River Level At Cane Bluff

[Jeff_L]

Is there any way to know the river level above Greer, other than first hand reports? I'm sure this has been discussed around here before, but would be nice to have a USGS gauge at Thomasville, like the Upper Jack's has. Or is that the sort of thing locals don't want because it would encourage too much traffic?

In the alternative....any first hand reports? I assume the river is very low for this time of year. How much of a bump is the current rain giving it? Would it be miserable for loaded canoes? Thanks for any info.

[Stoneroller]

this system that just moved through barely dropped any rain on most areas. the air is so dry most of the rain evaporated as it fell. Looks like SW MO got the best amounts, but none of that ends up in the 11 point. most of the measurable rainfall stopped around Mt Grove. Joplin, Spfld, Rolla, Kirksville got around an inch to an inch and a half. That might bump the river levels a tiny bit, but it won't be much and it will only be for a few hrs.

Too bad too, we really needed far more rain over a longer period and a wider area.

[Jeff_L]

Wow, the NOAA precip page shows between 1/2 and 1" for basically the entire 11 point drainage basin in the past 24 hours. I know that isn't nearly enough to catch up, but I thought it might help. STL area didn't get much out of it, though.

http://water.weather.gov/precip/

[Stoneroller]

yeah i was looking at their page zoomed in on missouri. it may have not been updated at that point but it was showing less than .25 inches east of west plains when I saw it. Huzzah got 1.5 inches last week? or the week before and it took the river up by a half inch or so for about 4 hrs then it dropped back down to dry.

[Jeff_L]

I'm afraid it is so dry it will require several inches before it makes much of a difference. Hoping someone with eyes on can give a report on the area above Greer.

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[Brian Sloss]

It is doable, but if you are loaded down with gear, think twice. We got and inch and an half yesterday and another half inch today. No real effect on the levels though.

[Jeff_L]

Brian, thanks. I assume the most recent rain didn't do much to help Cane Bluff - Greer. We will have 2 guys per canoe and a cooler, but will pick up our camping gear at Greer. Any sense for whether it is worth doing Cane Bluff to Greer this weekend? We would really like to do it, and dragging a few shoals is probably OK, but we don't want to spend the entire morning pulling a canoe. Thank you very much for your assistance, and everyone else here.

Is there any another access between Cane and Greer that would be better?

[Stoneroller]

There is no public access that I'm aware of between Cane and Greer.

[Jeff_L]

I was looking at County Road 416, google shows it as providing access, but could be private or no river access.