USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06796550 Platte River near Venice, Nebr.

LOCATION - Lat 41°11'52.72", long 96°20'22.15" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.7, T.14 N., R.10 E., Saunders County, NE, Hydrologic Unit 10200202, on the right bank, 2.8 mi downstream from Nebraska Highway 92, 5 mi upstream from Elkhorn River, and 2.6 mi southeast of Venice.

DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2004 to February 2010, stage record only; March 2010 to September 2016, stage and discharge record; October 2016 to current year, stage record only.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of the gage is 1,089.89 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) located at 41.1980, -96.3395.

REMARKS - Accuracy of records for water years prior to 2014 are noted in the individual Annual Data Reports for those water years. For water years 2014 onward, records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor, unless otherwise noted. Natural flow of stream affected by transmountain diversions, storage reservoirs, power developments, groundwater withdrawals, diversions for irrigation, and return flow from irrigated areas.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak stage, 19.92 ft, March 15, 2019, from high water mark. During period of March 2010 to September 2016, when stage and discharge record was obtained, maximum peak flow, 54,400 ft³/s, June 13, 2010, gage height, 15.72 ft. 

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURES: October 2010 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Continuous water temperature monitor Hach-377

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

These extremes may have been exceeded during non-measured periods.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 37.4°C, July 19, 2012; minimum, -0.1°C, on many days during winter periods.