Several summary graphs can be found below the photos.
The
Central Nebraska Platte River near Grand Island ran dry during
the summer
of 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 and is going dry again in 2006.
ALSO SEE: January 1999 - May 2006 Drought Assessment for Nebraska
ALSO SEE: Lake McConaughy June 2006 Drought Impact Update
June 6,
2006: Photo, Image © Ken
Dewey, SNR, UNL.
Looking
north at the main channel of the Platte River from the Nebraska Highway
34 bridge
at the
Hamilton/Hall County border and about 5 miles east of Grand Island.
June 6,
2006: Photo, Image © Ken
Dewey, SNR, UNL.
Looking
south at the main channel of the Platte River from the Nebraska Highway
34 bridge
at the
Hamilton/Hall County border and about 5 miles east of Grand Island
June 6,
2006: Photo, Image © Ken
Dewey, SNR, UNL. Looking southwest at the main
channel
of the Platte River from Locust Street, near I-80 and about 7 miles south
of
Grand Island,
NE. The bright horizontal lines are power lines, and, there are also
several
small dark
objects which are birds in the photo.
June 6,
2006: Photo, Image © Ken
Dewey, SNR, UNL.Looking northeast at the main channel
of the
Platte River from Locust Street, near I-80 and about 7 miles south of Grand
Island, NE.
The dark
horizontal lines are power lines, and, there is a bird perched on one of
the power lines.
The flow
has just about stopped on the Platte River at this location.
June 6,
2006: Photo, Image © Melissa Melvin,
NDMC.
The Platte
River channel near Roscoe, Nebraska.
The following 3 graphs all use data through June 6, 2006
The
first graph is for the last month, May 6 - June 6, 2006
The
second graph is for the last 12 months, June 6, 2005 - June 6, 2006 time
period
The
third graph is for the last 7 years, June 6, 1999 - June 6, 2006.
May
6, 2006 - June 6, 2006: 31 day- USGS River Gauge Data.
June
6, 2005 - June 6, 2006: 12-month USGS River Gauge data.
June 6,
1999 - June 6, 2006: 7-year USGS River Gauge data.
Note that
the Central Nebraska Platte River near Grand Island ran dry during
the summer
of 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 and is going dry again in 2006.
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