| Flood Impacts |
| 20.0 | Near record or record flooding is in progress. Major flooding causes substantial residential and business damage in Shelbyville. |
| 19.5 | Maximum good reading before wellhouse is flooded. |
| 18.0 | Major flood strikes Shelbyville. |
| 17.0 | Extensive flooding along left bank affects business and residential property along Boggstown Road. |
| 15.0 | High water affects Trucking firm on Boggstown Road. |
| 14.0 | Flooding begins to affect business and residential property. In winter and spring, persons are not too concerned. This level is rather unusual for summer. |
| 13.5 | Flooding affects Boggstown Road near sewage plant. |
| 12.5 | Right Bank 50 feet upstream of gage site overflows. |
| 12.0 | Shelby County Road 100 S floods. |
| 11.0 | Lowland flooding begins in Sunset Park located on left bank about one-half mile downstream of gage site. |
| 9.0 | River is near bankful and impairing sewage treatment operation. Some flooding is likely in southwest Shelby county. |