Upper Wabash


The new Chicago District Upper Wabash website went live on January 20, 2024 at the following address: https://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/Mission/Projects/Article/3624630/upper-wabash/

Effective April 18, 2024, the legacy Upper Wabash website MAY be discontinued; please update any saved links accordingly.

Please direct any questions or comments to the Chicago District Public Affairs Office at  chicagodistrict.pao@usace.army.mil or 312-846-5330. 


Documents

Upper Wabash Master Plan and EA Notice of Availability Letter

Upper Wabash Master Plan and Environmental Assessment

Appendix A - Coordination

Appendix B - HTRW

Important Notices


Reports

  • Observations of All Lakes (Not Yet Active)
  • Standard Reservoir Morning Report (Not Yet Active)
  • 3-Day Forecast of Upper Wabash Projects (Not Yet Active)

 


Levels and Flows
Mississinewa - Current Lake Elevation Mississinewa - Tailwater Elevation

Basin Precipitation


National Weather Service (NWS)

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOAA)

Links


USGS

The Indiana District of the USGS provides hydrographs for provisional stream flow and gage height data for the last seven days

USGS Hydrographs

Wabash River at Linn Grove, IN

Salamonie River at Portland, IN

Mississinewa River at Marion, IN

Wabash River at Bluffton, IN

Salamonie River near Warren, IN

 

Wabash River at Wabash, IN

 

 

Wabash River at Peru, IN

 

 

Wabash River at Logansport, IN

 

 

Wabash River at Lafayette, IN

   

 

NOAA

NOAA's Quantitive Precipitation Forecast (a prediction of the amount of precipitation that will fall at a given location in a given time interval).

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast

 

      Ohio River Forecast Center - Observed Precipitation

 

      Ohio River Forecast Center - Forecast Precipitation

Pools of Record

Project Name
Drainage Area
Low Outlet
Winter Pool Elev
Summer Pool Elev

 Flood

Spillway Crest Elevation
Top of Dam
Date of Full Pool
Lowest Elev
Highest Elev
J.E. Roush Lake
721
715
737
749
798
798
800
14-Jan-69
731.6
18-Nov-74
799.9
11-Jul-03
Mississinewa Lake
808
665
712
737
779
779
797
26-May-68
700.8
1-Mar-87
777.5
21-Jul-15
Salamonie Lake
557
684
730
755
793
793
812
1-Dec-74
723.1
9-Mar-87
793.4
30-Jun-15

Top 5 Peak Pools at the Upper Wabash Projects

Project Name

Winter Pool Elev
Summer Pool Elev
Spillway Crest Elevation
Date
Pool Elevation
J.E. Roush Lake
737
749
798
11-Jul-03
30-Jun-15
16-Jan-05
25-Mar-78
20-Mar-82
799.9
799.4
798.0
792.5
790.9
Mississinewa Lake
712
737
779
21-Jul-15
21-Mar-82
28-Nov-92
28-Mar-78
16-Jan-05
777.5
771.5
765.2
763.5
762.7
Salamonie Lake
730
755
793
30-Jun-15
12-Aug-98
23-Mar-82
14-Jul-03
18-Jan-05
793.4
787.7
786.9
786.8
784.9