Weller Creek at Des Plaines

The past week

What floods at each level

• 20 ft

  Residences may be threatened along Hanbury Drive in Des Plaines. Miner Street (US-14/Northwest Highway) may be threatened in Des Plaines.

• 19 ft

  Elmhurst Road (IL-83) threatened in Mount Prospect. Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks threatened in Des Plaines. Hanbury Drive threatened in Des Plaines.

• 18.5 ft

  Washington Street threatened in Des Plaines. Union Pacific Railroad tracks threatened in Des Plaines.

• 18 ft

  Residential structures threatened along Berkshire Lane in Mount Prospect. A few industrial structures threatened along Wieboldt Drive, Seegers Road, and Miner Street (US-14/Northwest Highway) in Des Plaines.

• 17.5 ft

  Numerous structures threatened along Mount Prospect Road in Des Plaines. Emerson Street threatened in Mount Prospect.

• 17 ft

  Numerous residences threatened near Golfhurst Avenue, Edwards Street, and Sunrise Park in Mount Prospect. Widespread inundation of structures and roadways in the floodplain extends several blocks from the creek near Cumberland Terrace Park and Des Plaines Manor Park. Numerous residences threatened along Cumberland Parkway, Westgate Road, and side streets in Des Plaines. Mount Prospect Road threatened in Des Plaines.

• 16.5 ft

  Berkshire Lane threatened in Mount Prospect. Golf Road threatened in Des Plaines.

• 16 ft

  Trails and parking lots threatened at Blackhawk Park in Des Plaines.

• 15.5 ft

  Council Trail threatened in Mount Prospect.

• 15 ft

  Multiple structures may be threatened along Rand Road and side streets near downtown Des Plaines.

• 14.5 ft

  Numerous residences threatened along Lonquist Boulevard, See-Gwun Avenue, and side streets near Sunrise Park in Mount Prospect. Williams Street threatened in Mount Prospect. Athletic fields inundated at Sunrise Park in Mount Prospect.

• 14 ft

  Lonquist Boulevard, See-Gwun Avenue, and side streets threatened in Mount Prospect.

• 13 ft

  A few residences threatened along Cumberland Parkway in Des Plaines. Man-Awa Trail threatened in Mount Prospect.

• 12 ft

  Numerous residential structures threatened along Wolf Road, Harvey Avenue, and Columbia Avenue in Des Plaines. Cumberland Parkway and Wolf Road threatened in Des Plaines. Portions of Mount Prospect Golf Club and Weller Park are inundated.

• 11 ft

  Electric utility property threatened along Seegers Road and Rand Road in Des Plaines.

• 10.5 ft

  Industrial parking lots threatened along Seegers Road and Miner Street (US-14/Northwest Highway) in Des Plaines.

• 7 ft

  Water overtops low-lying banks in Des Plaines and Mount Prospect.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 0.5

  River nears zero flow.

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