Rivers and flooding in Indiana
285 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Indiana, 10 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flooding now
- St. Marys River at DecaturModerate flooding
- Wabash River at Linn GroveModerate flooding
- St. Marys River at Fort WayneMinor flooding
- Wabash River at BlufftonMinor flooding
- Maumee River at Coliseum Blvd In Fort WayneAction stage
- Maumee River at Fort WayneAction stage
- Maumee River at New HavenAction stage
- Wabash River at CovingtonAction stage
- Wabash River at LafayetteAction stage
- Wabash River at MontezumaAction stage
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
Significant river flooding is occurring in Indiana through September 25.
Significant flooding is already occurring or is forecast to occur during the outlook period.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Little Calumet River at Munster8% chance of major flooding
- Salamonie River at Portland8% chance of major flooding
- Iroquois River at Rensselaer7% chance of major flooding
- Wabash River at Linn Grove26% chance of moderate flooding
- Patoka River at Princeton6% chance of major flooding
- Kankakee River at Shelby6% chance of major flooding
- West Fork Whitewater River near Alpine6% chance of major flooding
- East Fork White River near Seymour15% chance of moderate flooding
- Eel River at Bowling Green15% chance of moderate flooding
- White River (IN) at Elliston10% chance of moderate flooding
- Wildcat Creek (IN) near Lafayette12% chance of moderate flooding
- Wabash River at Lafayette8% chance of moderate flooding
66 of the 78 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Indiana have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
Beaver Creek (IN)
Bee Hunter Ditch
Big Blue River (IN)
Big Creek (IN)
Big Duck Creek
Big Pine Creek (IN)
Big Raccoon Creek
Big Walnut Creek (IN)
Blue River (IN)
Brandywine Creek
Brandywine Creek in Indiana
Brush Creek (IN)
Buck Creek (IN)
Buck Creek (S IN)
Busseron Creek
Carpenter Creek
Cedar Creek (IN)
Cicero Creek
Clifty Creek
Crooked Creek (IN)
Deep River (IN)
Deer Creek (IN)
Driftwood River
Eagle Creek (IN)
- Eagle Creek (IN) at ClermontBelow flood stage
- Eagle Creek (IN) at Eagle Creek ReservoirBelow flood stage
- Eagle Creek (IN) at Raymond Street in IndianapolisBelow flood stage
- Eagle Creek (IN) at SpeedwayBelow flood stage
- Eagle Creek (IN) at Traders PointBelow flood stage
- Eagle Creek (IN) at ZionsvilleBelow flood stage
East Arm Little Calumet River
East Fork White Lick Creek
East Fork White River
- East Fork White River at BedfordReading out of date
- East Fork White River at ColumbusBelow flood stage
- East Fork White River at RivervaleBelow flood stage
- East Fork White River at SeymourBelow flood stage
- East Fork White River at ShoalsBelow flood stage
- East Fork White River at SparksvilleOut of service
- East Fork White River at WilliamsBelow flood stage
East Fork Whitewater River
Eel River
Eel River (IN)
Elkhart River
Elliott Ditch
Fall Creek
Fall Creek (IN)
Fish Creek (IN)
Flatrock River
Graham McCulloch Ditch
Grand Calumet River
Hart Ditch
Haw Creek (IN)
Indian-Kentuck Creek
Indiana Harbor Canal
Iroquois River
Judy Creek(Northern IN)
Junk Ditch
Kankakee River
Killbuck Creek (IN)
Kokomo Creek
Leary-Weber Ditch
Lick Creek
Lick Creek (IN)
Little River
Little Blue River (IN)
Little Buck Creek
Little Calumet River
- Little Calumet River at Gary (Burr Street)Below flood stage
- Little Calumet River at Gary (Grant St)Below flood stage
- Little Calumet River at Hammond (Indianapolis Boulevard)Below flood stage
- Little Calumet River at Highland (Kennedy Avenue)Below flood stage
- Little Calumet River at Lake StationBelow flood stage
- Little Calumet River at MunsterBelow flood stage
- Little Calumet River at Munster (Northcote Avenue)Below flood stage
Little Eagle Creek
Little Pine Creek (IN)
Little Wea Creek
Lost River (IN)
Maumee River
Middle Fork Anderson River
Mill Creek (IN)
Mississinewa River
Mud Creek (IN)
Muscatatuck River
Nameless Creek
North Branch Elkhart River
North Fork Salt Creek (IN)
Northern Indiana Lakes
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Big Chapman Lake near WarsawOut of service
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Hamilton Lake at HamiltonNo flood stages set
- Northern Indiana Lakes at J.E. Roush Lake Dam Near Huntington (IN)No flood stages set
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Lake Maxinkuckee at CulverNo flood stages set
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Mississinewa LakeNo flood stages set
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Pike Lake at WarsawNo flood stages set
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Salamonie Lake DamNo flood stages set
Ohio River
- Ohio River at Cannelton Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Ohio River at Clifty CreekBelow flood stage
- Ohio River at EvansvilleBelow flood stage
- Ohio River at J.T. Myers Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Ohio River at Mount VernonReading out of date
