Inundation Maps and Hydraulic Profiles
 
  The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (District) has completed Detailed Watershed Plans (DWPs) for Calumet Sag Channel Watershed, Little Calumet River Watershed, North Branch of the Chicago River Watershed, Poplar Creek Watershed, and Upper Salt Creek Watershed.  As part of the DWPs, the District developed hydrologic and hydraulic models to facilitate the development of regional flood control projects and to ensure that the potential projects do not cause adverse impacts elsewhere in the watershed.  The output from the models was used to create inundation maps, which delineate areas where flooding is expected to occur during a 100 year (1%) rainfall event.  Below are links to the inundation maps produced at the same scale as the FEMA DFIRM panel.  To view the profiles and the associated inundation areas by waterway, click here. For a log of updated maps, click here.

Specifics related to model development can be reviewed in the respective DWPs.

The modeling results from MWRD detailed watershed plans can now be viewed on a web-based GIS Application. The application allows for viewing of the inundation area and water surface elevation calculated during the DWP process as well as viewing "live" regulatory Flood Insurance Study data (floodplain, floodway, base flood elevation and LOMR/A) from FEMA. The application can be found at http://gispub.mwrd.org/swima/. At this time, this application only is supported on 32-bit browsers.

Inundation Maps by Community

Panel Index

Alsip: 0609, 0617, 0628, 0636, 0637, 0638, 0639
Arlington Heights: 0044, 0063, 0064, 0182, 0184, 0192, 0201, 0202, 0204, 0211, 0212
Barrington Hills: 0015, 0020, 0155, 0156, 0157
Barrington: 0020, 0038
Bartlett: 0144, 0163, 0164, 0168, 0305
Bedford Park: 0487, 0488, 0489, 0606
Bellwood: 0369, 0388, 0457, 0476
Bensenville: 0358
Berkeley: 0369
Berwyn: 0483
Blue Island: 0637, 0639, 0643, 0644
Bridgeview: 0489, 0602, 0606, 0608
Broadview: 0476, 0477
Brookfield: 0478, 0479, 0487
Buffalo Grove: 0063, 0064
Burbank: 0606, 0607
Burr Ridge: 0466, 0468, 0469, 0581, 0582
Calumet City: 0752, 0754, 0756, 0757, 0758, 0759
Calumet Park: 0643, 0644
Chicago Heights: 0742, 0743, 0744, 0763, 0806, 0807, 0826
Chicago Ridge: 0606, 0607, 0608, 0609
Chicago: 0214, 0218, 0219, 0243, 0244, 0265, 0356, 0357, 0358, 0359, 0376, 0378, 0380, 0382, 0385, 0386, 0387, 0401, 0402, 0404, 0415, 0416, 0417, 0418, 0419, 0438, 0491, 0628, 0636, 0637
Country Club Hills: 0728, 0729, 0736, 0737
Countryside: 0467, 0469, 0488
Crestwood: 0617, 0619, 0636, 0638, 0639
Deerfield: 0069, 0088, 0089
Deer Park: 0038, 0039, 0043
Des Plaines: 0208, 0209, 0212, 0214, 0216, 0217, 0218, 0219, 0236, 0238, 0357, 0376
Dixmoor: 0643, 0644, 0731
Dolton: 0644, 0732, 0751, 0752
East Dundee: 0155
East Hazel Crest: 0733, 0734
Elgin: 0142, 0144, 0155, 0161, 0163, 0305
Elk Grove Village: 0193, 0194, 0211, 0213, 0214, 0218, 0351
Elmwood Park: 0380, 0387
Evanston: 0253, 0255, 0260, 0265
Evergreen Park: 0628
Flossmoor: 0737, 0739, 0741, 0742, 0743, 0744
Ford Heights: 0763, 0764, 0768, 0826, 0827
Forest Park: 0389, 0477
Forest View: 0491
Frankfort: 0781, 0782
Franklin Park: 0358, 0359, 0366, 0367, 0378, 0386
Glencoe: 0093, 0094, 0231, 0232, 0251
Glenview: 0207, 0209, 0226, 0227, 0228, 0231, 0233, 0234, 0236, 0237, 0241
Glenwood: 0742, 0761, 0762, 0763, 0764
Golf: 0233, 0234, 0241, 0242
