Current river temperature, 57° Current river level at latham 8.5. This represents a 3.5 foot decrease in level From our flood crest. While we are definitely headed in the right direction, the floodplains still have water in them. So our cushion is not where we would like it to be… Read more“Weekend River Update (5/1/26)”
River Update 4/24/26
Current river temperature, 63°. Current river level 10.71 at latham 6.82 at riverside bridge. 4.82 at Auburn street. 2.23 at Fordham dam. I’d like to do a brief fordham dam 101 information post. The dam was originally built over a 100 years ago. Back in the mid-seventies com Ed did… Read more“River Update 4/24/26”
River Flood Update 4/23/26
I know we are all nervously anticipating tonight and tomorrow morning’s rain event. The Latham gauge, it is down to 11 feet. That means we’ve dropped 12 inches from crest. Still in flood stage but it’s definitely going in the right direction. I’ve been a little overwhelmed lately, so it… Read more“River Flood Update 4/23/26”
RRHA Meeting Details 4/21/26
Wanted to post some information from our April 21,2026 RRHA Meeting held at TAD’s Bar & Grill at 6:30 pm. We’d like to share some of the information that was submitted since some of the invited guest could not make it and others would like copies of the information given…. Read more“RRHA Meeting Details 4/21/26”
River Flood Update 4/22/26
We’ve dropped about 6 inches is all at Latham. Looks like light rain in the forecast. But hopefully it stays here and south. There are areas in Wisconsin now that are experiencing a 100 year flood with the excessive rain that has hit the Midwest. We had an informative board… Read more“River Flood Update 4/22/26”
River Flood Update 4/19/26
Current river temperature 58 degrees It has been a very stressful time as many people along the river have been sand bagging. The good news is the gauge on the rock river at rockton and latham have crested. We are nowhere near out of the woods yet. But for residents,… Read more“River Flood Update 4/19/26”
River Flood Update 4/15/26
Mother nature was angry last night and dumped an excessive amount of precipitation in our 6000 square mile drainage basin.The weather service prediction has us going to minor flood stage for the weekend.Com ed is at the dam now making adjustments to the 4 gates.Gate 4 had a tree wedged… Read more“River Flood Update 4/15/26”
Weekend River Update 4/10/26
Current river temperature is 51°.Current river level is 6 feet at Latham. Ideal water level. If mother nature would just warm things up a bit for us to go boating. Drought level is 4 feet at Latham, and no wake level is 8 feet at latham. With all the rain… Read more“Weekend River Update 4/10/26”
Easter Weekend Update 4/4/26
Current river temperature, 49°.Current river height 5.5 at latham. April showers bring may flowers.I measured 3 inches of rain in love’s park over the last few days. Mother nature is replenishing the moisture in the farm fields finally. By looking at the river gages, we can see that more rain… Read more“Easter Weekend Update 4/4/26”
Spring Update 3/24/26
Current river temperature is 44°. Current river level is 5.7 At lathum. We were keeping the gates closed at the dam, hoping to dislodge some logs over the spillway. I even came down with my ski boat over the weekend. Trying to make some large waves to no avail. The… Read more“Spring Update 3/24/26”