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Kankakee River at Davis

Highest listed crest 13.80 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft150 crests since 1943

The Kankakee River at Davis crested at major flood stage 9 times among the 150 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1943 to 2021. The highest, 13.80 ft on March 11, 2009, was major flooding, 3.80 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Kankakee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.80 ft
March 11, 2009; 1,740 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major
9
12th of 206 gauges in Indiana
Most recent flood crest
June 28, 2021
10.79 ft, minor flooding
Location
LaPorte County
Indiana

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Kankakee River at Davis
Action stage9.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.0118Jun 28, 2021Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage12.023Feb 21, 2018Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage13.09Mar 11, 2009Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

150 crests from 1943 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Kankakee River at Davis, 1943 to 2021 1011121314ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 13.0 ft May 21, 1943: 10.52 ft, minor flooding; 1,320 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1948: 10.15 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 1950: 11.14 ft, minor flooding; 1,380 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 1952: 10.02 ft, minor flooding; 1,300 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 1954: 11.76 ft, minor flooding; 1,620 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1956: 10.47 ft, minor flooding; 1,260 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1957: 10.43 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1959: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 1,150 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1960: 10.60 ft, minor flooding; 1,350 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 1961: 10.84 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1962: 10.90 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1965: 10.28 ft, minor flooding; 1,080 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 1965: 10.18 ft, minor flooding; 1,050 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1965: 10.09 ft, minor flooding; 1,020 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1965: 10.10 ft, minor flooding; 1,020 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 1965: 10.42 ft, minor flooding; 1,100 cubic feet per secondOct 26, 1965: 10.24 ft, minor flooding; 930 cubic feet per secondJan 1, 1966: 11.44 ft, minor flooding; 1,080 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1966: 10.66 ft, minor flooding; 929 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1966: 11.27 ft, minor flooding; 1,040 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1966: 11.64 ft, minor flooding; 1,140 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1967: 11.57 ft, minor flooding; 1,120 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1968: 11.70 ft, minor flooding; 1,160 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1968: 10.49 ft, minor flooding; 1,040 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 1968: 11.43 ft, minor flooding; 1,260 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1968: 10.50 ft, minor flooding; 1,080 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 1969: 11.25 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 1969: 10.38 ft, minor flooding; 1,050 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 1969: 10.83 ft, minor flooding; 1,150 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1969: 10.17 ft, minor flooding; 1,000 cubic feet per secondApr 23, 1970: 11.50 ft, minor flooding; 1,200 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1971: 10.36 ft, minor flooding; 1,050 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1972: 11.67 ft, minor flooding; 1,330 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 1973: 12.11 ft, moderate flooding; 1,450 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1974: 11.57 ft, minor flooding; 1,310 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1975: 11.85 ft, minor flooding; 1,380 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1976: 12.41 ft, moderate flooding; 1,540 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1977: 11.85 ft, minor flooding; 1,380 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1978: 12.47 ft, moderate flooding; 1,570 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1979: 12.33 ft, moderate flooding; 1,520 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 1980: 10.82 ft, minor flooding; 1,140 cubic feet per secondJul 29, 1981: 12.52 ft, moderate flooding; 1,580 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1983: 12.86 ft, moderate flooding; 1,730 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1984: 11.45 ft, minor flooding; 1,200 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1985: 13.52 ft, major floodingNov 20, 1985: 12.04 ft, moderate flooding; 1,300 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 1986: 11.37 ft, minor flooding; 1,160 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1988: 11.75 ft, minor flooding; 1,240 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1989: 11.58 ft, minor flooding; 1,380 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 1990: 13.06 ft, major flooding; 1,430 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1990: 13.48 ft, major floodingNov 3, 1992: 11.30 ft, minor floodingNov 14, 1992: 11.80 ft, minor floodingNov 24, 1992: 10.10 ft, minor floodingJan 1, 1993: 12.42 ft, moderate floodingJan 5, 1993: 13.39 ft, major flooding; 1,590 cubic feet per secondJan 22, 1993: 11.54 ft, minor floodingMar 11, 1993: 10.58 ft, minor floodingMar 18, 1993: 10.41 ft, minor floodingMar 25, 1993: 11.98 ft, minor floodingApr 2, 1993: 11.94 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 1993: 10.48 ft, minor floodingApr 21, 1993: 11.68 ft, minor floodingApr 26, 1993: 10.96 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 1993: 10.47 ft, minor floodingMay 6, 1993: 10.58 ft, minor floodingSep 16, 1993: 10.85 ft, minor floodingSep 28, 1993: 10.60 ft, minor floodingJan 29, 1994: 10.49 ft, minor floodingMar 8, 1994: 10.85 ft, minor floodingApr 13, 1994: 10.08 ft, minor floodingJun 15, 1994: 11.41 ft, minor floodingJun 28, 1994: 12.32 ft, moderate floodingJul 9, 1994: 11.87 ft, minor floodingJul 13, 1994: 10.84 ft, minor floodingApr 12, 1995: 11.81 ft, minor floodingJul 19, 1996: 13.79 ft, major floodingFeb 28, 1997: 13.50 ft, major flooding; 1,580 cubic feet per secondJan 9, 1998: 12.34 