Rivers in Illinois

Kaskaskia River at Cooks Mills

Coles County, IllinoisNWS COKI2USGS 05591200Lincoln office

No flood stages set
1.96ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 7:00 PM CDT

Record crest
20.41 ft2008

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Crest history

95 crests on NOAA’s list since 1971.

#DateStage
1June 7, 200820.41 ft
2December 29, 201519.28 ft
3May 13, 200217.85 ft
4April 13, 199417.30 ft
5April 19, 201317.13 ft
6May 11, 199616.74 ft
7February 23, 198516.72 ft
8February 8, 200816.61 ft
9March 5, 197916.53 ft
10May 4, 201716.38 ft
11February 22, 198216.10 ft
12January 15, 200515.93 ft
13May 3, 198315.89 ft
14May 19, 197415.83 ft
15May 20, 199515.80 ft
16April 28, 201115.72 ft
17August 2, 199215.52 ft
18May 18, 199015.41 ft
19December 31, 199015.40 ft
20April 23, 197315.33 ft
21January 13, 202015.29 ft
22May 16, 200915.29 ft
23November 21, 198515.21 ft
24November 13, 199215.15 ft
25August 4, 197815.04 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 20, 2026: 13.41 ft
  • June 14, 2026: 10.82 ft
  • April 30, 2026: 12.98 ft
  • April 5, 2026: 10.20 ft
  • March 8, 2026: 10.18 ft
  • April 7, 2025: 12.34 ft
  • May 28, 2024: 11.30 ft
  • May 1, 2024: 10.95 ft
  • April 4, 2024: 11.56 ft
  • January 28, 2024: 13.02 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.