0.70Action246
45Jan 20, 19739.03−0.97Action182
46May 27, 20118.97−1.03Below flood stage288
47May 25, 20208.94−1.06Below flood stage280
48Jun 20, 20068.69−1.31Below flood stage116
49Jun 21, 20108.61−1.39Below flood stage256
50Aug 13, 20148.57−1.43Below flood stage210

The worst floods along the Wood River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Wood River that crested above flood stage within a week.

June 16, 1967: 13.96 ft here, major flooding

  • GibbonNE · Jun 15, 1967 · 16.79 ft · Major
  • RiverdaleNE · Jun 14, 1967 · 15.54 ft · Moderate

March 16, 2019: 13.61 ft here, major flooding

  • GibbonNE · Mar 14, 2019 · 17.40 ft · Major · its highest

March 21, 1969: 13.39 ft here, major flooding

  • GibbonNE · Mar 20, 1969 · 15.83 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Wood River

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

Flood gauges on the Wood River
Alda this gaugeNE10.013.96 ft, Jun 16, 196712
GibbonNE15.017.40 ft, Mar 14, 20193
RiverdaleNE11.019.75 ft, Jun 22, 19470

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ALDN1, 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.