Des Plaines River near Lemont

The past week

What floods at each level

• 18.5 ft

  Residences threatened near Bluff Road and Lemont Road.

• 16 ft

  Lemont Road threatened north of the river. Flood waters may overflow into the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal near Lemont.

• 15 ft

  Will County Generating Station property is threatened. Isle a la Cache Museum levee is overtopped.

• 14 ft

  Bluff Road is threatened west of Lemont Road.

• 13.5 ft

  Portions of Centennial Trail near the Romeo Road trailhead are threatened. Flood waters may overflow into the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal near Romeoville.

• 13 ft

  The lower parking lot at Isle a la Cache Museum begins to flood.

• 12.5 ft

  Romeo Road is threatened in Romeoville.

• 11.5 ft

  Veterans Memorial Trail threatened north of the river at Keepataw Preserve.

• 11 ft

  Trails at the Isle a la Cache Museum are inundated. Water may begin to overflow into the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal near Willow Springs.

• 10 ft

  Low-lying areas of the Black Partridge Forest Preserve are inundated.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 4.5

  Approximate stage of the 1-in-10 annual chance flow (7-day average).

• 4.0

  River nears zero flow.

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