Rock River Home Owners

Things are looking better for us on the river. Predictions have been downgraded by the national weather service. Looks like our crest will be 6.5 at Latham. I went down to check the dam just to see what level the gates were adjusted to after 3 adjustments. One gate is… Read more“2nd Sunday Update 9/20/26”

The  story when it rains, it pours, just won’t let up. I recorded another two inches of rainfall overnight for our area, which will be headed to byron. What concerns us and affects us is the rain that has fallen upstream in our 6000 square mile drainage basin. There is… Read more“Sunday Update 9/20/26”

I measured almost two inches of rain since last night.River levels are starting to rise slightly.The national weather service has put their first river height projection out.This is based on radar indications of how much rain has fallen in our drainage basin.It also takes into account the next twenty four… Read more“River Update 9/19/26”

Current river temperatures 67°.Current river level 4.5 at Latham. The light rain we’ve been getting all week has not done a whole lot to change river level. But there is a slight uptick on the pecatonica river level. These cool nights that we had early this week have led to… Read more“Weekend Update 9/18/26”

Current river temperature is 73°.Current river level 4.3 at latham.The little bit of rain that we got this week helped to keep our river level from going to extreme drought. The gates on our dam have been completely closed for the last month.With our dam being a run of the… Read more“Weekend Update 9/11/26”

Current river temperature, 78°. Current river level 4.35 at Latham. The rain that we’ve received this week has kept water levels  consistent. Still good water levels from bridge street south for boating, with all the sandbars marked. Slight improvement with the algae levels in the river. If we limit our… Read more“9/4/26 Labor Day Update”

Current river temperature is 74°.Current river level is 4.25. At Latham.During extreme drought, I have seen it go as low as 3.8The flow rate at Rockton is 1.5 million gallons of water per minute.As a reference in April, when we had the high water event, we were at 9 million… Read more“Weekend Update 8/28/26”

Current river temperature is 72°. Current river level 4.6 at latham. While we have been receiving measurable amounts of rain, it has not been enough to raise water levels, but enough to stop them from dropping to ultra drought level. It is nice to see the grass turn green again…. Read more“Weekend Update 8/22/26”

Current river temperature, 74°. Current river level 4.5 at Latham. This is about 6 inches above drought level. Ederton, shut off our water flow again on wednesday. They’ve been doing that for over a decade. To put a few extra inches of water in lake koshkanog for the weekend. The… Read more“Weekend Update 8/14/26”