USGS Streamgage 06796000
Platte River at North Bend, Nebr.
Platte River at North Bend, Nebr. is USGS streamgage 06796000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10200202. It drains a watershed of about 70,400 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1949. Typical flow runs near 2,710 cfs in July and 5,004 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 70,400 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,281 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10200202
- Coordinates
- 41.45318, -96.77539
- USGS site number
- 06796000
- Records begin
- 1949-04-01 (77 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 77 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 | 1,660.3 | 3,137.7 | 5,943.2 | |
| February | 2,557.6 | 4,496.6 | 8,743.8 | |
| March | 3,516.1 | 5,681.3 | 11,182.6 | |
| April | 3,092.7 | 5,004 | 9,468.7 | |
| May | 2,456.1 | 4,691.3 | 11,383.5 | |
| June | 1,973.7 | 4,552.3 | 15,380 | |
| July | 805.6 | 2,710 | 8,140.6 | |
| August | 742.1 | 1,946.5 | 5,487.4 | |
| September | 1,163.2 | 2,451.3 | 6,007.3 | |
| October | 1,925.8 | 3,373.2 | 6,517.4 | |
| November | 2,413.7 | 3,863.7 | 6,285.3 | |
| December | 1,508.4 | 3,479.7 | 6,115.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).