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Des Plaines River at Brandon Road Lock (tailwater) Tailwater (ft)Observed: 505.11 ft at 3:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.04 ft at 4:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.17 ft at 4:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.24 ft at 5:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 5:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 6:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.31 ft at 6:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 7:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.36 ft at 7:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.43 ft at 8:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 8:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 9:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.44 ft at 9:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 10:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.57 ft at 10:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.64 ft at 11:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.61 ft at 11:30PM May 07, 2024Observed: 505.62 ft at 12:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.68 ft at 12:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.58 ft at 1:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.66 ft at 1:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.76 ft at 2:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.59 ft at 2:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.6 ft at 3:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.62 ft at 3:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.56 ft at 4:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.74 ft at 4:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.49 ft at 5:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.48 ft at 5:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.76 ft at 6:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.53 ft at 6:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.52 ft at 7:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.58 ft at 7:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.53 ft at 8:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.52 ft at 8:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 9:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 9:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 10:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 10:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.26 ft at 11:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.18 ft at 11:30AM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.15 ft at 12:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.15 ft at 12:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.07 ft at 1:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.95 ft at 1:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.93 ft at 2:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.06 ft at 2:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.97 ft at 3:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.84 ft at 3:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.81 ft at 4:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.96 ft at 4:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.9 ft at 5:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.15 ft at 5:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 504.93 ft at 6:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505 ft at 6:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.13 ft at 7:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.22 ft at 7:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.25 ft at 8:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.5 ft at 8:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 9:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.31 ft at 9:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.2 ft at 10:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.25 ft at 10:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 11:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 11:30PM May 08, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 12:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 12:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.34 ft at 1:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 1:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 2:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 2:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 3:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 3:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 4:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 4:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 5:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 5:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 6:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 6:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 7:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 7:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 8:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.16 ft at 8:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.14 ft at 9:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.2 ft at 9:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.13 ft at 10:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 10:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 11:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.31 ft at 11:30AM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.15 ft at 12:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.28 ft at 12:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.28 ft at 1:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 1:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.34 ft at 2:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 2:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 3:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 3:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.34 ft at 4:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 4:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 5:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 5:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.61 ft at 6:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 6:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 7:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 7:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 8:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 8:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 9:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.44 ft at 9:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 10:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.56 ft at 10:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.49 ft at 11:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.43 ft at 11:30PM May 09, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 12:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.54 ft at 12:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.5 ft at 1:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.52 ft at 1:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.6 ft at 2:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 2:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.53 ft at 3:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.94 ft at 3:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.59 ft at 4:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.54 ft at 4:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.54 ft at 5:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.62 ft at 5:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.48 ft at 6:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.51 ft at 6:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.59 ft at 7:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 7:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.44 ft at 8:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 8:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 9:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 9:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 10:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 10:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 11:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 11:30AM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.6 ft at 12:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.34 ft at 12:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.43 ft at 1:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.33 ft at 1:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 2:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.42 ft at 2:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.53 ft at 3:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 3:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.42 ft at 4:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.53 ft at 4:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 5:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 5:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.5 ft at 6:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.41 ft at 6:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 7:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 7:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 8:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 8:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 506.28 ft at 9:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 9:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 10:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.42 ft at 10:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.6 ft at 11:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 11:30PM May 10, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 12:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.37 ft at 12:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.36 ft at 1:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 1:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.32 ft at 2:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 2:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.27 ft at 3:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 3:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.27 ft at 4:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 4:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.25 ft at 5:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 5:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.03 ft at 6:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.28 ft at 6:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.24 ft at 7:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 7:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.28 ft at 8:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.31 ft at 8:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.33 ft at 9:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 9:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 10:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505 ft at 10:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 11:00AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.22 ft at 11:30AM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.26 ft at 12:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 12:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 1:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.1 ft at 1:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.13 ft at 2:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 2:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 3:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.92 ft at 3:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.97 ft at 4:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.97 ft at 4:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.96 ft at 5:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 504.91 ft at 5:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.01 ft at 6:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.96 ft at 6:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.12 ft at 7:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.54 ft at 7:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.19 ft at 8:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.34 ft at 8:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.26 ft at 9:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 9:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.26 ft at 10:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.28 ft at 10:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.29 ft at 11:00PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.43 ft at 11:30PM May 11, 2024Observed: 505.2 ft at 12:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.25 ft at 12:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.24 ft at 1:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 1:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 2:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.22 ft at 2:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.2 ft at 3:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.19 ft at 3:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.18 ft at 4:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.16 ft at 4:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.17 ft at 5:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.07 ft at 5:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.97 ft at 6:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.93 ft at 6:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.87 ft at 7:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.87 ft at 7:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.81 ft at 8:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.19 ft at 8:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.81 ft at 9:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.77 ft at 9:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.75 ft at 10:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.76 ft at 10:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.8 ft at 11:00AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.67 ft at 11:30AM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.68 ft at 12:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.67 ft at 12:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.7 ft at 1:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.72 ft at 1:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.79 ft at 2:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.76 ft at 2:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.67 ft at 3:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.74 ft at 3:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.71 ft at 4:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.83 ft at 4:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.72 ft at 5:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.84 ft at 5:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.91 ft at 6:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.89 ft at 6:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.94 ft at 7:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.94 ft at 7:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 504.95 ft at 8:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.16 ft at 8:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.11 ft at 9:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.44 ft at 9:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.31 ft at 10:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.27 ft at 10:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 11:00PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 11:30PM May 12, 2024Observed: 505.35 ft at 12:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 12:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.4 ft at 1:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.21 ft at 1:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.12 ft at 2:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.95 ft at 2:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.03 ft at 3:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.04 ft at 3:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.04 ft at 4:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.02 ft at 4:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505 ft at 5:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 5:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.06 ft at 6:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 6:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.98 ft at 7:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.88 ft at 7:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.92 ft at 8:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.9 ft at 8:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.87 ft at 9:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.83 ft at 9:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.84 ft at 10:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.87 ft at 10:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.9 ft at 11:00AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505 ft at 11:30AM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.18 ft at 12:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.15 ft at 12:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.24 ft at 1:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.2 ft at 1:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.43 ft at 2:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 2:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 3:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.39 ft at 3:30PM May 13, 2024Highest Observation: 506.4 ft at 4:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.47 ft at 4:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.45 ft at 5:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.38 ft at 5:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 506.13 ft at 6:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.24 ft at 6:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.3 ft at 7:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.23 ft at 7:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.17 ft at 8:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.14 ft at 8:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 505.16 ft at 9:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.98 ft at 9:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.9 ft at 10:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.93 ft at 10:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.93 ft at 11:00PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.92 ft at 11:30PM May 13, 2024Observed: 504.95 ft at 12:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.9 ft at 12:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.98 ft at 1:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.95 ft at 1:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.94 ft at 2:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.96 ft at 2:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 505 ft at 3:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 3:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 505.05 ft at 4:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 505.05 ft at 4:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 505.08 ft at 5:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 505.07 ft at 5:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.99 ft at 6:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.88 ft at 6:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.64 ft at 7:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.71 ft at 7:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.72 ft at 8:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.67 ft at 8:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.78 ft at 9:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.66 ft at 9:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.82 ft at 10:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.97 ft at 10:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.72 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.78 ft at 11:30AM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.76 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.79 ft at 12:30PM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.89 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.8 ft at 1:30PM May 14, 2024Observed: 504.94 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2024USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesJOLI2(plotting HTIRG) Graph Created (3:26PM May 14, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 504.94 ft at 2:00 PM CDT 14-May-2024. Flood Stage is 507 ft
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Des Plaines River at Brandon Road Lock (tailwater). During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 507
Action Stage: 506.5
Low Stage (in feet): 502.5

Historic Crests
(1) 513.30 ft on 07/13/1957
(2) 513.25 ft on 05/18/2020
(3) 513.12 ft on 07/18/1996
(4) 512.32 ft on 12/04/1982
(5) 512.25 ft on 09/14/2008
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 513.25 ft on 05/18/2020
(2) 510.57 ft on 05/01/2019
(3) 511.10 ft on 02/21/2018
(4) 509.47 ft on 05/01/2017
(5) 512.25 ft on 09/14/2008
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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539.4 High water levels cause Brandon Road Lock to shut down.
512 High water levels begin to impact shipping interests along the river.
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502.5 Low water levels begin to impact shipping interests along the river.
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Latitude: 41.502246° N, Longitude: 88.105081° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
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NWS stage 0 ft 507 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
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