Starved Rock Pool water level history

Daily records since 2011 · Level today: 459.25 ft

Highest on record

1,505.79 ft

Apr 1, 2011

Lowest on record

0.00 ft

Feb 7, 2012

Today

459.25 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 2011

In short

Across 13 complete years, 2014 had the lowest average level (458.94 ft) and 2024 the highest (459.09 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in February (442.46 ft) and highest in April (464.26 ft).

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)

Years ranked by their lowest daily level.

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (294 days)	459.11	458.83	Apr 7	459.60	Jan 28
2025	459.06	458.68	Jul 21	459.45	Jan 27
2024	459.09	458.78	Dec 1	460.66	Jan 19
2023	459.01	458.78	Sep 2	459.29	Nov 24
2022	458.96	458.61	Jan 29	459.43	Dec 25
2021	458.96	458.65	Feb 15	459.26	Mar 13
2020	459.01	458.68	Dec 10	466.20	May 19
2019	459.07	458.69	Mar 16	465.12	May 3
2018	459.03	458.63	Mar 1	464.31	Feb 22
2017	458.95	458.65	Apr 8	460.08	May 2
2016	458.98	458.62	Jan 3	460.52	Jan 1
2015	459.01	458.53	Jul 2	462.23	Dec 30
2014	458.94	458.66	Jul 3	459.14	May 21
2013	459.01	458.62	Apr 29	468.05	Apr 20
2012 (329 days)	434.98	0.00	Feb 7	459.08	May 2
2011 (277 days)	475.45	458.67	Jun 11	1,505.79	Apr 1

Levels in feet. Partial years show the number of days with data.

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	459.01	458.61	460.66
February	442.46	0.00	464.31
March	461.36	160.69	1,505.65
April	464.26	458.62	1,505.79
May	459.10	458.65	466.20
June	459.02	458.67	461.60
July	458.97	458.53	459.31
August	458.96	458.78	459.36
September	458.94	458.78	459.70
October	458.93	458.73	459.29
November	458.95	458.70	459.29
December	458.99	458.64	462.23

Daily levels as CSV (5,648 rows; credit the original agencies listed below)