Village Creek Access
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near Lansing · Iowa
Zebra mussels (latest report 2010) reported in Mississippi River 1.5 km 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
- Car parking
- 50 spaces
- Managed by
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 43.34806, -91.20837
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (St. Paul District; the one nearest this launch is of October 15, 2024). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On the river
River mile 662.2 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.
- Pool 9 Upper Mississippi · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 15, 2024 by the St. Paul District. Soundings on the sheet from 3.6 to 27 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.
On Mississippi River
River in Iowa. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Big Slough Landing · 1.3 mi · Mississippi River
- Winneshiek Slough Landing · 3.2 mi · Winneshiek Slough
- Backwater Lake Landing · 4.8 mi · Backwater Lake
- De Soto Landing · 4.8 mi
- Ferryville Landing · 5.3 mi · Lake Winneshiek
- Heytman's Landing · 7.3 mi · Lake Winneshiek
Sources
- Iowa DNR Water Accesses record 85904e80-4871-4c58-a63a-f82cbbcb767b · Public data (Iowa DNR), no terms stated; credit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- US Fish and Wildlife Service facility property (boat launches) record 0de943e2-355c-4d32-ac73-46d769bf4ae1 · US federal government data, public domain (FWS no-liability disclaimer)
- OpenStreetMap n2484074666 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Iowa DNR Water Accesses and US Fish and Wildlife Service facility property (boat launches). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.