Rivers in Illinois

Illinois River at Copperas Creek

Fulton County, IllinoisNWS COPI2USGS 05568615Lincoln office

No flood stages set
9.37ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 10:45 PM CDT

Record crest
25.52 ft2013

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Crest history

29 crests on NOAA’s list since 1926.

#DateStage
1April 25, 201325.52 ft
2June 30, 201524.72 ft
3May 25, 194324.70 ft
4January 4, 201624.35 ft
5May 8, 201924.26 ft
6June 3, 201924.08 ft
7March 8, 198523.96 ft
8March 24, 197923.90 ft
9May 31, 199523.67 ft
10May 26, 202023.26 ft
11March 24, 198222.80 ft
12November 25, 198522.80 ft
13September 21, 200821.96 ft
14March 4, 199721.77 ft
15April 28, 197321.50 ft
16April 16, 198321.50 ft
17October 12, 192621.30 ft
18May 7, 201720.19 ft
19March 1, 201820.07 ft
20January 3, 200919.28 ft
21February 21, 200818.69 ft
22February 3, 202418.14 ft
23June 25, 202618.12 ft
24February 16, 201916.98 ft
25July 5, 202116.91 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 25, 2026: 18.12 ft
  • February 3, 2024: 18.14 ft
  • April 10, 2022: 16.65 ft
  • July 5, 2021: 16.91 ft
  • May 26, 2020: 23.26 ft
  • November 5, 2019: 16.60 ft
  • October 5, 2019: 16.67 ft
  • June 3, 2019: 24.08 ft
  • May 8, 2019: 24.26 ft
  • February 16, 2019: 16.98 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.