USGS Streamgage 06884000
Little Blue River near Fairbury, Nebr.
Little Blue River near Fairbury, Nebr. is USGS streamgage 06884000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10270207. It drains a watershed of about 2,350 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1908. Typical flow runs near 194.6 cfs in July and 167.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 2,350 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,329 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10270207
- Coordinates
- 40.14649, -97.19959
- USGS site number
- 06884000
- Records begin
- 1908-06-06 (118 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 116 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72.7 | 122.9 | 203.8 | |
| February | 86.5 | 149.6 | 369.5 | |
| March | 105.3 | 164.7 | 660.4 | |
| April | 104.7 | 167.3 | 465.4 | |
| May | 112.4 | 221.4 | 1,297.6 | |
| June | 99.1 | 262.2 | 1,868.3 | |
| July | 65.9 | 194.6 | 900.5 | |
| August | 53.4 | 153.8 | 706.2 | |
| September | 45.9 | 125.8 | 585.6 | |
| October | 66.2 | 119 | 381.2 | |
| November | 75.4 | 127.2 | 221 | |
| December | 74 | 121 | 197.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).