Bear Creek at US 231

The past week

What floods at each level

• 29.5 ft

  Catastrophic flooding throughout the Bear Creek Basin. Water reaches the base of US-231 bridge and begins to flood the road surface of the highway.

• 28.5 ft

  Water nears the base of the US-231 bridge, beginning to flood the median.

• 27 ft

  South Bear Creek Road near Crook Hollow Road begins to flood.

• 25 ft

  Water begins to affect the backyards of properties just south of North Bear Creek Road near the intersection of South Bear Creek Road.

• 23 ft

  On North Fork Bear Creek, flooding begins to impact North Bear Creek Road east of US-231 near the intersection of South Bear Creek Road as well as further east at a crossing over a tributary creek near Edlee Road.

• 20 ft

  Water rising through North and South Fork Bear Creek begins to spread out of bank into wooded lowlands.

Highest crests on record