Salt Creek (IN) at Monroe Lake

The past week

What floods at each level

• 574 ft

  Top of Dam.

• 566 ft

  Top of Stored Emergency Gage.

• 556.7 ft

  On May 3, 2011 WISH-TV toured the the lake and found submerged beaches, parking lot, hiking paths and boat slips nearly inaccessible. At the Four Winds Resort walkways were flooded and only the roof of the wedding tiki hut above water.

• 556.6 ft

  Valley Mission Road is closed at this level or slightly higher because of water going through the emergency spillway.

• 556 ft

  Flood Pool Elevation. South Dam access road closed. North Fork of Cleve Butcher Road floods. Flood Pool covers 18,450 acres and stretchs for 44 miles. There is a 3.3% annual chance of occurrence of this level.

• 555 ft

  Lake Monroe Sailing Association, visitor parking lot, service road to Area D, campsites in Area B, Area C and Area H at Paynetown flooded. Brummett Creek Road and Old State Road 46 begin to flood. Brummett Creek Road often flooded by Salt Creek and not the dam. There is a 6.7% annual chance of occurrence of this level.

• 554 ft

  Playground at Paynetown campground flooded. There is a 10% annual chance of occurrence of this level.

• 553.25 ft

  Four campsites in Area A of Paynetown Campground flooded. Boom for multi-level jib crane under water.

• 552 ft

  Brummett Creek Road flooded. Pit toilet flooded in Paynetown Campground.

• 551.7 ft

  Allen's Creek SRA Road floods. Approach road to Hardin Ridge Beach closed. IDNR storage building at Crooked Creek, boat storage at Lake Monroe Sailing Association, Pine Grove ramp access road and Crooked Creek ramp flooded. Cutright highwater gravel access ramp begins to flood. There is about a 20% annual chance of occurrence of this level. Public report on April 6, 2018 indicated this road was open at 550.7 feet and estimated the road would flood near 552 feet rather than at 550 feet.

• 551.5 ft

  Cutright access road goes underwater near the main boat ramp. Access to ramp, picnic areas and Pleasure Craft Marina is unavailable by vehicle.

• 551 ft

  Lower end of Moore's Creek Road flooded.

• 549 ft

  North fork of Cleve Butcher Road flooded.

• 548 ft

  Approach road to Paynetown docks flooded.

• 547 ft

  Emergency bypass bulkhead under water.

• 546 ft

  Fairfax, Paynetown and Cutright ramps flooded.

• 545 ft

  Fairfax and Hardin Ridge beaches closed. There is a 50% annual chance of occurrence of this level.

• 544 ft

  Friendship, Stipp, and upper end of Moores Creek roads closed.

• 543 ft

  Paynetown beach and McGowan road to Northfork flooded. Water covers back platform of tower including emergency gate and bypass bulkhead slots. There is a 100% annual chance of occurrence of this level.

• 541 ft

  Drainage for marshes stopped. Many crop lease fields flooded.

• 540 ft

  Lake Monroe Sailing Association jib cranes flooded.

• 538 ft

  Year Round Pool Elevation. Normal Pool covers 10,750 acres and stretches for 37 miles.

• 537 ft

  Courtesy Dock adjusted.

• 536 ft

  Crooked Creek ramp closed.

• 535 ft

  Upper end of lake and east of causeway difficult to use.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 538

  Normal Pool Elevation of Monroe Lake.

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