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Crow River at Rockford

Critical Stages
8' - Action
10' - Flood
12' - Moderate
14' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 2:00 PM CST 12/8/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 3.53 ft

Flow: 1.02 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
2:00 PM 12/8 3.53 1.02
1:45 PM 12/8 3.54 1.03
1:30 PM 12/8 3.52 1.01
1:15 PM 12/8 3.53 1.02
1:00 PM 12/8 3.52 1.01
12:45 PM 12/8 3.53 1.02
12:30 PM 12/8 3.54 1.03
12:15 PM 12/8 3.56 1.04
12:00 PM 12/8 3.59 1.06
11:45 AM 12/8 3.59 1.06
11:30 AM 12/8 3.58 1.06
11:15 AM 12/8 3.57 1.05
11:00 AM 12/8 3.6 1.07
10:45 AM 12/8 4.7 1.94
10:30 AM 12/8 4.02 1.4
10:15 AM 12/8 4.67 1.91
10:00 AM 12/8 3.78 1.21
9:45 AM 12/8 3.81 1.23
9:30 AM 12/8 3.82 1.24
9:15 AM 12/8 4.18 1.53
9:00 AM 12/8 3.85 1.26
8:45 AM 12/8 4.09 1.46
8:30 AM 12/8 4.14 1.49
8:15 AM 12/8 3.81 1.23
8:00 AM 12/8 3.78 1.21
7:45 AM 12/8 3.93 1.33
7:30 AM 12/8 3.82 1.24
7:15 AM 12/8 3.9 1.31
7:00 AM 12/8 3.91 1.31
6:45 AM 12/8 3.9 1.31
Hydrograph for Crow River at Rockford
19.7' - The temporary levee constructed prior to a flood in the 1960s
19.39' - Water reaches the underside low steel of the Hwy 55 bridge
17.2' - Water reaches the top of the bank on the west side of the river.
15.6' - Water reaches the underside steel on the Bridge Street bridge.
15' - Sanitary sewers serving homes closest to river may begin to back up.
10' - Low lying areas and some roads along the river begin to experience flooding.
DateStage (ft)
Apr 16, 1965 19.27
Apr 13, 1969 16.51
Apr 13, 1952 16.24
Jun 26, 1957 16.14
Apr 24, 2023 15.6
Jun 25, 2014 15.08
Apr 30, 2001 14.5
Mar 30, 2019 14.42
Apr 9, 1997 14.37
Jul 1, 2002 14
Mar 22, 2010 13.99
Apr 10, 2011 13.82
Jul 8, 1993 13.23
Jun 24, 2024 13.2
May 3, 1975 12.9
Sep 17, 1991 12.26
Apr 16, 1951 12.13
Mar 29, 1982 11.9
Apr 5, 1979 11.88
Jun 29, 2013 11.31

Data provided by the National Weather Service.