Tippecanoe River at North Webster, IN

River level and flood forecast · Kosciusko County

Normal3.4 ftas of Mon 4:45 PM

The river is 2.6 ft below flood stage (6 ft).

Flow: 10 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

34567TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 5 ftFlood 6 ftModerate 6.5 ftMajor 7 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage7 ft
Moderate flood stage6.5 ft
Flood stage6 ft
Action stage5 ft
Record crest (February 22, 2018)7.12 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 7 ftFlood water begins to threaten home and store on the right bank of the river.
  • 6.5 ftWater comes up into the store parking lot and into the yard of home on right bank of river near the river gauge.
  • 6 ftWater begins to overflow right bank of the river near State Route 13 near a local store.

Highest crests on record

  1. 7.12 ft — February 22, 2018
  2. 6.84 ft — December 5, 2011
  3. 6.81 ft — March 14, 2009
  4. 6.55 ft — April 21, 2013
  5. 6.49 ft — January 2, 1991

Recent crests: 6.04 ft (May 20, 2020) · 5.77 ft (May 2, 2019) · 7.12 ft (February 22, 2018) · 5.79 ft (May 30, 2017) · 4.8 ft (May 14, 2016)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (NWTI3); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.