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Weather Forecast Office North Platte, NE

Missouri Basin River Forecast Center

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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Platte River at Maxwell. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 12 Moderate Flood Stage: 10 Flood Stage: 9 Action Stage: 8 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 10.79 ft on 09/23/2013 (2) 10.40 ft on 06/20/2015 (3) 9.25 ft on 06/01/2016 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 6.07 ft on 06/10/2022 (2) 6.54 ft on 06/23/2021 (3) 6.58 ft on 07/25/2020 (4) 6.71 ft on 05/29/2019 (5) 6.21 ft on 05/05/2018 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available.

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Flood Impacts & Photos

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12	Major flood stage. Water may approach the 56D Link which is the road between Interstate 80 and Maxwell.
10.5	Access to homes along the Platte River may be cutoff.
10	Moderate flood stage. Water may cover portions of West Island Road and Old Military Road south and west of Maxwell.
9	Minor flood stage. Flooding of agricultural land along the river may occur.
Photos (1) Looking downstream from the highway bridge. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at a gage height of 5.8 ft. (2) Looking downstream from the highway bridge. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at a gage height of 5.8 ft. (3) Gage house and river. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at a gage height of 5.8 ft. (4) Looking upstream from the highway bridge. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at a gage height of 5.8 ft. (5) Looking upstream from the highway bridge. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at a gage height of 5.8 ft. (6) Looking upstream from the highway bridge of one of the additional channels. Photo taken 7/9/2019 at

About This Location

Latitude: 41.061820° N, Longitude: 100.525000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 9 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available

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