Franklin Island Conservation Area
Boat ramp · on Missouri River · near Boonville · Missouri
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
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Managed by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Website
- mdc.mo.gov
- Coordinates
- 38.98556, -92.71954
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Kansas City District; the one nearest this launch is of August 19, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow at the Missouri River at Boonville, MO gauge · USGS, 1.4 mi away on Missouri River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Missouri River at Boonville, MO, 1.4 mi from this launch on Missouri River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 195.2 on Missouri River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- MO 2 LMR · 0.3 mi from this launch
Condition survey of August 19, 2026 by the Kansas City District. Soundings on the sheet from 3.5 to 33.1 ft; 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.
On Missouri River
River in Missouri. All launches on Missouri River.
Community
Where people who use Missouri River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- De Bourgmont Access · 8.7 mi · Lamine River
- Taylors Landing Access · 10.3 mi · Missouri River
- D. C. Rogers Lake (Fayette) · 11.9 mi · D.C. Rogers Lake
- D. C. Rogers Lake (Fayette) · 12.1 mi · D.C. Rogers Lake
- Peters Lake (Fayette) · 12.5 mi · Peters Lake
- Harriman Hill Access · 12.6 mi · Lamine River
Sources
- Missouri Department of Conservation Boat Ramps record 295 · Public data (MDC), disclaimer only, no use limitations stated; credit the Missouri Department of Conservation
- Missouri River Water Trail Access Points (Missouri DNR, data.mo.gov) record ramp-at-franklin-island-conservation-area · Missouri Department of Natural Resources (Open Data Missouri). The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the State of Missouri. THE STATE OF MISSOURI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE.
- OpenStreetMap n12572800380 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Missouri Department of Conservation Boat Ramps and Missouri River Water Trail Access Points (Missouri DNR, data.mo.gov). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.