Hanover Park: 0168, 0169, 0307
Harvey: 0643, 0644, 0731, 0732, 0734, 0751
Harwood Heights: 0380, 0385
Hazel Crest: 0729, 0733, 0734, 0737
Hickory Hills: 0601, 0602, 0603, 0604, 0606, 0608
Hillside: 0369, 0457
Hinsdale: 0458, 0466, 0467, 0468, 0469
Hodgkins: 0469, 0487, 0488, 0489, 0582, 0601
Hoffman Estates: 0155, 0157, 0158, 0159, 0161, 0162, 0166, 0167, 0176, 0178, 0179, 0186, 0187, 0188, 0189, 0191
Homewood: 0729, 0733, 0734, 0737, 0741, 0742
Indian Head Park: 0468, 0469
Inverness: 0020, 0038, 0039, 0157, 0176, 0177, 0178, 0179
Justice: 0488, 0489, 0601, 0602
Kenilworth: 0253, 0255
La Grange Park: 0459, 0476, 0478
La Grange: 0459, 0467, 0478
Lansing: 0754, 0756, 0758, 0759, 0762, 0766, 0767
Lemont: 0567, 0569, 0579, 0583, 0586, 0587, 0588, 0589, 0591, 0593
Lincolnwood: 0244, 0265, 0382, 0401, 0402
Lynwood: 0762, 0764, 0766, 0767, 0768, 0769, 0831, 0832
Lyons: 0479, 0483, 0487, 0491
Markham: 0726, 0727, 0729, 0731, 0732, 0733, 0734
Matteson: 0718, 0719, 0738, 0739, 0781, 0782, 0801, 0802
Maywood: 0388, 0389, 0476, 0477
Mc Cook: 0487, 0491
Melrose Park: 0367, 0369, 0386, 0387, 0388, 0389
Merrionette Park: 0637
Midlothian: 0619, 0638, 0639, 0707, 0726, 0727
Morton Grove: 0237, 0241, 0242, 0243, 0244
Mount Prospect: 0202, 0204, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0211, 0212, 0214, 0216
Niles: 0236, 0237, 0238, 0241, 0243, 0244
Norridge: 0376, 0378, 0380, 0385
North Riverside: 0476, 0477, 0479, 0483
Northbrook: 0069, 0088, 0089, 0093, 0207, 0226, 0227, 0231, 0232
Northfield: 0231, 0232, 0233, 0234
Northlake: 0366, 0367, 0369
Oak Forest: 0618, 0619, 0706, 0707, 0709, 0726, 0727, 0728, 0729
Oak Lawn: 0606, 0607, 0608, 0609, 0617, 0628
Olympia Fields: 0739, 0743
Orland Hills: 0701, 0702, 0703, 0704
Orland Park: 0593, 0594, 0613, 0614, 0618, 0682, 0684, 0692, 0701, 0702, 0703, 0704, 0706
Palatine: 0038, 0039, 0043, 0044, 0177, 0179, 0181, 0182, 0183
Palos Heights: 0612, 0614, 0616, 0617, 0618, 0619
Palos Hills: 0603, 0604, 0608, 0611, 0612, 0616
Palos Park: 0594, 0611, 0612, 0613, 0614, 0616
Park Forest: 0739, 0743, 0802, 0806, 0807
Park Ridge: 0236, 0237, 0238, 0239, 0376, 0380
Phoenix: 0732, 0751
Posen: 0639, 0643, 0727, 0731
Prospect Heights: 0201, 0202, 0206, 0207, 0208
Richton Park: 0781, 0782, 0801, 0802
River Forest: 0387, 0389
River Grove: 0380, 0386, 0387
Riverdale: 0643, 0644
Riverside: 0479, 0483
Robbins: 0638, 0639
Rolling Meadows: 0179, 0181, 0182, 0183, 0184, 0191, 0192, 0211
Roselle: 0193
Rosemont: 0219, 0357, 0376
Sauk Village: 0764, 0768, 0826, 0827, 0831
Schaumburg: 0167, 0169, 0179, 0183, 0184, 0187, 0188, 0189, 0191, 0192, 0193, 0194, 0307
Schiller Park: 0357, 0359, 0376, 0378
Skokie: 0234, 0242, 0244, 0253, 0265
South Barrington: 0155, 0156, 0157, 0158, 0159, 0176, 0178
South Chicago Heights: 0807, 0826
South Holland: 0732, 0734, 0751, 0752, 0753, 0754
Steger: 0807, 0826, 0827
Stickney: 0483, 0491
Stone Park: 0367, 0369, 0386, 0388
Streamwood: 0162, 0163, 0164, 0166, 0167, 0168, 0169
Summit: 0487, 0489, 0491
Thornton: 0734, 0742, 0753, 0761
Tinley Park: 0702, 0703, 0704, 0706, 0707, 0708, 0709, 0719
University Park: 0801
Westchester: 0457, 0458, 0459, 0476
Western Springs: 0458, 0459, 0466, 0467, 0468, 0469
Wheeling: 0064, 0068, 0069, 0202, 0206, 0207
Willow Springs: 0469, 0488, 0581, 0582, 0583, 0584, 0601
Wilmette: 0234, 0253, 0255, 0260
Winnetka: 0232, 0251, 0253, 0255
Worth: 0608, 0609, 0616, 0617