- Ohio River at Newburgh Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Ohio River at Tell CityReading out of date
Patoka River
Pigeon Creek
Pigeon Creek (IN)
Pigeon River
Pipe Creek
Pleasant Run
Plum Creek (IN)
Pogues Run
Portage-Burns Waterway
Praire Creek (IN)
Redwood Creek
Retention Pond in Marion County Indiana
- Retention Pond in Marion County Indiana at College Commons in IndianapolisOut of service
- Retention Pond in Marion County Indiana at Farleys Addition in IndianapolisOut of service
- Retention Pond in Marion County Indiana at Garfield Park in IndianapolisNo flood stages set
- Retention Pond in Marion County Indiana at HomecroftNo flood stages set
Salamonie River
Salt Creek (IN)
Sand Creek (IN)
School Branch (IN)
Silver Creek (IN)
Smothers Creek (IN)
South Fork Salt Creek
South Fork Wildcat Creek
Spy Run Creek
St. Joseph River (MI/IN)
St. Joseph River (OH/IN)
St. Marys River
Stony Creek (IN)
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek (central)
Sugar Creek (IN)
Tippecanoe River
- Tippecanoe River at AmericusOut of service
- Tippecanoe River at BuffaloNo flood stages set
- Tippecanoe River at DelphiBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at North WebsterBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at NorwayReading out of date
- Tippecanoe River at Norway DamBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at Oakdale DamBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at Oakdale DamBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at Oakdale DamBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at OraBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at OswegoBelow flood stage
- Tippecanoe River at WinamacBelow flood stage
Trail Creek
Turkey Creek (IN)
Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River
Wabash River
- Wabash RiverNo flood stages set
- Wabash River at AmericusOut of service
- Wabash River at AndrewsNo flood stages set
- Wabash River at BattlegroundOut of service
- Wabash River at BlufftonMinor flooding
- Wabash River at ClintonOut of service
- Wabash River at CovingtonAction stage
- Wabash River at HuntingtonBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at LafayetteAction stage
- Wabash River at Linn GroveModerate flooding
- Wabash River at LogansportBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at MontezumaAction stage
- Wabash River at New HarmonyBelow low-water threshold
- Wabash River at PeruBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at RivertonBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at Terre Haute Legacy SiteOut of service
- Wabash River at Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 EastboundBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at VincennesBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at WabashBelow flood stage
- Wabash River at Wabash River at DelphiNo flood stages set
West Fork Blue River
West Fork White Lick Creek
West Fork Whitewater River
Whiskey Run
White Lick Creek
White River
White River (IN)
- White River (IN) at 146th Street near NoblesvilleBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at 16th Street in IndianapolisBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at 82nd Street Bridge near NoraBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at AndersonBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Broad RippleBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Broad Ripple DamBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at CentertonBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Eagle Valley Power PlantReading out of date
- White River (IN) at EdwardsportBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at EdwardsportBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at EllistonReading out of date
- White River (IN) at HazletonReading out of date
- White River (IN) at Indianapolis Museum of ArtBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Michigan Street in IndianapolisBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at MuncieBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at NewberryBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at NoblesvilleBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Old U.S. Highway 41 located at HazletonBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at PetersburgBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at PetersburgBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Raible Avenue in AndersonBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at RavenswoodReading out of date
- White River (IN) at RavenswoodBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Raymond Street in IndianapolisBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Rocky RippleReading out of date
- White River (IN) at SpencerBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at Stout Power PlantBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at StrawtownBelow flood stage
- White River (IN) at WorthingtonOut of service
Whitewater River
Wildcat Creek (IN)
William Locke Drain
Williams Creek
Yellow River
Youngs Creek
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.