About this river
Salt Creek is a 5.3 mile river near Platte River Rentals in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt Creek at Greenwood, Nebr. (site 06803555). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1952 to 2026
Salt Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 270 cfs, and lowest in December, at 126 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 37,100 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 131 | 97 to 200 | |
| February | 160 | 113 to 260 | |
| March | 214 | 136 to 365 | |
| April | 206 | 128 to 362 | |
| May | 266 | 138 to 557 | |
| June | 270 | 135 to 611 | |
| July | 197 | 110 to 341 | |
| August | 144 | 99 to 245 | |
| September | 138 | 95 to 226 | |
| October | 127 | 92 to 204 | |
| November | 134 | 105 to 208 | |
| December | 126 | 97 to 190 |
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 74 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Salt Creek at Greenwood, Nebr. (site 06803555). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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