Rivers in Illinois

Spoon River (E-IL) near St. Joseph

Champaign County, IllinoisNWS SSJI2USGS 03336890Lincoln office

No flood stages set
4.12ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 3:45 PM CDT

Record crest
18.82 ft2015

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Crest history

55 crests on NOAA’s list since 2013.

#DateStage
1December 29, 201518.82 ft
2August 17, 202617.15 ft
3December 27, 201517.11 ft
4February 21, 201817.06 ft
5October 25, 202116.70 ft
6June 4, 202016.35 ft
7May 1, 201716.19 ft
8December 31, 201816.11 ft
9June 27, 202115.90 ft
10August 20, 202615.80 ft
11May 4, 201715.43 ft
12March 30, 201914.89 ft
13July 9, 201514.75 ft
14January 11, 202014.72 ft
15June 18, 202614.63 ft
16May 18, 202014.16 ft
17January 26, 202414.10 ft
18February 17, 202213.97 ft
19March 31, 202213.83 ft
20March 27, 201813.65 ft
21April 29, 202013.49 ft
22April 28, 202413.47 ft
23April 1, 202313.43 ft
24May 26, 202413.20 ft
25September 7, 201813.17 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 20, 2026: 15.80 ft
  • August 17, 2026: 17.15 ft
  • June 18, 2026: 14.63 ft
  • June 11, 2026: 12.92 ft
  • April 28, 2026: 12.57 ft
  • April 5, 2025: 11.84 ft
  • December 29, 2024: 12.46 ft
  • November 5, 2024: 10.93 ft
  • July 10, 2024: 11.10 ft
  • May 26, 2024: 13.20 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.

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.