| Flood Impacts |
| 29.4 | At 11 pm Monday, January 17, 2005, the Island Creek levee located on the north side of State Road 154 failed. The water level in the town of Hutsonville dropped 5 inches almost instantly. The river level at the Hutsonville Power Plant showed a fall from 29.4 or 29.5 feet at 11 pm EST to 28.3 feet at 4 am EST. The river level was 28.0 feet at 8 am EST. It is believed the levee failed as the crest approached Hutsonville. This levee failed during the May 1943 and June 1958 at a similar level. |
| 29.0 | Near record flooding. Widespread rural flooding is in progress. Evacuations are necessary behind Island Creek levee in Indiana and in the small Illinois towns of Hutsonville, York, and Darwin. Water is at the top of most agricultural levees. Many local river roads are extensively flooded. A 5 mile drive from Hutsonville to Grayville across the Wabash is now a 70 mile trip. During the January 2005 flood, 3 families lived behind the Island Creek Levee. |
| 28.0 | Widespread rural flooding is in progress. All river roads are impassable. Evacuations are necessary in the small Illinois towns of Hutsonville, Darwin and eastern portion of York. Evacuations may also be necessary for those couple of families behind Island levee in Indiana. Water is at the top of most agricultural levees. |
| 27.0 | Island Creek levee on Indiana side is in danger of failing. There are 2 farms on higher ground in protected area. A few evacuations in Illinois towns of Hutsonville, York, and possibly Darwin are necessary. Lincoln Trail south of Hutsonville is impassable. |
| 26.0 | Island Creek levee on Indiana side is in danger of failing. There are 2 farms on higher ground in protected area. A few evacuations are necessary in Illinois towns of Hutsonville, York, and possibly Darwin. Lincoln Trail south of Hutsonville floods extensively. |
| 25.0 | Extensive flooding is in progress in York and Hutsonville, Illinois. Flood waters surround homes and are in local park. Local river road south of Hutsonville to Palestine almost floods. |
| 24.0 | Extensive flooding is in progress. Rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties in Illinois are impassible. A few mobile home residences and area along Hutson Creek just south of Hutsonville flood. Flood is at critical level for most of levees. Extensive seep water is behind levees. Water surrounds residential areas of Riverton, Riverview, Hutsonville and eastern York. |
| 22.0 | River cabins become isolated. Basement flooding begins in Hutsonville. Extensive agricultural flooding is in progress. Higher Illinois rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties flood. |
| 20.0 | Leaverton Park in Palestine and park in Hutsonville begins to flood. Agricultural flooding spreads to higher land. Seep water is noticeable behind levees. Some elevated river cottages are surrounded by water. Several county or township roads east of Lincoln Heritage Trail between Palestine and Hutsonville in Crawford County Illinois are impassable. |
| 18.0 | Seep water occurs behind levees on Indiana side. Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater. Old Darwin Road and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties in Illinois are impassable. Low agricultural land floods. |
| 16.0 | Old Darwin Road and a few low rural roads between York and Hutsonville, Illinois begin to flood. Agricultural flooding begins along portions of the river. |
| 14.0 | Flooding of lowest agricultural lands begin in eastern Clark and Crawford counties in Illinois. |
