Black River at Elyria

The past week

What floods at each level

• 26.5 ft

  Historic flooding exceeding 1969 levels.

• 24 ft

  River gage flooded in Cascade Park.

• 23.5 ft

  Flood levels near the 0.2 percent, or 500 year, recurrence interval.

• 21 ft

  Flood levels around the 1 percent, or 100 year, flood recurrence interval.

• 20 ft

  Flood waters up to East Bridge Street and Fourth Street bridges in Elyria.

• 19 ft

  Flood waters surround low lying properties on Quincy Street and Tannery Street in Elyria. Water overtops Grafton Road bridge.

• 18 ft

  The East and West Branches of the Black River are out of banks in several locations between Carlisle, Penfield, and Elyria. Many creeks backed up as a result with widespread flooding. Several homes in Carlisle Township along Woodside Avenue and Greenview Drive flooded.

• 17 ft

  Nickle Plate Diagonal Road inundated between Parsons and Whitehead Roads north of Carlisle Township.

• 16 ft

  State Route 303 east of Vermont Street becomes flooded. Vermont Street is also flooded south of State Route 303.

• 14 ft

  Flooding begins throughout Cascade Park in Elyria.

• 11 ft

  Flooding along the East Branch of the Black River on Foster Road in Penfield Township. Ford Road hear I-90 may be closed for high water.

• 9.5 ft

  Flooding begins south of Elyria in Carlisle Township along Woodside Drive.

Highest crests on record