Rock River at Dixon, IL

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Sep 20, 8:48 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 23 ftNumerous residences threatened along Willet Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Hennepin Avenue threatened at Boyd Street. Dixon High School threatened.
• 22 ftRiver Road (IL-2) inundated east of Dixon. Water reaches the bottom of the Peoria Avenue bridge in Dixon.
• 21 ftStructures threatened near 1st Street in Dixon. Residences threatened along Willet Avenue west of Dixon.
• 20 ftAthletic fields inundated at Dixon High School. Parking lot threatened at KSB Hospital in Dixon.
• 19 ftRiver Street threatened in Dixon.
• 17.5 ftFlooding affects basement of Dixon High School.
• 16.5 ftNumerous sections of Page Drive inundated along the river. Lower road inundated near boat docks in Lowell Park. Flooding of unimproved land on Riverside Drive in White Oaks. Dutch Landing Road is threatened north of Dixon.
• 16 ftN Canal Drive threatened in Woodland Shores. Water overflows low-lying banks along west First Street in Dixon. Residential property threatened near Sherman Avenue and River Street in Dixon.
• 15.5 ftPage Park picnic area is inundated. Backwater causes Sevenmile Branch to overflow low-lying banks near Forest Park Drive north of Dixon.
• 15 ftPage Drive threatened in Page Park.
• 13.5 ftWater overflows low-lying banks along Rock Nation Road northeast of Grand Detour.
• 13 ftWater overtops low-lying banks along N Canal Drive and S Canal Drive west of Dixon. Islands in the river at Grand Detour inundated. Lower bike path along river in Dixon is threatened.

Highest crests on record

1. 20.5 ft — April 20, 1973
2. 19 ft — July 2, 1996
3. 18.5 ft — March 25, 1975
4. 18.4 ft — February 24, 2019
5. 18.4 ft — April 5, 1959

Recent crests: 15.52 ft (July 17, 2024) · 14.31 ft (April 5, 2024) · 13.65 ft (April 6, 2023) · 13.47 ft (December 22, 2022) · 14.79 ft (May 19, 2020)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamRock River at Byron, IL
• DownstreamRock River at Como, IL
• Elkhorn Creek (IL) near Penrose, IL
• Pecatonica River at Freeport, IL
• Big Bureau Creek at Princeton, IL
• Mississippi River at Fulton, IL
• Kishwaukee River near Perryville, IL
• South Branch Kishwaukee River near Fairdale, IL