Highest listed crest 26.26 ft June 7, 2008
Flood stage 19.0 ft No major stage set
Crests at major 0 61 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest April 5, 2025 22.55 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the North Fork Embarras River near Oblong, 1942 to 2026 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 19.0 ft Jun 27, 1942: 19.15 ft, minor flooding; 6,630 cubic feet per second May 11, 1943: 21.13 ft, minor flooding; 15,500 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1944: 19.35 ft, minor flooding; 9,400 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 1945: 19.82 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1946: 19.30 ft, minor flooding; 9,050 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1947: 18.06 ft, action stage; 5,370 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1948: 19.27 ft, minor flooding; 9,050 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1949: 20.78 ft, minor flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1950: 24.38 ft, minor flooding; 27,100 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1951: 19.45 ft, minor flooding; 8,900 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1952: 17.81 ft, action stage; 4,660 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1953: 17.74 ft, action stage; 4,490 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1955: 14.33 ft, below flood stage; 1,900 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1956: 17.68 ft, action stage; 4,490 cubic feet per second Jun 29, 1957: 24.11 ft, minor flooding; 25,000 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1957: 20.84 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1959: 19.87 ft, minor flooding; 9,850 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1960: 18.46 ft, action stage; 5,800 cubic feet per second May 9, 1961: 23.00 ft, minor flooding; 20,800 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1962: 19.96 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1963: 20.16 ft, minor flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1964: 15.86 ft, below flood stage; 2,520 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1965: 16.14 ft, below flood stage; 2,690 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1966: 14.25 ft, below flood stage; 1,880 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 1966: 18.12 ft, action stage; 5,060 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1967: 23.30 ft, minor flooding; 21,900 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1969: 20.75 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1970: 19.23 ft, minor flooding; 7,640 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1971: 18.33 ft, action stage; 5,460 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1972: 16.18 ft, below flood stage; 3,480 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1973: 17.63 ft, action stage; 5,410 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1973: 17.89 ft, action stage; 6,600 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1975: 18.34 ft, action stage; 9,440 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1976: 17.47 ft, action stage; 6,680 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1977: 16.45 ft, below flood stage; 4,360 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 1977: 17.38 ft, action stage; 6,440 cubic feet per second Jul 29, 1979: 21.18 ft, minor flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1980: 17.31 ft, action stage; 3,860 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 1981: 17.25 ft, action stage; 3,790 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1982: 18.87 ft, action stage; 6,680 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 1982: 19.58 ft, minor flooding; 8,730 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1984: 21.17 ft, minor flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1985: 20.79 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1985: 21.77 ft, minor flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Jul 2, 1987: 16.58 ft, below flood stage; 3,090 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1988: 19.57 ft, minor flooding; 8,700 cubic feet per second Sep 16, 1989: 19.35 ft, minor flooding; 8,010 cubic feet per second May 17, 1990: 20.76 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1990: 22.96 ft, minor flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 1992: 18.28 ft, action stage; 5,380 cubic feet per second Nov 13, 1992: 21.75 ft, minor flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Nov 15, 1993: 21.65 ft, minor flooding; 15,900 cubic feet per second May 19, 1995: 20.49 ft, minor flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per second May 8, 1996: 21.82 ft, minor flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1997: 20.00 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second May 4, 1998: 19.46 ft, minor flooding; 9,270 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1999: 22.28 ft, minor flooding; 18,500 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 2000: 19.05 ft, minor flooding; 7,930 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 2000: 21.26 ft, minor flooding; 15,100 cubic feet per second May 13, 2002: 23.17 ft, minor flooding; 17,100 cubic feet per second May 12, 2003: 17.48 ft, action stage; 4,550 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2004: 19.82 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2005: 21.69 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 2006: 20.19 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 2007: 19.38 ft, minor flooding; 8,970 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2008: 19.67 ft, minor flooding; 8,890 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2008: 20.86 ft, minor flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 2008: 26.26 ft, minor flooding Feb 12, 2009: 22.56 ft, minor flooding; 19,500 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2009: 17.97 ft, action stage; 5,490 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 2011: 20.34 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 2012: 17.31 ft, action stage; 4,970 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 2013: 19.22 ft, minor flooding; 8,420 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2014: 19.11 ft, minor flooding; 8,100 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2015: 22.40 ft, minor flooding; 18,900 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2017: 21.84 ft, minor flooding; 14,900 cubic feet per second May 5, 2017: 21.29 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2018: 19.82 ft, minor flooding; 9,930 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2018: 19.16 ft, minor flooding; 7,530 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2018: 20.03 ft, minor flooding; 9,880 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 2018: 23.02 ft, minor flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 2018: 19.39 ft, minor flooding; 7,720 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 2018: 16.89 ft, below flood stage; 3,740 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2019: 16.75 ft, below flood stage; 3,670 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2019: 17.82 ft, action stage; 4,910 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2019: 18.92 ft, action stage; 6,770 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2019: 17.76 ft, action stage; 4,810 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 2019: 17.63 ft, action stage; 4,630 cubic feet per second May 24, 2019: 16.53 ft, below flood stage; 3,560 cubic feet per second May 31, 2019: 17.54 ft, action stage; 4,500 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2019: 16.67 ft, below flood stage; 3,630 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2019: 18.83 ft, action stage; 6,600 cubic feet per second Dec 1, 2019: 17.46 ft, action stage; 4,390 cubic feet per second Jan 12, 2020: 20.96 ft, minor flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 2020: 18.06 ft, action stage; 5,400 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2020: 16.75 ft, below flood stage; 3,670 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2020: 17.37 ft, action stage; 4,270 cubic feet per second May 19, 2020: 16.65 ft, below flood stage; 3,620 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 2021: 16.80 ft, below flood stage; 3,700 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2021: 18.16 ft, action stage; 5,440 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2021: 18.31 ft, action stage; 5,670 cubic feet per second Jul 18, 2021: 16.54 ft, below flood stage; 3,570 cubic feet per second Jul 26, 2021: 16.14 ft, below flood stage; 3,370 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 2021: 15.94 ft, below flood stage; 3,270 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2022: 20.10 ft, minor flooding; 9,370 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2022: 18.29 ft, action stage; 5,640 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2022: 16.09 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2022: 16.70 ft, below flood stage; 3,650 cubic feet per second Jul 9, 2022: 16.05 ft, below flood stage; 3,330 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2023: 20.03 ft, minor flooding; 9,190 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2023: 20.14 ft, minor flooding; 9,470 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2023: 16.64 ft, below flood stage; 3,620 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2025: 22.55 ft, minor flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per second May 5, 2025: 17.51 ft, action stage; 4,460 cubic feet per second Aug 5, 2025: 16.42 ft, below flood stage; 3,510 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 2026: 18.89 ft, action stage; 6,710 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2026: 16.60 ft, below flood stage; 3,590 cubic feet per second May 19, 2026: 17.04 ft, action stage; 3,850 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2026: 17.47 ft, action stage; 4,400 cubic feet per second Highest, 26.26 ft, Jun 7, 2008 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, North Fork Embarras River near Oblong 1940s: 7 1950s: 5 1960s: 5 1970s: 2 1980s: 6 1990s: 9 2000s: 11 11 2010s: 11 2020s: 5 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. 05 Other gauges in Crawford County Crawford County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Illinois
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OBLI2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.