Des Plaines River at Lyons

The past week

What floods at each level

• 24 ft

  Widespread inundation of industrial property and structures north of the river in McCook. Numerous residences threatened near the river in Lyons.

• 23.5 ft

  Water reaches the top of the west bank levees in Lyons and McCook.

• 22 ft

  Water reaches the top of the east bank levee in Lyons, Stickney, and Forest View.

• 21 ft

  Without flood protection from levees, widespread inundation of industrial property and structures would occur north of the river in McCook.

• 20 ft

  Structures are threatened along River Road near the river in Hodgkins.

• 19 ft

  Industrial parking area near the river and I-55 is threatened.

• 14 ft

  Without flood protection from levees, water would begin to bypass the main river channel through Chicago Portage toward the Chicago River Basin and areas once covered by Mud Lake.

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