MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Saturday, 02 May 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
02-May 03-May 04-May 05-May 06-May 07-May 08-May 09-May
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 15.61 13.4 12.2 11.7 10.7 10.2 9.7
Louisiana

16.45

14.2 13.5 12.8 12.2 11.7 11.6
L&D 24 Pool 450.06 OR 445.5 445.5 445.5 445.8 446.3
L&D 24 TW

26.74

24.5 22.8 22.0 21.2 20.5 20.1
Mosier Landing

43.76

41.7

40.0 39.3 38.7 38.1 37.7
L&D 25 Pool 435.76 OR OR OR 429.7 429.7 429.7
L&D 25 TW

27.95

25.4 23.2 22.3 21.5 20.7 20.2
Illinois River
La Grange TW 22.76

23.1

23.1

23.1

23.1

22.9 22.6
Meredosia 16.96

17.3

17.3

17.3

17.3

17.1

16.8
Valley City

15.33

15.5

15.5

15.5

15.5

15.3

15.0

Florence

33.00

32.9

32.8

32.7

32.7

32.4

32.2

Hardin

28.42

26.7

25.5

25.2

24.9 24.4 24.0
Mississippi River
Grafton

22.28

19.9 17.9 17.3 16.9 16.5 16.3
Mel Price Pool 419.70 OR OR 413.5 413.5 413.5 413.5 413.5
Mel Price TW

23.35

20.0 17.9 16.3 15.6 14.3 13.4 12.8
L&D 27 Pool 417.00 413.7 411.6 410.0 409.3 408.0 407.1 406.5
L&D 27 TW 410.91 408.1 406.0 404.2 403.3 401.7 400.8 400.1
St. Louis 28.74 25.9 23.8 22.0 21.1 19.5 18.6 17.9
Engineers Depot 27.73 25.0 22.9 21.1 20.2 18.6 17.7 17.0
Jefferson Barracks

25.64

23.1

21.2

19.3

18.3

16.8

15.8

15.0

Herculaneum 26.60 24.6 22.8 21.0 19.8 18.3 17.2 16.4
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW

77.32

76.4

75.0

73.1

71.5 70.1 68.9 67.9
Inflow (-1day) 8,410 9,360
Mississippi River
Chester

31.05

30.4

29.1

27.1

25.4 24.1 22.8 21.8
Red Rock Landing

35.81

35.4

34.2

32.2

30.4 29.1 27.9 26.9
Grand Tower

35.27

35.1

33.9

32.0

30.1

28.8

27.6 26.7
Moccasin Springs

34.57

34.6

33.6

31.7

29.7

28.3

27.2 26.4
Cape Girardeau

34.56

34.8

33.9

32.0

29.9 28.5 27.5 26.7
Grays Point

33.85

34.1

33.4

31.7

29.8

28.4

27.3

26.4

Thebes

33.45

33.7

33.1

31.5 29.7 28.2 27.1 26.1
Commerce

29.38

29.7

29.2

27.7

26.0

24.6

23.4 22.3
Price Landing

24.12

24.5

24.3

23.3 21.9 20.4 19.0 17.8
Thompson Landing 38.56

39.0

39.0

38.3 37.2 35.7 34.1 32.8
Birds Point 30.32 30.9 31.4 31.4 30.8 29.2 27.4 25.7
Ohio River
33.41 30.9 34.5 34.5 33.9 32.3 30.5 28.8

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

7-day Observed Sat 04/25 06:00 to Sat 05/02 06:00
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