Cal-Sag Channel at Blue Island

The past week

What floods at each level

• 41 ft

  Multiple residences are threatened along Canal Street in Blue Island. Parking lots threatened along Cal-Sag Road in Crestwood.

• 40.5 ft

  Canal Street is threatened in Blue Island.

• 40 ft

  Water overtops banks in Crestwood.

• 39 ft

  Residences threatened along Fulton Street in Blue Island. Widespread inundation of Waters Edge Golf Club in Worth.

• 38.5 ft

  Structures and roadways are threatened at Sycamore Mobile Home Park in Blue Island.

• 38 ft

  Division Street is threatened in Blue Island. Low-lying portions of Waters Edge Golf Club are inundated in Worth. Backwater casues Stony Creek to threaten a few residential structures in Worth. Backwater causes Stony Creek to threaten 111th Street in Worth.

• 37.5 ft

  Fulton Street is threatened in Blue Island.

• 36.5 ft

  Parking lots are threatened along Fulton Street in Blue Island.

• 36 ft

  Industrial property is threatened in Alsip.

• 35 ft

  Water overtops low-lying banks in Alsip.

• 33 ft

  Water overtops low-lying banks in Blue Island, Chicago, and McMahon Woods. Backwater causes Stony Creek to overtop low-lying banks in Worth.

• 30.5 ft

  USACE and MWRD consider opening of O'Brien Lock to reduce flood impacts, depending on the water level of Lake Michigan.

When the water runs low

• 23.6

  Low water levels begin to impact shipping interests along the river.