Rivers in Illinois

Embarras River (IL) at Newton

Jasper County, IllinoisNWS NTNI2Lincoln office

No flood stages set
4.23ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 AM CDT

Record crest
24.05 ft2017

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Crest history

38 crests on NOAA’s list since 2013.

#DateStage
1May 5, 201724.05 ft
2January 12, 202022.90 ft
3April 20, 201322.80 ft
4June 13, 201821.90 ft
5April 6, 202521.85 ft
6April 5, 201821.75 ft
7March 26, 202321.08 ft
8February 26, 201820.50 ft
9June 24, 201920.20 ft
10April 2, 202219.25 ft
11March 16, 201919.20 ft
12June 24, 202619.15 ft
13April 20, 201919.15 ft
14March 20, 202119.00 ft
15January 25, 201918.95 ft
16March 2, 202118.85 ft
17April 30, 202618.37 ft
18January 25, 202418.31 ft
19April 1, 201918.30 ft
20January 2, 201917.95 ft
21July 2, 202117.80 ft
22June 9, 202017.70 ft
23May 20, 202017.67 ft
24August 10, 202117.36 ft
25March 5, 202317.23 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 24, 2026: 19.15 ft
  • June 10, 2026: 16.20 ft
  • May 19, 2026: 16.25 ft
  • May 7, 2026: 16.21 ft
  • April 30, 2026: 18.37 ft
  • March 6, 2026: 16.30 ft
  • May 5, 2025: 16.90 ft
  • April 6, 2025: 21.85 ft
  • April 4, 2024: 17.04 ft
  • January 25, 2024: 18.31 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Ohio River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Gauge readings received once daily during low-water and more frequently during high water.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.