Dresser Island

Dresser Island is a public boat ramp near Portage Des Sioux, Missouri.

Aerial view of the dirt track running down to the bank of the muddy backwater, June 2022 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type: Boat ramp
Website: mdc.mo.gov
Coordinates: 38.91346, -90.26861

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (St. Louis District; the one nearest this launch is of December 29, 2021). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

Pool 26 Upper Mississippi · 0.2 mi from this launch
Hydrographic survey of December 29, 2021 by the St. Louis District. Soundings on the sheet down to 61.4 ft below the pool's low control level, with bars at or above it; the Corps maintains a 9 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

Nearby launches

Upper Mississippi Conservation Area · 0.7 mi · Brickhouse Slough
Dresser Island · 0.7 mi · Brickhouse Slough
Dresser Island · 1.3 mi · Brickhouse Slough
Piasa Creek Recreation Area Boat Ramp · 1.9 mi · Piasa Creek
Spatterdock Lake Access · 2.1 mi · Spatterdock Lake
Alta Villa East Boat Ramp · 2.4 mi · Brickhouse Slough

Sources

Why it is listed as public: mdc.mo.gov: Boat Slide. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.