North Branch Elkhart River at Cosperville, IN
River level and flood forecast · Noble County
Normal4.5 ftas of Mon 3:30 PM
The river is 1.5 ft below flood stage (6 ft).
Flow: 147 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Sep 21, 6:39 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 8 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 7 ft |
| Flood stage | 6 ft |
| Action stage | 5 ft |
| Record crest (March 23, 1982) | 8.12 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 8.1 ftFlood of record ongoing.
- 7 ftThe north end of Lakeview Drive is covered by water. Several houses have water to their foundations on Steinberger Lake Drive.
- 6.5 ftWater is starting to approach foundations on Waldron Lake Dr, Woodland Drive, and the south end of Steinbarger Lake Rd.
- 6 ftWater approaches some houses around Skinner Lake, especially along State Road 8.
Highest crests on record
- 8.12 ft — March 23, 1982
- 7.61 ft — January 11, 1998
- 7.6 ft — January 7, 1993
- 7.52 ft — March 14, 2009
- 7.51 ft — February 26, 2018
Recent crests: 6 ft (August 17, 2021) · 6.77 ft (January 23, 2020) · 6.39 ft (May 4, 2019) · 7.51 ft (February 26, 2018) · 7.13 ft (May 30, 2017)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamNorth Branch Elkhart River at Sylvan Lake, IN
- DownstreamElkhart River at Goshen, IN
- Tippecanoe River at North Webster, IN
- Pigeon River near Scott, IN
- Tippecanoe River at Oswego, IN
- Pigeon Creek near Angola, IN
- Cedar Creek (IN) at 18th Street Auburn, IN
- Northern Indiana Lakes at Pike Lake at Warsaw, IN
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CPEI3); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.