Illinois River List

Name
Section
Latest FlowUpdated As Of
Bailey Creek - I-II(IV)
N2300 Rd to Vermilion River (0.5-1.5 miles)(Bailey Falls)
5 ft
< 1 hour ago
Bay Creek - II(III)
Ozark Road to Redbud Parking area (3.4 miles)
Bay Creek, Hill Branch - II-III
Bell Smith Springs (1.4 miles)
Bear Branch - III
Straight Street bridge to Lusk Creek (2.25+1.5 miles)
7 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Bear Creek - I-II
CR900E to Hwy 96 in Marcelline (3.6 miles) *Access Issues*
104 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Blackberry Creek - II
Jaycee Pond Park (PnP)
65 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Carroll Creek - I-II
Point Rock Park to Jacobstown Road (at Scenic Bluff Rd) (6.2 miles)
Cedar Creek (Adams Co.) - II-IV
5th St to Bob Bangart Park on Bottom Road (1 mile)(Bob Bangart Creek)
7 cfs
2 days ago! data is stale
Cedar Creek (La Salle Co.) - I-II(IV)
Cedar Creek Rd to Peru Bottom Rd (5.9 miles)
Covel Creek - II(III)
E1800 (E.18th Rd.) to Hwy.71 (6.5 miles)
349 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Des Plaines - I-II
a) Wheeling, Dam #1 (Removed) (PnP)
2210 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Des Plaines - I-II
b) Lockport, Fishnet Rapids: Romeo Rd. to Division St. (0.75 mile or 4.25 mile)
3010 cfs
< 1 hour ago
DuPage - I(II)
Shorewood: W.Black Road to W.Shepley Rd. (6.6 miles)
462 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Fall Creek - I-IV
End of Gorge Trail to Parking Lot (0.7 miles)
7 cfs
2 days ago! data is stale
Ferson Creek - I-II(III)
St.Charles: Burr Road to Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve (4.7-5.0 miles)
61 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Fox (Illinois R. trib.) - I-II(IV)
C) Batavia Dam (PnP)
6940 cfs
1 hour ago
Fox (Illinois R. trib.) - I-II
D) Yorkville: Marge Cline Whitewater Course (PnP)(Bicentennial Riverfront Park)
7550 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Hickory Creek - II
Joliet: Corcoran Park to S.Joliet Street (3.75 miles)
52 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Kent Creek, S.Fk. - II(III)
Levings Lake to Rock River (2.37 miles)
4 cfs
1 hour ago
Lake Michigan - I-V
Various (Illinois) locations
Little Grassy Creek - II-III+(IV)
Downstream of dam at Little Grassy Lake (0.2 mile)
Little Vermilion - I-II(III)
N3179 Rd to I&M Canal (Canal St/Rockwell Rd, La Salle) (6.5 miles)(Little V)
237 cfs
1 hour ago
Lusk Creek - I-III
Lusk Creek Canyon (8.1 miles)
7 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Mississippi - III-IV
Chain of Rocks (Riverview Drive, north St. Louis) (PnP)
23 ft
< 1 hour ago
Pecatonica - I-II
Sumner Park / Zen Wave (PnP)
2910 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Piney Branch - III-IV
Piney Creek Ravine (2 miles)
Rock - II-IV
Rockton Dam (PnP)
11040 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Saline, S.Fk. - II
Rock Hole
11 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Sangamon - III
Petersburg: "Dead Carp Drop" (PnP)
2840 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Somonauk Creek - I-II
Lake Holiday dam to Fox River (10.7 miles)
22 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Spring Creek - I-II
1600N Rd to RR bridge above Illinois River confluence (6.8 miles)
237 cfs
1 hour ago
Tomahawk Creek - II
Troy Grove Blacktop to Little Vermilion (2.8 +4.7 miles)
44 cfs
1 hour ago
Tyler Creek - I-II
Elgin: Eagle Heights Park to Fox River (4 miles) *** Access Issues ***
75 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Vermilion - II-III
N.2249th Rd. to landing off of Ed Hand Hwy. (8.15 miles)(Wildcat Canyon)
852 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Waubonsie Creek - II
Oswego: Stone Gate Park to Fox River (0.54 - 2.2 miles)
18 cfs
< 1 hour ago

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