Sugar Creek (central) near Edinburgh

Last updated: Jul 21, 2025, 12:26 AM UTC

Flood Impacts 🅘

  • 25 - Water is at the bottom of bridge over Sugar Creek leading into Camp Atterbury. Extreme flooding in progress with great damage to residences, businesses, state and local roads.
  • 19.2 - June 2008 record flood. Atterbury public access site area extensively flooded with water more than a foot deep over nearby county road. During June 2008 extensive damaged occurred to numerous local Johnson county roads. Water was more than two feet deep on nearby US 31. Some local river cabins destroyed. Residential flooding in and near Edinburgh. SR 252 upstream on Youngs Creek flooded by 2 ft or more of water.
  • 18 - Near record flood is in progress. U.S. Hwy 31 is impassable with at least one foot of water. Extensive damage to several river cabins and residences near Edinburgh occurs.

Gauge Info

Coordinates 39.3608, -85.9981
RFC OHRFC
State IN
WFO IND
County Johnson
Data Provider(s)
US Geological Survey USGS--Water Resources of the United States
USGS 03362500

Gauge Location

Recent Crests

1. 16.51 ft on 04-06-2025 (P)
2. 13.03 ft on 03-26-2023 (P)
3. 12.63 ft on 07-18-2021 (P)
4. 11.17 ft on 06-21-2021 (P)
5. 10.95 ft on 03-19-2021 (P)

Historic Crests

1. 19.23 ft on 06-07-2008
2. 18.38 ft on 05-29-1956
3. 17.05 ft on 11-15-1993
4. 16.98 ft on 05-24-1968
5. 16.95 ft on 01-06-2005

Vertical Datum Table

type NAVD88
major Flooding 663.53 ft
moderate Flooding 659.53 ft
minor Flooding 655.53 ft
action 653.53 ft
Latest Value 649.61 ft
Gauge Zero 645.53 ft

Gauge Photos

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View north of Sugar Creek at Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area Oct 11 2007.

Probability Information

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WFO Information

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