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Missouri River Boat Launch near Atchison
Boat ramp · on Missouri River · near Atchison · Kansas
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
- Coordinates
- 39.56491, -95.11242
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Kansas City District; the one nearest this launch is of March 29, 2021). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the MISSOURI R AT ATCHISON, KS gauge · USGS, 0.4 mi away on Missouri River
Water level
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USGS gauge MISSOURI R AT ATCHISON, KS, 0.4 mi from this launch on Missouri River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 422.9 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 5 LMR
Condition survey of March 29, 2021 by the Kansas City District. Soundings on the sheet from 5.5 to 29.7 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 Kansas. All launches on Missouri River.
Community
Where people who use Missouri River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area · 7.0 mi · Bean Lake
- Jentell Brees Access · 11.7 mi · Contrary Creek
- Guy B. Park Conservation Area · 19.2 mi · Tobacco Hills Lake
- French Bottom Access (St. Joseph) · 19.5 mi · Missouri River
- Missouri River Boat Launch near Leavenworth · 19.6 mi · Missouri River
- Belcher Branch Lake Conservation Area · 20.2 mi
Sources
- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Statewide River Access record -95.11224,39.56561 · Public data (KDWP), no terms stated; credit the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
- OpenStreetMap n4012847313 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Statewide River Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.