Rivers in Illinois

Long Run near Lemont

Cook County, IllinoisNWS LLCI2USGS 05537500Romeoville office

Below flood stage
3.17ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 4:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
6.00 ft
Record crest
11.10 ft1996

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood10.00 ft
Moderate flood8.00 ft
Minor flood6.00 ft
Action5.00 ft
  1. 10.00 ftA few residences are threatened near Lemont Road and Janas Drive south of Lemont. A few residences threatened along the creek near Parker Road in Homer Glen.
  2. 9.50 ftState Street/Lemont Road is threatened south of the creek south of Lemont.
  3. 8.00 ftIL-171 (Archer Avenue) is threatened between 135th Street and State Street south of Lemont.
  4. 7.00 ft135th Street threatened west of IL-171 (Archer Avenue) south of Lemont. Entrances to numerous residences threatened along 135th Street.
  5. 6.00 ftEntrance road to numerous businesses is threatened near 135th Street and IL-171 (Archer Avenue) south of Lemont.
  6. 5.00 ftPrivate roads, range land, and forest land are inundated south of Lemont.

Crest history

11 crests on NOAA’s list since 1952.

#DateStage
1July 18, 199611.10 ft
2October 10, 19549.91 ft
3July 13, 19579.37 ft
4June 13, 19819.01 ft
5June 9, 20118.94 ft
6May 12, 19668.32 ft
7February 21, 19978.30 ft
8June 13, 19528.18 ft
9May 4, 19798.10 ft
10June 27, 20038.09 ft
11June 21, 19708.04 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 9, 2011: 8.94 ft
  • June 27, 2003: 8.09 ft
  • February 21, 1997: 8.30 ft
  • July 18, 1996: 11.10 ft
  • June 13, 1981: 9.01 ft
  • May 4, 1979: 8.10 ft
  • June 21, 1970: 8.04 ft
  • May 12, 1966: 8.32 ft
  • July 13, 1957: 9.37 ft
  • October 10, 1954: 9.91 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.