Rivers in Illinois

Sugar Creek (W-Central IL) near Springfield

Sangamon County, IllinoisNWS SUGI2USGS 05576250Lincoln office

No flood stages set
9.71ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT

Record crest
33.12 ft2011

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Crest history

59 crests on NOAA’s list since 2010.

#DateStage
1June 19, 201133.12 ft
2December 29, 201531.21 ft
3April 18, 201330.08 ft
4May 18, 202029.94 ft
5May 1, 201729.04 ft
6May 1, 201928.90 ft
7May 8, 202328.41 ft
8June 22, 201927.87 ft
9May 18, 201027.87 ft
10July 9, 202227.17 ft
11June 18, 202226.50 ft
12January 11, 202026.25 ft
13June 27, 201526.08 ft
14September 1, 201925.89 ft
15January 1, 201925.69 ft
16May 18, 202125.30 ft
17June 27, 202125.06 ft
18October 24, 202124.97 ft
19April 29, 202024.95 ft
20May 2, 201224.63 ft
21April 3, 202424.55 ft
22March 20, 202024.34 ft
23February 22, 201424.05 ft
24April 26, 202023.89 ft
25January 18, 202023.67 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 22, 2026: 22.19 ft
  • June 12, 2026: 20.33 ft
  • April 29, 2026: 23.64 ft
  • May 25, 2024: 19.92 ft
  • April 29, 2024: 21.79 ft
  • April 3, 2024: 24.55 ft
  • January 26, 2024: 22.20 ft
  • May 16, 2023: 23.50 ft
  • May 8, 2023: 28.41 ft
  • March 25, 2023: 18.61 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.