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NEBRASKA · KNOX COUNTY

Creighton

1,114 people, 1,650 ft above sea level in Knox County.

1,650 ftElevation, city center
1,114People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 43°
Sunny now Dew point 28° · SSE 12 mph · high 39°
City of Creighton River Interstate 2 miles
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The Creighton plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Creighton

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Wayne Municipal Airport (KLCG) · 4:35 PM
Sunny
43° Sunny Feels like 37° · high of 39° near 4 PM
WindSSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity54%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure30.18 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 28° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Friday80% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAIN—none in 31 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Knox County
NWS Omaha/Valley and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:21 AM5:10 PM ↓
9 h 49 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
31
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 25 to 41° More humid: 41° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 48° / 26°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
39° 27°
0% rain — SSE 9 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
50° 33°
0% rain — S 11 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
54° 38°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 28 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55° 44°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 30 B
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
60° 41°
20% rain — SW 10 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
53° 39°
10% rain — ESE 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
60° 45°
80% rain 0.2–1.1″ S 12, gusts 28 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Creighton about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the central Plains three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 890 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from the Canadian Prairies; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Rockies. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Creighton stands on

Creighton’s center stands about 1,650 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,570 ft to 1,720 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Council Hill, about 1,850 ft, 5 miles southwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ogallala Group or Formation (siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone), from the Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old.

The section below crosses 2 rock units mapped at the surface.

Creighton, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,400 ft1,600 ft1,800 ft CREIGHTON1,650 ftHigh point of the line1,900 ftLittle Bazile Creekabout 1,440 ft ← SW · BrunswickNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 42×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Ogallala Group or Formation

Siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone. Age: Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old. About 17 mi of the line.

Pierre Shale

Shale. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Creighton’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Creighton reaches the Gulf of America by way of Bazile Creek, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,030 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Creighton≈ 2,030 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF CREIGHTON ≈ 2,030 mi to the Gulf of America Bazile Creek → Missouri → Mississippi

Lake on the way: Lewis and Clark Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Creighton; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Creighton on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Norfolk NE · 39 MI 39 miles southeast Yankton SD · 39 MI 39 miles northeast Sioux City IA · 77 MI 77 miles east Sioux Falls SD · 95 MI 95 miles northeast Omaha NE · 127 MI 127 miles southeast Lincoln NE · 131 MI 131 miles southeast
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NEBRASKA · KNOX

Creighton

1,114 people, 1,650 ft above sea level in Knox County.

1,650 ftElevation
1,114People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 43°
SunnyDew point 28°
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Today in Creighton

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 39° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 36° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 32° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 30° 0%
4a mostly clear night 29° 0%
7a mostly sunny 28° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINFriday · 80%
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Thu10%
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Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Creighton stands on

Creighton’s center stands about 1,650 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,570 ft to 1,720 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Council Hill, about 1,850 ft, 5 miles southwest.

Creighton, southwest to northeast Creighton1,650 ftLittle Bazile Creekabout 1,440 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 80×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,650 ft
Within 3 miles1,570 to 1,720 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (150 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCouncil Hill, 1,850 ft, 5 mi southwest
Rock at the surfaceOgallala Group or Formation
Its ageMiocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,030 mito the Gulf of AmericaBazile Creek → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Creighton reaches the Gulf of America by way of Bazile Creek, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,030 river miles.

Lake on the way: Lewis and Clark Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.