Platte River

River in Nebraska, read from 8 USGS gauges, draining about 85,370 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

4,910

cfs · 43 min ago

Normal for today

4,220

cfs median, 73 yrs

Water temp

°F · 43 min ago

Gage height

3.34

Normal for the date116% of medianUSGS gauge 06805500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 3,380–43,800 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Platte River at Louisville, Nebr.06805500	4,910 cfs	68°F	43 min ago
Platte River near Ashland, Nebr.06801000	4,280 cfs	78°F	58 min ago
Platte River at North Bend, Nebr.06796000	3,620 cfs	—	43 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 4,220 cfs over 73 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 2,910 and 7,500 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Platte River

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