ft, moderate flooding; 1,500 cubic feet per secondJan 24, 1999: 11.71 ft, minor floodingApr 24, 1999: 12.16 ft, moderate floodingApr 28, 1999: 11.29 ft, minor floodingJun 22, 2000: 11.76 ft, minor floodingFeb 10, 2001: 12.26 ft, moderate floodingFeb 26, 2001: 11.88 ft, minor floodingOct 18, 2001: 10.85 ft, minor floodingOct 26, 2001: 10.02 ft, minor floodingFeb 2, 2002: 10.85 ft, minor floodingMar 10, 2002: 10.97 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 2002: 10.41 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 2002: 10.27 ft, minor floodingMay 3, 2002: 12.80 ft, moderate floodingMay 10, 2003: 11.69 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 2004: 10.24 ft, minor floodingAug 29, 2004: 10.47 ft, minor flooding; 1,028 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2005: 10.29 ft, minor floodingJan 14, 2005: 13.05 ft, major floodingFeb 9, 2005: 10.17 ft, minor floodingFeb 16, 2005: 11.87 ft, minor floodingMar 7, 2005: 10.39 ft, minor floodingMar 14, 2006: 11.14 ft, minor floodingDec 2, 2006: 11.01 ft, minor floodingDec 23, 2006: 10.76 ft, minor floodingJan 6, 2007: 11.25 ft, minor floodingJan 16, 2007: 11.36 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2007: 10.24 ft, minor floodingMar 13, 2007: 10.48 ft, minor floodingMar 24, 2007: 10.24 ft, minor floodingApr 27, 2007: 11.83 ft, minor floodingDec 14, 2007: 11.08 ft, minor floodingDec 24, 2007: 10.34 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2008: 12.71 ft, moderate floodingApr 2, 2008: 11.55 ft, minor floodingSep 15, 2008: 13.74 ft, major floodingDec 11, 2008: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 891 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 2008: 12.35 ft, moderate floodingFeb 12, 2009: 12.58 ft, moderate flooding; 1,430 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 2009: 13.80 ft, major flooding; 1,740 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2009: 12.39 ft, moderate flooding; 1,390 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 2009: 12.12 ft, moderate flooding; 1,320 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 2009: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 891 cubic feet per secondOct 31, 2009: 10.78 ft, minor flooding; 1,020 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 2010: 10.82 ft, minor flooding; 1,030 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 2010: 11.10 ft, minor flooding; 1,170 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2010: 10.05 ft, minor flooding; 985 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2011: 10.16 ft, minor flooding; 897 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2011: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 933 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 2011: 10.28 ft, minor flooding; 921 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 2011: 12.88 ft, moderate flooding; 1,510 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 2011: 10.72 ft, minor flooding; 1,010 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2011: 12.19 ft, moderate flooding; 1,338 cubic feet per secondDec 16, 2011: 11.34 ft, minor flooding; 1,140 cubic feet per secondJan 24, 2012: 10.38 ft, minor flooding; 941 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 2013: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 919 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2013: 12.20 ft, moderate flooding; 1,340 cubic feet per secondJun 30, 2013: 10.07 ft, minor flooding; 879 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 2014: 10.33 ft, minor flooding; 1,540 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2015: 10.15 ft, minor flooding; 1,480 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 2015: 10.45 ft, minor flooding; 1,580 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 2015: 10.96 ft, minor flooding; 1,750 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 2016: 10.85 ft, minor flooding; 1,477 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2016: 10.17 ft, minor flooding; 1,261 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 2016: 12.83 ft, moderate flooding; 1,814 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 2016: 10.92 ft, minor flooding; 1,332 cubic feet per secondNov 4, 2016: 10.40 ft, minor flooding; 1,208 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 2017: 10.05 ft, minor flooding; 1,142 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2018: 12.98 ft, moderate flooding; 2,040 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2019: 11.31 ft, minor flooding; 1,620 cubic feet per secondJan 12, 2020: 11.07 ft, minor flooding; 1,540 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2021: 10.79 ft, minor flooding; 1,469 cubic feet per second Highest, 13.80 ft, Mar 11, 2009 19501960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Kankakee River at Davis 1940s: 2 1950s: 6 1960s: 22 1970s: 10 1980s: 9 1990s: 33 2000s: 40 40 2010s: 26 2020s: 2 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 150 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Kankakee River at Davis
1Mar 11, 200913.80+3.80Major1,740
2Jul 19, 199613.79+3.79Major—
3Sep 15, 200813.74+3.74Major—
4Mar 5, 198513.52+3.52Major—
5Feb 28, 199713.50+3.50Major1,580
6Dec 30, 199013.48+3.48Major—
7Jan 5, 199313.39+3.39Major1,590
8Aug 21, 199013.06+3.06Major1,430
9Jan 14, 200513.05+3.05Major—
10Feb 21, 201812.98+2.98Moderate2,040
11Apr 29, 201112.88+2.88Moderate1,510
12May 3, 198312.86+2.86Moderate1,730
13Aug 17, 201612.83+2.83Moderate1,814
14May 3, 200212.80+2.80Moderate—
15Mar 3, 200812.71+2.71Moderate—
16Feb 12, 200912.58+2.58Moderate1,430
17Jul 29, 198112.52+2.52Moderate1,580
18Apr 8, 197812.47+2.47Moderate1,570
19Jan 1, 199312.42+2.42Moderate—
20Mar 5, 197612.41+2.41Moderate1,540
21Apr 7, 200912.39+2.39Moderate1,390
22Dec 28, 200812.35+2.35Moderate—
23Jan 9, 199812.34+2.34Moderate1,500
24Mar 7, 197912.33+2.33Moderate1,520
25Jun 28, 199412.32+2.32Moderate—
26Feb 10, 200112.26+2.26Moderate—
27Apr 20, 201312.20+2.20Moderate1,340
28May 30, 201112.19+2.19Moderate1,338
29Apr 24, 199912.16+2.16Moderate—
30May 16, 200912.12+2.12Moderate1,320
31Jan 4, 197312.11+2.11Moderate1,450
32Nov 20, 198512.04+2.04Moderate1,300
33Mar 25, 199311.98+1.98Minor—
34Apr 2, 199311.94+1.94Minor—
35Feb 26, 200111.88+1.88Minor—
36Jul 9, 199411.87+1.87Minor—
37Feb 16, 200511.87+1.87Minor—
38Apr 29, 197511.85+1.85Minor1,380
39Mar 30, 197711.85+1.85Minor1,380
40Apr 27, 200711.83+1.83Minor—
41Apr 12, 199511.81+1.81Minor—
42Nov 14, 199211.80+1.80Minor—
43Oct 17, 195411.76+1.76Minor1,620
44Jun 22, 200011.76+1.76Minor—
45Apr 8, 198811.75+1.75Minor1,240
46Jan 24, 199911.71+1.71Minor—
47Feb 6, 196811.70+1.70Minor1,160
48May 10, 200311.69+1.69Minor—
49Apr 21, 199311.68+1.68Minor—
50Sep 30, 197211.67+1.67Minor1,330

