About this river
Salt Creek is an 18.2 mile river near Branched Oak Marina in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt Creek at Roca, Nebr. (site 06803000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1952 to 2026
Salt Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 23 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,130 cfs, in 2015.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 7.0 to 16 | |
| February | 14 | 9.0 to 25 | |
| March | 20 | 11 to 41 | |
| April | 17 | 11 to 44 | |
| May | 23 | 10 to 69 | |
| June | 20 | 8.4 to 64 | |
| July | 11 | 5.1 to 30 | |
| August | 6.9 | 4.3 to 14 | |
| September | 5.9 | 3.6 to 13 | |
| October | 7.0 | 4.3 to 13 | |
| November | 9.6 | 6.3 to 15 | |
| December | 10 | 6.9 to 15 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Salt Creek at Roca, Nebr. (site 06803000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Salt Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Holmes Lake-Little LakeHolmes LakePublic
- Holmes Lake-Main LakeHolmes LakePublic
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