Rivers in Illinois

Kaskaskia River below Ficklin

Douglas County, IllinoisNWS FCKI2USGS 05590520Lincoln office

No flood stages set
3.27ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:15 PM CDT

Record crest
14.00 ft2015

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 14.80 ftWater reaches low steel of bridge on U.S. Route 36.

Crest history

91 crests on NOAA’s list since 2012.

#DateStage
1December 29, 201514.00 ft
2April 19, 201313.11 ft
3February 21, 201412.58 ft
4February 22, 201812.56 ft
5June 27, 201312.40 ft
6January 12, 202012.34 ft
7May 5, 201712.18 ft
8May 1, 201711.63 ft
9May 25, 202411.62 ft
10April 30, 202011.61 ft
11January 1, 201911.57 ft
12April 28, 202611.32 ft
13June 18, 202611.28 ft
14May 18, 202011.21 ft
15July 14, 201411.19 ft
16June 27, 201511.18 ft
17June 5, 202011.13 ft
18January 26, 202411.00 ft
19October 26, 202110.98 ft
20June 27, 202110.98 ft
21March 31, 201910.94 ft
22March 31, 202210.88 ft
23February 17, 202210.84 ft
24May 21, 201710.77 ft
25January 24, 201910.46 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 20, 2026: 8.74 ft
  • August 16, 2026: 10.44 ft
  • June 18, 2026: 11.28 ft
  • June 12, 2026: 9.40 ft
  • April 28, 2026: 11.32 ft
  • April 18, 2026: 7.40 ft
  • April 2, 2026: 8.30 ft
  • March 11, 2026: 9.38 ft
  • March 5, 2026: 8.63 ft
  • April 5, 2025: 10.05 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.