About this river
Ponca Creek is a 6.9 mile river near Niobrara Adventures in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ponca Creek at Verdel, Nebr. (site 06453600). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1958 to 2026
Ponca Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 95 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,800 cfs, in 1960.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 2.2 to 33 | |
| February | 27 | 8.9 to 62 | |
| March | 87 | 37 to 211 | |
| April | 95 | 37 to 230 | |
| May | 72 | 32 to 184 | |
| June | 54 | 21 to 165 | |
| July | 26 | 5.5 to 77 | |
| August | 12 | 1.2 to 43 | |
| September | 7.8 | 0.7 to 28 | |
| October | 12 | 2.0 to 40 | |
| November | 16 | 5.0 to 48 | |
| December | 12 | 4.0 to 37 |
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 69 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ponca Creek at Verdel, Nebr. (site 06453600). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Ponca Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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