Happy 2022! Looks like summer is just around the corner. Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of the summer! The Spring weather has been gentle to us with keeping river levels on the lower side during the winter and no flooding this spring. The grass is green and the current water levels allows for safe boating! Enjoy the summer! Our first 2022 newsletter will be sent out very soon....look for it in your mail!
Weekend Update: Mother nature is giving us a break so far this year. The 2' of snow has melted off the farm fields with the warm weather we are having as of late. Now we need sun and wind to dry out the farm fields. This is the sponge we rely on for our 6000 square mile area called our drainage basin. The rock river flow is starting to lessen but we still have a rising pec. river. I went the back roads to Durand and freeport today. There is a lot of water around the low lying areas of freeport.[...]
River Update: The NWS has just put projections on the pec. and rock rivers for next week. It is not horrible but thought you should know. Latham is projected to rise to 7.5' by Friday. This would be a 2.5' rise from where we are currently at. It appears this is going to be coming from the pec. river increase in flow. The pec. river is projected to rise 4' by next weekend. As a rule the first projections are usually on the high side and as the rain path is more defined the projection will most [...]
Weekend Update. Absolutely beautiful weather for enjoying the river so make time to get out on it. I received an email from the NWS about the potential for heavy rainfall that could impact the Midwest region starting on Tuesday and lasting till Thursday from the remnants of tropical storm CRISTOBAL. It is to early to predict the exact track of the storm or the amount of rainfall that may occur from this storm. By Sunday night they will have a better idea where the heavy rain fall may occur. [...]
Memorial weekend update: The rain on saturday to our west has caused a spike in the river levels. The call has been made to have the dam gates adjusted to a proactive level this morning. With the rain in the forecast for the next several days it does not look good for our drainage basin. The fox river is flooding from last weeks rain event. We were all hoping we could dodge a bullet for our area going to no-wake this weekend. If todays adjustment doesnt work and more rain hits our basin we will[...]
Weekend update: I hope everyone is doing well with these uncertain times we are facing.We are better off than some states around us with silly restrictions they face. We are allowed to cut our grass with out getting a fine. We are also allowed to go for a boat ride if we chose to do so. The area rivers are continuing a slow descent which is a welcome relief for us all. The flow rate at rockton is still around 4.5 million gallons of water per minute is the reason for elevated river levels for [...]
Weekend update: The dam is running at a proactive level as the gauge shows. Area rivers are slowly dropping to the relief of residents. If we could get the pecatonica river to drop as fast as the kishwaukee river things would be improving faster here. We need to keep practicing social distancing to keep safe. If home school parents want an interesting science project, a trip to the bike path bridge just downstream of the dam is an interesting place to visit . The gates on the dam are open about[...]
Update. Have been in discussion with Sheriff Caruana this afternoon about the impending river rise predicted for the rain tonight and tomorrow. He is having com-ed make an adjustment later today. Lets keep our fingers crossed that the majority of this rain event misses Wisconsin. The prediction line is based on it hitting. If we get a break the prediction line will get corrected lower. Doesn't mother nature know we are already at our wits end with corona problems. The Sheriff is also sending [...]