Rock River at Dixon

The past week

What floods at each level

• 23 ft

  Numerous residences threatened along Willet Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Hennepin Avenue threatened at Boyd Street. Dixon High School threatened.

• 22 ft

  River Road (IL-2) inundated east of Dixon. Water reaches the bottom of the Peoria Avenue bridge in Dixon.

• 21 ft

  Structures threatened near 1st Street in Dixon. Residences threatened along Willet Avenue west of Dixon.

• 20 ft

  Athletic fields inundated at Dixon High School. Parking lot threatened at KSB Hospital in Dixon.

• 19 ft

  River Street threatened in Dixon.

• 17.5 ft

  Flooding affects basement of Dixon High School.

• 16.5 ft

  Numerous sections of Page Drive inundated along the river. Lower road inundated near boat docks in Lowell Park. Flooding of unimproved land on Riverside Drive in White Oaks. Dutch Landing Road is threatened north of Dixon.

• 16 ft

  N Canal Drive threatened in Woodland Shores. Water overflows low-lying banks along west First Street in Dixon. Residential property threatened near Sherman Avenue and River Street in Dixon.

• 15.5 ft

  Page Park picnic area is inundated. Backwater causes Sevenmile Branch to overflow low-lying banks near Forest Park Drive north of Dixon.

• 15 ft

  Page Drive threatened in Page Park.

• 13.5 ft

  Water overflows low-lying banks along Rock Nation Road northeast of Grand Detour.

• 13 ft

  Water overtops low-lying banks along N Canal Drive and S Canal Drive west of Dixon. Islands in the river at Grand Detour inundated. Lower bike path along river in Dixon is threatened.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 7.0

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

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