Princeton Wildlife Area
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near Princeton · Iowa
Zebra mussels (latest report 2015) reported in Mississippi River 940 m from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
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
- Managed by
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 41.69420, -90.33714
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Rock Island District; the one nearest this launch is of August 1, 2019). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the Mississippi River at Clinton, IA gauge · USGS, 7.4 mi away on Mississippi River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Mississippi River at Clinton, IA, 7.4 mi from this launch on Mississippi River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 503.3 on Mississippi 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.
- Upper Mississippi River Pool 14 · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of August 1, 2019 by the Rock Island District. Soundings on the sheet down to 15.3 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 Mississippi River
River in Iowa. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Princeton Wildlife Area · 0.1 mi · Mississippi River
- Princeton Wildlife Area · 1.2 mi · Mississippi River
- Princeton Wildlife Area · 1.2 mi · Mississippi River
- Princeton Wildlife Area · 1.2 mi · Mississippi River
- 10th Street Boat Launch · 1.2 mi
- Princeton Boat Launch · 1.4 mi · Whiskey Run Creek
Sources
- Iowa DNR Water Accesses record b4925c60-4771-4955-a9e8-028152a009e8 · Public data (Iowa DNR), no terms stated; credit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- OpenStreetMap w1026117848 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n9460641915 © 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.