Rivers in Illinois

Spring Creek (IL) at Springfield

Sangamon County, IllinoisNWS SPFI2USGS 05577500Lincoln office

No flood stages set
1.50ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 9:15 AM CDT

Record crest
16.23 ft1996

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Crest history

142 crests on NOAA’s list since 1948.

#DateStage
1May 8, 199616.23 ft
2May 5, 199114.79 ft
3December 3, 198214.44 ft
4May 12, 200214.01 ft
5June 19, 201113.34 ft
6June 20, 199013.31 ft
7April 12, 199413.01 ft
8June 22, 201912.78 ft
9March 30, 196012.70 ft
10May 18, 202012.66 ft
11May 6, 197712.54 ft
12December 29, 201512.49 ft
13June 28, 195112.16 ft
14April 11, 197912.05 ft
15June 2, 196511.95 ft
16October 30, 200911.91 ft
17May 1, 197011.78 ft
18June 19, 197311.75 ft
19September 23, 199311.42 ft
20June 6, 200111.16 ft
21June 10, 195811.13 ft
22April 30, 201711.11 ft
23May 1, 201910.91 ft
24May 8, 202310.88 ft
25June 19, 199810.86 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 11, 2026: 8.93 ft
  • June 25, 2026: 7.81 ft
  • June 22, 2026: 8.61 ft
  • June 11, 2026: 9.35 ft
  • June 8, 2026: 6.80 ft
  • April 28, 2026: 10.26 ft
  • March 15, 2026: 6.45 ft
  • March 4, 2026: 6.48 ft
  • July 27, 2025: 6.22 ft
  • June 4, 2025: 6.42 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.