The worst floods along the Kankakee River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Kankakee River that crested above flood stage within a week.

March 11, 2009: 13.80 ft here, major flooding

  • KoutsIN · Mar 14, 2009 · 14.02 ft · Major
  • Dunns BridgeIN · Mar 14, 2009 · 13.14 ft · Major
  • ShelbyIN · Mar 11, 2009 · 12.63 ft · Major
  • WilmingtonIL · Mar 11, 2009 · 8.10 ft · Moderate
  • MomenceIL · Mar 11, 2009 · 7.07 ft · Moderate

July 19, 1996: 13.79 ft here, major flooding

  • KoutsIN · Jul 24, 1996 · 13.75 ft · Moderate
  • Dunns BridgeIN · Jul 25, 1996 · 12.89 ft · Moderate
  • ShelbyIN · Jul 25, 1996 · 12.23 ft · Moderate
  • MomenceIL · Jul 22, 1996 · 5.80 ft · Minor

September 15, 2008: 13.74 ft here, major flooding

  • ShelbyIN · Sep 18, 2008 · 13.04 ft · Major · its highest
  • KoutsIN · Sep 17, 2008 · 13.59 ft · Moderate
  • Dunns BridgeIN · Sep 18, 2008 · 12.02 ft · Moderate
  • WilmingtonIL · Sep 15, 2008 · 8.68 ft · Moderate
  • MomenceIL · Sep 15, 2008 · 6.98 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Kankakee River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Kankakee River
Davis this gaugeIN10.013.80 ft, Mar 11, 20099
Dunns BridgeIN10.013.65 ft, Feb 26, 20186
KoutsIN11.014.52 ft, Mar 24, 19823
ShelbyIN10.513.04 ft, Sep 18, 20084
MomenceIL5.010.51 ft, Mar 6, 19792
WilmingtonIL6.516.70 ft, Feb 5, 188317
LorenzoIL508.0508.54 ft, May 18, 20200

LaPorte County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Indiana

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DAVI3, 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.