Illinois
From DFO – Flood Observatory
Illinois
- SubdivisionCategory: state
- M49: 840
- Code31662: US-IL
Recorded floods for Illinois
Total number of flood events: 51
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| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | State | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
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| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | State | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
| 4747 | 2019-04-30 | 2019-06-10 | United States of America | Illinois • Iowa • Missouri • Oklahoma • Arkansas • Indiana | 429,707 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.4 | |
| 4730 | 2019-03-13 | 2019-04-02 | United States of America | Iowa • Wisconsin • Illinois • Missouri • Kansas • Nebraska | 492,797 | FloodList | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 | ||
| 4594 | 2018-04-03 | 2018-04-08 | United States of America | Kentucky • Illinois • Indiana | 58,373 | FloodList | Torrential rain | 0 | 12 | 1.5 | 5.7 | |
| 4575 | 2018-02-19 | 2018-02-21 | United States of America | Michigan • Illinois • Wisconsin • Indiana | 71,930 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 50 | 1.5 | 5.5 | |
| 4477 | 2017-05-19 | 2017-05-21 | United States of America | Tennessee • Kentucky • Indiana • Illinois | 69,078 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | |
| 4468 | 2017-04-28 | 2017-05-02 | United States of America | Indiana • Missouri • Kentucky • Illinois • Kansas • Oklahoma • Arkansas | 482,099 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.6 | |
| 4314 | 2015-12-15 | 2016-01-29 | United States of America | Mississippi • Alabama • Louisiana • Arkansas • Missouri • Tennessee • Kentucky • Kansas • Illinois • Indiana | 526,835 | News | Heavy rain | 31 | 4,000 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
| 4252 | FL-2015-000060-USA | 2015-05-05 | 2015-06-29 | United States of America | Texas • Illinois • Missouri • Arkansas • New Mexico • Oklahoma • Louisiana | 849,465 | News | Heavy rain | 38 | 600 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 4064 | 2013-05-25 | 2013-06-03 | United States of America | Arkansas • Missouri • Illinois | 170,079 | News | Torrential rain | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.4 | |
| 4050 | 2013-04-22 | 2013-04-29 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Iowa • Kentucky • Ohio • Arkansas • Tennessee | 493,137 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 300 | 1.5 | 6.8 | |
| 3809 | 2011-05-01 | 2011-06-09 | United States of America | Louisiana • Mississippi • Arkansas • Tennessee • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Kentucky | 239,421 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 25,000 | 2.0 | 7.3 | |
| 3802 | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-25 | United States of America | West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky • Tennessee • Missouri • Indiana • Illinois • Ohio • Pennsylvania | 211,221 | News | Torrential rain | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.2 | |
| 3785 | 2011-03-07 | 2011-03-28 | United States of America | Louisiana • Mississippi • Alabama • Georgia • Tennessee • West Virginia • Virginia • Kentucky • Ohio • Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Iowa • Minnesota • South Dakota • Wisconsin • Pennsylvania • Vermont • New York • New Hampshire • Maine • Massachusetts • Rhode Island | 1,163,517 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.6 | |
| 3689 | 2010-07-25 | 2010-07-25 | United States of America | Iowa • Illinois • Wisconsin • Missouri | 214,908 | 0 | 1 | 500 | 1.0 | 5.3 | ||
| 3625 | 2010-03-10 | 2010-03-24 | United States of America | South Dakota • Nebraska • Kansas • Iowa • Missouri • Illinois • Kentucky • Indiana • Ohio • West Virginia • Virginia • New York • Pennsylvania • Maryland • New Jersey • Rhode Island • Massachusetts • Connecticut | 1,015,176 | 0 | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.2 | |
| 3460 | 2009-02-28 | 2009-03-03 | United States of America | Iowa • Illinois • Wisconsin | 94,116 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 300 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| 3423 | 2008-12-10 | 2008-12-17 | United States of America | Iowa • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Michigan • Ohio | 313,351 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.4 | |
| 3379 | 2008-09-12 | 2008-09-16 | United States of America | Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Arkansas • Oklahoma • Texas • Tennessee | 652,501 | News | 8 | 200,000 | 1.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3317 | 2008-06-05 | 2008-07-03 | United States of America | Oklahoma • Kansas • Missouri • Iowa • Illinois • Wisconsin • Indiana • Michigan | 759,750 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 38,000 | 2.0 | 7.6 | |
| 3313 | 2008-05-24 | 2008-06-05 | United States of America | Arkansas • Missouri • Illinois • Tennessee • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky | 337,703 | News | Heavy rain | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 | |
| 3285 | 2008-03-17 | 2008-05-02 | United States of America | Texas • Oklahoma • Arkansas • Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • Missouri • Iowa • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio • Wisconsin • Kentucky | 928,710 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 18 | 1,000 | 1.5 | 7.8 | |
| 3268 | 2008-02-06 | 2008-02-12 | United States of America | Ohio • Indiana • Illinois | 118,977 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 0 | 150 | 1.5 | 6.1 | |
