Lake County, Indiana

28 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Little Calumet River At Burr Street At Gary, IN: water level 4.19 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (4.61 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Indiana Harbor Canal At East Chicago, IN: flow -1,240 ft³/s · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (-125 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Grand Calumet River At Columbia Av At Hammond, IN: water level 5.72 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (6.2 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Grand Calumet River At Industrial Highway At Gary, IN: flow 323 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 376 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago
• Hart Ditch At Munster, IN: flow 35.8 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Indiana: 18 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 11 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

134 entries from WZDx 4.1 work zones (indot) (Indiana DOT) for this county, in its latest read.

• WZDx 4.1 work zones (indot): 134 entries for this county · Indiana DOT · read 7 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

13 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

2 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• Crown Point man faces five counts in child sexual abuse material case · WISH-TV · 20 h ago Published event
• Crown Point man faces five counts in child sexual abuse material case · WRTV · 20 h ago Published event

Wastewater site 518: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1, within the usual weekly level for this site.

• Wastewater site 518: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 518: influenza A level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 518: RSV level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 2405: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 2.18 · not enough history for this site to say what is usual · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 2405: influenza A level 1 · not enough history for this site to say what is usual · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT

• CDC wastewater data for viral activity level (SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, RSV): 12 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2: 4 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 16 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for influenza A: 4 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for RSV: 3 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• openFDA food enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 1 entry for this county · FDA · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Hammond-Gary: AQI 66, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Hammond-Gary: AQI 66 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 32 min ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Indiana: 44 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 48 min ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 10 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 14 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 entry from Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) outage map (Esri ArcGIS) (Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio)) for this county, in its latest read.

• Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) outage map (Esri ArcGIS): 1 entry for this county · Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Matters Now

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CEDAR LAKE, LS/ONE HUNDRED THIRT, 2026-07-17: 1 person killed. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, HOBART, CITY ST/W 3RD STREET, 2026-07-01: 1 person killed. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration

Quiet

• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Chicago, week of 2026-10-19: $4.705 a gallon, up 1 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY, GARY, 2026-07-19. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY, GARY, 2026-06-26. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Chicago Southshore & South Bend Railroad, EAST CHICAGO, 2026-06-24. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, EAST CHICAGO, 2026-06-24. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, EAST CHICAGO, KENNEDY AVENUE, 2026-06-10. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, WHITING, 2026-06-09. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, HAMMOND, 2026-05-25. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY, GARY, 2026-05-22. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, EAST CHICAGO, 2026-05-14. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, HAMMOND, 2026-05-14. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 190,567 jobs (189,805 a year earlier); $1,258 average weekly wage ($1,211 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 35 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  2 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 10:56 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 8 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 2 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  56 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 11:24 AM CDT.