729 Main Street
P.O. Box 787
Bridgeport, NE 69336-0787
Telephone: (308) 262-1930
Fax: (308) 262-1939
E-mail: Bridgeport Field Office
Responsibilities
- Administer surface water to its users
- Safety inspection of dams
- Operate streamgaging stations and compute streamflow records
- Mediate water-related conflicts
- Administer the North Platte River Decree, the South Platte River Compact and the Niobrara River Compact
Jurisdictional Area
- Panhandle and North Central Nebraska
- North Platte River, South Platte River, Upper and Central Platte River, White River, Upper Niobrara River, Hat Creek, Lodgepole Creek and accompanying drainage basins
Jurisdictional Scope
- Administer 1,700 surface water appropriations
- Inspection of about 450 dams
- Operate and compute flow record for 38 streamgages and 86 canal gages
- Administer 21 irrigation districts that direct surface water for the irrigation of about one million acres
North Platte Field Office
200 S Silber Ave
North Platte, NE 69101
