Current River temperature is 75°. We were very fortunate that the rain that we got this past week did not cause our river to go into the no wake level. We crested at 7.3 at Latham which translates to 240 million gallons of water per hour flowing down our drainage… Read more“Weekend Update 8/22/25”
High Water Update 8/19/25
The gates were adjusted on the dam last night before the rain. Sheriff Gary Caruana is making the call to get com ed back out again this morning to make another adjustment. We are working to try and get our river gauge page updated so that it will be back… Read more“High Water Update 8/19/25”
Weekend Update 8/15/25
Current River temperature is 80° Current River level at Latham is 5.6. This means we’re about 19 in about drought levels so plenty of water in the river again. Last week’s rain started making it this way down our River drainage basin the last few days. With the increased water… Read more“Weekend Update 8/15/25”
Weekend Update 8/8/25
Current River temperature is 78° Current river level is 4.5 at Latham. This means the river is continuing to fall with the lack of rain. We’re about 6 in above drought level. The canal at sportscore is just under 3 ft deep. Looks like we have a weekend and first… Read more“Weekend Update 8/8/25”
Weekend Update 8/1/25
The weather has cooled off from last week and so has our river. Current River temperature is 75°. The ski Bronx will be hosting division 2 national water ski tournament starting tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. at Shorewood park. Saturday is individuals competition and the river will be no wake… Read more“Weekend Update 8/1/25”
Weekend Update 7/25/25
Current River temperature is 81°. River levels are going down due to the lack of rain in our basin.4.6 at Latham which is about 7 in above the 4 ft drought level. The grass is starting to turn brown so hopefully mother nature will rain down on us soon. We’re… Read more“Weekend Update 7/25/25”
Weekend Update 7/18/25
Current River temperature is 76°. Current river level is 5.4 at Latham.This is about 15 in above the 4-ft drought level. We have been keeping the water about 5 in high downtown to help keep us from getting lower upstream. We all remember one year ago when we lost a… Read more“Weekend Update 7/18/25”
Weekend Update 7/12/25
Current River temperature 78°. We were very fortunate that the river was low before we got the 5 to 7 inches of rain these past few days. River levels are about 7 in higher in downtown Rockford and a little over a foot higher up in machesney Park. The increased… Read more“Weekend Update 7/12/25”
Thursday Rain Update 7/10/25
River temperature dropped a little to 79° with the two to four inches of rain that just fell. My text messages have started screaming already that the sky is falling. The flash flood warnings are for creeks and streams and drainage canals. We could see the river go up a… Read more“Thursday Rain Update 7/10/25”
4th of July Holiday Update
Back the blue day River update: Current River temperature is 82°. Current river level is 5 ft at Latham which is up a little bit from yesterday. Thank you Edgerton dam operator for giving us back a little bit of drought water. The parade kicks off at 2:00 p.m. Sharp… Read more“4th of July Holiday Update”