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Turtle Creek near Clinton

Critical Stages
6' - Action
8' - Flood
11' - Moderate
12' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 4:00 AM CST 12/8/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 3.51 ft

Flow: 0.0452 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
4:00 AM 12/8 3.51 0.0452
3:45 AM 12/8 3.5 0.044
3:30 AM 12/8 3.5 0.044
3:15 AM 12/8 3.5 0.044
3:00 AM 12/8 3.51 0.0452
2:45 AM 12/8 3.52 0.0464
2:30 AM 12/8 3.53 0.0476
2:15 AM 12/8 3.54 0.0488
2:00 AM 12/8 3.56 0.0514
1:45 AM 12/8 3.59 0.0556
1:30 AM 12/8 3.62 0.0598
1:15 AM 12/8 3.59 0.0556
1:00 AM 12/8 3.6 0.057
12:45 AM 12/8 3.67 0.0672
12:30 AM 12/8 3.75 0.0801
12:15 AM 12/8 3.78 0.0853
12:00 AM 12/8 3.78 0.0853
11:45 PM 12/7 3.79 0.0872
11:30 PM 12/7 3.8 0.089
11:15 PM 12/7 3.78 0.0853
11:00 PM 12/7 3.76 0.0818
10:45 PM 12/7 3.76 0.0818
10:30 PM 12/7 3.75 0.0801
10:15 PM 12/7 3.74 0.0784
10:00 PM 12/7 3.73 0.0768
9:45 PM 12/7 3.72 0.0752
9:30 PM 12/7 3.73 0.0768
9:15 PM 12/7 3.73 0.0768
9:00 PM 12/7 3.74 0.0784
8:45 PM 12/7 3.75 0.0801
Hydrograph for Turtle Creek near Clinton
21' - I 39 may be threatened north of Beloit. County BT / I 39 Alternate may be threatened north of Beloit.
20' - Shopiere Rd may be threatened west of Shopiere and South Creek Rd may be threatened.
18' - Multiple residences on Stonehenge Lane and Collingswood Dr threatened in Beloit. Residential structures may be threatened along Hawthorne Dr, Sarah Lane, and Ridge Rd in Beloit. Shopiere Rd may be threatened in Beloit.
16.5' - Milwaukee Road / WI 81 threatened in Beloit.
16' - Power substation inundated on Colley Road in Beloit.
15' - Canterbury Drive threatened and multiple residential structures threatened in Leeson Park in Beloit.
14' - Water into the backyards of homes on South Creek Rd near E Huebbe Pkwy. Water approaches South Creek Rd. Widespread inunation of roadways and structures in the floodplain reaches 3 blocks north of the creek in Beloit and 5 blocks south of the creek in South Beloit. Multiple residential structures threatened in Shopiere. Portions of South Beloit Municipal Park are inundated.
13' - Multiple residences and businesses threatened along US 51 / Broad St, Park Ave, State St in downtown Beloit. Multiple residences and businesses threatened along US 51 / Gardner St, Blackhawk Blvd, Park Ave in downtown South Beloit. Water fills into the abandoned river channel along Philhower Rd north of Beloit, reaching the Rock River near US 51 / Riverside Dr. Residences surrounded by water along Moccasin Trail, Bootmaker Dr, Boulder Lane, Rockfence Lane in Beloit.
12' - Colley Rd threatened in Beloit. Sarah Lane threatened east of Beloit. County J / Butterfly Rd threatened in Shopiere.
11.5' - Water begins to flow across South Creek Rd into agricultural land north of Beloit and toward the abandoned river channel along Philhower Rd. Lathers Rd threatened in Shopiere. Moccasin Trail at Bootmaker Dr, Leeson Park and Leeson Park Rd threatened in Beloit. Widespread inundation of agricultural land from Beloit to Shopiere to Carvers Rock Park. Water overtops low-lying banks just downstream of Broad St in Beloit and just downstream of Blackhawk Blvd/State St in Beloit and South Beloit.
10' - South Creek Rd threatened north of Inman Parkway east of Beloit. Low-lying private roadways threatened west of Shopiere. Yards of residential structures inundated along Mocassin Trail, Bootmaker Dr, East Ridge Rd, Boulder Lane, Rockfence Lane, and Arrowhead Rd in Beloit.
9' - Smith Road threatened in Tiffany. Portions of Sweet Allyn Park in Shopiere inundated.
8.5' - Portions of East Creek Rd threatened east of Tiffany. Parking lots threatened at Turtle Creek Parkway near Tiffany Stone Bridge. Widespread inundation of forest land north of Clinton and in the east side of Beloit.
8' - Portions of the Turtle Creek Moccasin Trail inundated in Beloit.
7' - Low-lying forest land and agricultural land inundated near Carvers Rock Rd and WI 140 north of Clinton. Low-lying forest land inundated upstream of Shopiere and near Broad St (US 51) in Beloit. Water overflows low-lying banks at Sweet Allyn Park in Shopiere.
5' - Water overflows low-lying banks upstream of Milwaukee Rd (WI-81) in Beloit and in Shopiere.
DateStage (ft)
Apr 21, 1973 15.3
Jan 24, 1938 13.5
Jun 26, 2013 11.78
Feb 20, 2018 10.65
Sep 13, 2019 10.59
Jun 30, 1993 10.38
Feb 20, 1994 10.27
Jul 12, 2008 10.07
Oct 6, 2018 9.85
Jun 19, 2018 9.83
Aug 20, 2007 9.63
Feb 21, 1997 9.56
Jul 22, 1982 9.25
Mar 10, 1986 9.1
Jan 31, 1988 9.02
Aug 6, 1998 8.92
Oct 2, 2019 8.81
Mar 13, 2019 8.7
Jun 13, 2008 8.54
Apr 3, 2024 8.54

Data provided by the National Weather Service.