USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06811500 Little Nemaha River at Auburn, Nebr.
LOCATION - Lat 40°23'34", long 95°48'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.23, T.5 N., R.14 E., Nemaha County, NE, Hydrologic Unit 10240006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 136, 1 mi downstream from Longs Creek and Willow Creek, 1 mi east of Auburn, and at mile 10.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 792 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NE-94-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1949 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 889.87 ft above sea level. See WSP 2119 for history of changes prior to July 24, 1967.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow, 164,000 ft³/s, May 9, 1950 (gage height, 27.65 ft, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 49,000 ft³/s on basis of computations of peak flow through bridge and culvert openings and over highway and railway embankments at gage heights 24.96 and 27.65 ft.