At this moment the river at Thebes sits at 14.12 feet and at Cape Girardeau 14.48 feet. I have to say the river looks much more healthy than it did. But for now I will hold my hopes back that it will stay up.

I know I keep saying I will get some more photos soon and I still will. Life is pretty crazy and the only way I can really keep up with the river is the app on my phone called RiverFlows. I will though make it out to get some updated photos, as soon as things get a bit warmer and settled down.

Raist

First let me say I am very sorry it has taken so long to do some updating on this there has just been a lot going on.

Here are some photos of the river from the same areas as before only here the river is sitting at around 14 feet. These photos are from a month or so ago.

First here is the boat ramp in Cape Girardeau. As you might recall from the photos in the first posts the boat ramp was unusable due to it being locked off from the water. You might also recall that I was able to walk out into what was nearly the middle of the river at this area.









These next photos are from Thebes. You will be able to look up the river and see the railroad bridge that crosses the river. As you might recall from the first photos there were a lot of rocks that were Ordovician in age some known as the Kimmswick limestone but I forget what the formation was that was below the bridge. Regardless as you can see from these photos no rocks are visible and I certainly cannot get to them any longer. For the most part in these photos the sand beach is underwater as well.
















Edit: These last three are from Cape Rock park area. If you recall the sand bar here reached nearly across the river and the barges were waiting for each other and going through one at a time.








At this point the news is even better. Well in a way. There are a few places close by that are now worried about flooding. Near by the river has reached its flood stage. I am happy to say though that my prediction of the rivers depth coming back as it has, has come true. It makes me happy to see the river back at the deeper stages, even if I cannot reach as many rocks to search for fossils.

The current stages are 31.98 feet in Cape Girardeau and 31.31 feet at Thebes.

I will do what I can to get more photos of the river at the depths it is now. It might take me a bit to get them posted but I will get them, just please bare with me as life has become quite active at this point. Hopefully soon things will ease up a bit as things warm up so that I can get some fossiling in

Raist

great update....I like those barge pictures.....

It seems that flood stage is 30 feet at Cape Girardeau. At this point we are sitting at just over 10 feet above flood stage being at just over 40 feet right now. There is talk that the river will crest in a few days south of Cape Girardeau.

Of course now there continues to be flooding problems along the river with lots more rain to come. It rained all weekend just a few days ago with another full weekend of rain to come. There just does not seem to be a middle ground for the river.

Raist

Thanks for the update!

I hope this isn't a stupid question, but with the river so high now, are they having any problems with the barges getting under any bridges?

The river levels at Cape Girardeau and Thebes are still over 39", with what looks like more rain this weekend as well. At this point the rain has stopped but the sky is still plenty gray. Not to mention the temps have dropped making it cold.

We have been getting a pretty constant rain of three or more days a week lately. Of course we are getting warnings for flooding (big surprise with streets closed due to water being over them lol).

I am going to say the waters will be pretty high until at least July (maybe not with the flooding across the streets, but we will see). I will continue to post photos every so often so that people get an idea of the water levels we are seeing.

Raist