Iowa / Lake Odessa /
Odessa Wildlife Area - usacoe
Boat ramp · on Lake Odessa · near Wapello · Iowa
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
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Car parking
- 6 spaces
- Managed by
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 41.15897, -91.04310
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Rock Island District; the one nearest this launch is of October 7, 2026). 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 18 · 0.4 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 7, 2026 by the Rock Island District. Soundings on the sheet down to 30.3 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.
On Lake Odessa
Lake in Iowa. All launches on Lake Odessa.
Community
Where people who use Lake Odessa talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Toolesboro · 0.4 mi · Mississippi River
- Ferry Landing Access · 1.5 mi · Iowa River
- Schafer Access · 2.3 mi · Lake Odessa
- Cappy Russell Access · 3.9 mi · Iowa River
- Snively Access · 4.7 mi · Lake Odessa
- Port Louisa Public Acc. Area · 6.2 mi · Mississippi River
Sources
- Iowa DNR Water Accesses record bbb634af-277f-466f-85b8-120907b25847 · Public data (Iowa DNR), no terms stated; credit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- OpenStreetMap n3054684758 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Iowa DNR Water Accesses. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.