About this river
Little Salt Creek is a 2.7 mile stream near Branched Oak Marina in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Salt Creek near Lincoln, Nebr. (site 06803510). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1969 to 2026
Little Salt Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 8.9 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,020 cfs, in 1993.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8 | 3.6 to 7.7 | |
| February | 6.5 | 4.4 to 10 | |
| March | 8.4 | 5.3 to 13 | |
| April | 8.1 | 5.2 to 12 | |
| May | 8.9 | 4.8 to 16 | |
| June | 7.0 | 4.3 to 13 | |
| July | 4.6 | 2.7 to 7.3 | |
| August | 3.7 | 2.6 to 6.3 | |
| September | 3.4 | 2.4 to 5.8 | |
| October | 4.3 | 3.0 to 7.4 | |
| November | 5.5 | 3.2 to 8.3 | |
| December | 5.4 | 3.6 to 8.3 |
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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Salt Creek near Lincoln, Nebr. (site 06803510). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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