USGS Streamgage 06768035
Platte River Mid-Ch, Cottonwood Ranch near Elm Creek, Nebr.
Platte River Mid-Ch, Cottonwood Ranch near Elm Creek, Nebr. is USGS streamgage 06768035, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10200101. Discharge records at this site go back to 2001. Typical flow runs near 494.3 cfs in July and 928 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Gauge elevation
- 2,267 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10200101
- Coordinates
- 40.68557, -99.43927
- USGS site number
- 06768035
- Records begin
- 2001-05-23 (25 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 25 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 | 364.9 | 787.9 | 1,976.1 | |
| February | 394.7 | 849.3 | 2,266.8 | |
| March | 384.6 | 915 | 1,999.7 | |
| April | 241.5 | 928 | 2,123 | |
| May | 125.5 | 629.5 | 3,601 | |
| June | 114.5 | 1,062.2 | 5,302 | |
| July | 101.9 | 494.3 | 2,162.6 | |
| August | 84.8 | 338.5 | 1,535.8 | |
| September | 116 | 480.4 | 1,907.7 | |
| October | 153.7 | 618.9 | 2,172.9 | |
| November | 244.1 | 654.8 | 1,981.3 | |
| December | 311.5 | 753.6 | 1,959.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Buffalo Creek near Overton, Nebr.
- Elm Creek near Elm Creek, Nebr.
- Platte River near Kearney, Nebr.
- Platte River near Grand Island, Nebr.
- Platte River, J2 Outflow and S Ch, near Overton, Nebr.
- Platte River near Overton, Nebr.
- Spring Creek near Overton, Nebr.
- Platte R,So-Ch,Cottonwood Ranch near Overton, Nebr.