Hickory Creek at Joliet, IL
River level and flood forecast · Will County
Normal10.9 ftas of Mon 3:15 PM
The river is 5.6 ft below flood stage (16.5 ft).
Flow: 63 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 24 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 19 ft |
| Flood stage | 16.5 ft |
| Action stage | 16 ft |
| Record crest (April 18, 2013) | 19.5 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 33 ftRichards Street Bridge is overtopped in Joliet.
- 32 ft4th Avenue Bridge is overtopped in Joliet.
- 30 ftWidespread inundation of the floodplain reaches multiple blocks away from the creek in Joliet.
- 24 ftWater reaches the top of the channelized bank near the gauge site in Joliet.
- 21 ftResidential property is threatened near the creek in Joliet.
- 19 ftHighland Park Drive is threatened near Pilcher Park in Joliet.
- 17 ftLow-lying portions of Highland Park and Pilcher Park and inundated in Joliet. Some roadways may be impacted in the New Lenox area.
Highest crests on record
- 19.5 ft — April 18, 2013
- 18.39 ft — September 14, 2008
- 17.22 ft — December 27, 2008
- 16.93 ft — June 9, 2011
- 16.86 ft — August 24, 2007
Recent crests: 16.7 ft (March 1, 2017) · 15.12 ft (December 29, 2015) · 15.84 ft (June 16, 2015) · 16.09 ft (July 13, 2014) · 19.5 ft (April 18, 2013)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (JHCI2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.