| 3255 | 2008-01-08 | 2008-01-15 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois | 102,263 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 5 | 500 | 1.5 | 6.1 | |
| 3171 | 2007-08-16 | 2007-08-27 | United States of America | Texas • Louisiana • Oklahoma • Arkansas • Kansas • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio • Iowa • Nebraska • Wisconsin • Minnesota | 1,216,616 | News | Heavy rain | 26 | 2,800 | 1.5 | 7.3 | |
| 3070 | 2007-05-06 | 2007-05-18 | United States of America | South Dakota • Minnesota • Iowa • Illinois • Missouri • Arkansas • Oklahoma • Kansas • Nebraska | 642,776 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 1,000 | 1.0 | 6.9 | |
| 3020 | 2007-01-15 | 2007-02-03 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois • Kentucky • Missouri • Mississippi • Tennessee • Louisiana • Texas • Arkansas | 434,387 | News | Heavy rain | 24 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 | |
| 2966 | 2006-09-22 | 2006-09-26 | United States of America | Arkansas • Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky • Tennessee | 146,006 | News | Heavy rain | 13 | 600 | 1.0 | 5.9 | |
| 2871 | 2006-05-25 | 2006-05-28 | United States of America | Illinois • Kentucky • Tennessee | 17,036 | News | Torrential rain | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 | |
| 2606 | 2005-01-05 | 2005-02-01 | United States of America | Pennsylvania • Ohio • Indiana • Illinois • Missouri • Arkansas • Tennessee • Kentucky • West Virginia | 285,909 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 4,000 | 2.0 | 7.2 | |
| 2597 | 2004-12-07 | 2004-12-20 | United States of America | Illinois • Kentucky • Missouri • Tennessee • Arkansas • Mississippi • Louisiana | 263,934 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 | |
| 2485 | 2004-05-22 | 2004-05-26 | United States of America | Wisconsin • Illinois • Iowa | 117,313 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 150 | 1.0 | 5.8 | |
| 2412 | 2004-01-04 | 2004-01-16 | United States of America | West Virginia • Indiana • Illinois • Kentucky • Ohio | 167,998 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 60 | 1.0 | 6.3 | |
| 2273 | 2003-07-05 | 2003-07-21 | United States of America | Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky • Illinois | 150,550 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 1,200 | 2.0 | 6.7 | |
| 2225 | 2003-05-06 | 2003-05-14 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • Illinois • Tennessee • South Carolina • Georgia • Alabama • Mississippi | 313,673 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 2,000 | 2.0 | 6.8 | |
| 2177 | 2003-02-26 | 2003-03-07 | United States of America | Indiana • Kentucky • Illinois | 32,682 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | |
| 1937 | 2002-06-04 | 2002-06-06 | United States of America | Wisconsin • Iowa • Illinois | 43,981 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 500 | 1.0 | 5.1 | |
| 1919 | 2002-05-07 | 2002-06-08 | United States of America | Illinois • Missouri • Indiana • Kentucky | 257,338 | News | Heavy rain | 9 | 100 | 1.0 | 6.9 | |
| 1812 | 2001-10-15 | 2001-10-19 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois | 17,274 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
| 1712 | 2001-04-15 | 2001-05-15 | United States of America | Wisconsin • Iowa • Illinois | 63,377 | News | Snowmelt | 1 | 4,400 | 2.0 | 6.6 | |
| 1697 | 2001-02-27 | 2001-03-01 | United States of America | Illinois | 24 | News | Ice jam/break-up | 0 | 200 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
| 1425 | 1998-08-04 | 1998-08-06 | United States of America | Indiana • Illinois • Wisconsin | 54,156 | News | Torrential rain | 2 | 600 | 2.0 | 5.5 | |
| 1146 | 1997-02-21 | 1997-02-25 | United States of America | Illinois | 30,333 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 0 | 700 | 1.0 | 5.2 | |
| 1070 | 1996-05-13 | 1996-05-20 | United States of America | Missouri • Illinois • Indiana • Ohio | 394,868 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 2,500 | 1.0 | 6.5 | |
| 950 | 1995-05-10 | 1995-06-01 | United States of America | Nebraska • Illinois • Missouri • Kansas • Oklahoma • Arkansas • Mississippi • Tennessee | 472,142 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 5,000 | 1.0 | 7.0 | |
| 841 | 1994-04-09 | 1994-04-18 | United States of America | Oklahoma • Kansas • Missouri • Illinois • Arkansas • Indiana • Ohio • Kentucky | 644,301 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 6 | 4,000 | 1.0 | 6.8 | |
| 754 | 1993-06-24 | 1993-08-23 | United States of America | Iowa • Illinois • Wisconsin • Nebraska • Missouri • Minnesota | 444,971 | News | Heavy rain | 48 | 31,000 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
| 448 | 1990-08-18 | 1990-08-24 | United States of America | Iowa • Wisconsin • Illinois • Indiana | 502,368 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 4,000 | 1.0 | 6.5 | |
| 424 | 1990-06-20 | 1990-06-22 | United States of America | Illinois | 31,630 | News | Heavy rain | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | |
| 107 | 1986-09-26 | 1986-10-13 | United States of America | Illinois • Missouri | 107,661 | News | Heavy rain | 10 | 55,000 | 2.0 | 6.6 | |
| 11 | 1985-03-03 | 1985-03-08 | United States of America | Illinois | 26,266 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 4 | 2,400 | 2.0 | 5.5 | |
| 9 | 1985-02-22 | 1985-03-01 | United States of America | Ohio • Indiana • Illinois | 210,528 | News | Rain and snowmelt | 7 | 2,250 | 2.0 | 6.5 |