Fairport State Recreation Area Boat Ramp

Fairport State Recreation Area Boat Ramp is a public boat ramp near Muscatine, Iowa.

Aerial view of the ramp, the dock and the parking lot on the river, September 2023 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: iowadnr.gov
Coordinates: 41.43169, -90.92611

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Rock Island District; the one nearest this launch is of June 12, 2024). 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.

Upper Mississippi River Pool 16 · 0.1 mi from this launch
Hydrographic survey of June 12, 2024 by the Rock Island District. Soundings on the sheet from 0.1 to 26.4 ft below the pool's low control level; 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

Fairport Public Access Area · 0.3 mi · Mississippi River
Shady Creek Boat Ramp · 2.7 mi · Mississippi River
Shady Creek Public Access · 3.0 mi · Mississippi River
Big Branch Boat Launch · 5.0 mi · Big Branch
Municipal Boat Ramp · 5.8 mi · Mississippi River
Clarks Ferry Boat Ramp · 6.3 mi · Mississippi River

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.iowadnr.gov: Two boat ramps provide boating access, with courtesy docks at each ramp.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.