Du Page River at Shorewood, IL
River level and flood forecast · Will County
Normal10.6 ftas of Mon 2:45 PM
The river is 4.9 ft below flood stage (15.5 ft).
Flow: 321 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sat, Oct 3, 10:19 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 19.5 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 17.5 ft |
| Flood stage | 15.5 ft |
| Action stage | 15 ft |
| Record crest (July 18, 1996) | 24.03 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 25 ftJefferson Street (US-52) and Cottage Street (IL-59) threatened in Shorewood.
- 24 ftIndustrial structures threatened along Amendodge Drive in Shorewood.
- 23 ftResidential structures threatened off Westshore Drive in Shorewood. I-55 is inundated in numerous locations near Joliet, Shorewood, and Channahon. IL-59 is threatened near the river just north of Caton Farm Road.
- 22.5 ftStructures threatened along Oakwood Drive in Shorewood.
- 22 ftI-55 is threatened near US-52. Numerous structures threatened along Jefferson Street (US-52) west of the river in Shorewood.
- 21.5 ftI-55 is threatened between I-80 and US-6 near Channahon. A few residential structures threatened along Valencia Drive in Shorewood.
- 21 ftA few structures threatened along Channahon Street in Shorewood. Access route to numerous residences off Deer Run Trail threatened. Access route to numerous residences off Caton Farm Road near I-55 threatened. Oakwood Drive threatened in Shorewood. Recreation fields near Black Road and I-55 frontage road are inundated.
- 19.5 ftA residential structure is threatened along Westshore Drive in Shorewood. Westshore Drive is threatened just west of IL-59. Caton Farm Road is threatened just west of I-55.
- 19 ftSeil Road threatened at Raven Road in Shorewood.
- 18.5 ftA few structures threatened along Jefferson Street (US-52) west of the river in Shorewood. Clark Drive is inundated just west of IL-59. Numerous residential properties are threatened just south of Caton Farm Road near I-55.
- 17.5 ftNumerous sections of Rolf Road and Lily Cache Road west of Louis Joliet Mall are inundated. Lower portions of Electric Park in Plainfield are inundated. The west I-55 frontage road is threatened between Black Road and Jefferson Street. Parking lot threatened at Hammel Woods just north of Jefferson Street (US-52) in Shorewood.
- 16 ftClark Drive threatened in Shorewood.
- 15 ftTrails are inundated at Hammel Woods in Shorewood.
- 14 ftWater overtops low-lying banks along the river.
Highest crests on record
- 24.03 ft — July 18, 1996
- 21.54 ft — April 19, 2013
- 21.06 ft — October 11, 1954
- 20.1 ft — March 19, 1948
- 19.94 ft — July 2, 1983
Recent crests: 19.51 ft (May 18, 2020) · 16.9 ft (April 30, 2020) · 18.81 ft (May 2, 2019) · 15.99 ft (June 23, 2018) · 18.41 ft (February 21, 2018)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamDu Page River near Plainfield, IL
- DownstreamIllinois River at Morris, IL
- Des Plaines River at Brandon Road Lock (tailwater), IL
- Des Plaines River at Joliet, IL
- Hickory Creek at Joliet, IL
- Kankakee River near Lorenzo, IL
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Romeoville, IL
- Aux Sable Creek near Morris, IL
- Kankakee River near Wilmington, IL
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (SORI2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.