MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Sunday, 11 January 2026

Note - This operational forecast is intended for internal use. The official river forecasting agency of the Federal Government is the NWS. The NWS forecast for these locations can be found by clicking the blue hyperlink associated with each gage location. If there are any questions, please call the water control office at 1-(800)432-1208 or (314)331-8342.

Locations Observed Forecast
06:00 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan 14-Jan 15-Jan 16-Jan 17-Jan 18-Jan
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 6.08 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.4
Louisiana 11.76 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.0 11.9
L&D 24 Pool 448.68 449.0 449.0 448.8 448.8 448.8 448.8
L&D 24 TW 16.12 15.8 16.0 16.5 16.8 16.8 16.5
Mosier Landing 35.52 35.4 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.9 35.8
L&D 25 Pool 433.87 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0 434.0
L&D 25 TW 16.19 15.8 16.0 16.2 16.6 16.8 16.6
Illinois River
La Grange TW 9.84 10.2 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.4
Meredosia 4.66 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.2
Valley City 3.71 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2
Florence 20.66 20.9 21.1 21.4 21.4 21.3 21.1
Hardin 20.00 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.2 20.1
Mississippi River
Grafton 16.04 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.1 16.1
Mel Price Pool 419.33 419.3 419.3 419.3 419.3 419.3 419.3 419.3
Mel Price TW 4.55 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.4 4.9
L&D 27 Pool 399.14 398.9 398.9 399.4 399.8 400.1 400.0 399.5
L&D 27 TW 383.33 383.3 383.3 384.2 384.9 385.5 385.1 384.2
St. Louis 1.49 1.5 1.5 2.4 3.1 3.7 3.3 2.4
Engineers Depot .82 0.9 0.9 1.8 2.5 3.1 2.7 1.8
Jefferson Barracks -2.16 -2.0 -2.0 -1.2 -0.4

.2

 -0.1 -0.9
Herculaneum -1.60 -1.1 -1.1 -0.5 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.2
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW 48.89 49.9 49.9 50.3 51.1 51.9 52.3 51.7
Inflow (-1day) 1,060 1,040
Mississippi River
Chester 3.22 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.5 6.3 6.8 6.3
Red Rock Landing 6.84 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.9 9.7 10.2 9.9
Grand Tower 8.40 9.0 9.4 9.6 10.3 11.0 11.6 11.4
Moccasin Springs 8.01 8.3 8.9 9.1 9.7 10.4 11.1 11.0
Cape Girardeau 8.92 8.9 9.7 9.9 10.4 11.1 11.8 11.9
Grays Point 8.36 8.4 9.2 9.5 10.1 10.8 11.5 11.6
Thebes 8.16 8.3 9.1 9.4 10.0 10.7 11.5 11.5
Commerce 3.86 4.0 4.8 5.2 5.8 6.6 7.4 7.4
Price Landing -1.14 -0.8 0.0 0.5 1.3 2.1 2.9 3.0
Thompson Landing 13.30 13.8 14.6 15.2 16.0 16.9 17.8 17.8
Birds Point 9.93 10.7 11.5 12.4 13.4 14.4 15.3 15.3
Ohio River
13.45 10.7 15.0 15.9 16.9 17.9 18.8 18.8

OR: Open River conditions and gates are free of the water surfce at the L&D.
Bold & Red:

7-day Observed Sun 01/04 06:00 to Sun 01/11 06:00
7-Day Observed Multi-sensor Precipitation


7-day QPF: Sun 01/11 06:00 to Sun 01/18 06:00
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