USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06786000 North Loup River at Taylor, Nebr.
LOCATION - Lat 41°46'37", long 99°22'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.22, T.21 N., R.18 W., Loup County, NE, Hydrologic Unit 10210006, on left bank 25 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 183, 0.4 mi North of Taylor and at mile 80.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,350 mi² of which 2,164 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 856: 1937. WSP 1310: 1939(M). WSP 1730: 1956-57(M). WSP 1918: 1952. WDR NE-75: 1974. WDR NE-94-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1936 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 2,249.04 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Sept. 28, 1938, and from September 28, 1938 to September 23, 2015, datum of gage was 2,248.21 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 1929). Prior to September 28, 1938, non-recording gage at same site. September 28, 1938 to July 16, 1958, water-stage recorder at site 450 ft upstream.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 16,300 ft³/s, June 12, 2010, gage height, 7.27 ft, due to upstream diversion dam failure. From rating curve extended above 4,110 ft³/s (measurement on June 11, 2010), and records for (06788500) North Loup River at Ord. Maximum gage height, 9.50 ft, February 25, 1957, from floodmark, backwater from ice.