Mississippi River at Bellevue

1. 27.50 ftWater affects the Iowa causeway. Water is also on U.S. Highway 52 through Sabula Lakes.
2. 26.70 ftWater reaches the top of the dike at Sabula.
3. 25.00 ftWater affects Mill Creek Park in Bellevue.
4. 24.50 ftWater affects Driscolls Island at Sabula.
5. 24.30 ftWater affects the main floor of Potters Mill in Bellevue.
6. 24.00 ftWater affects U.S. Highway 52 south of Bellevue. Water also affects the railroad tracks near Spruce Creek Park on the north end of town.
7. 23.30 ftWater affects the trailers at Shady Haven in Bellevue. Water affects the U.S. Highway 52 causeway in Sabula.
8. 22.80 ftWater reaches the clearance under the Illinois causeway bridge at Sabula.
9. 21.90 ftWater on railroad tracks and into some businesses in Savanna.
10. 21.50 ftWater affects a few homes just south of Bellevue.
11. 21.00 ftWater encroaches onto Driscolls Island at Sabula.
12. 20.10 ftBasement flooding occurs in homes and businesses with seepage into yards in Savanna. Grain elevators are also affected. Water affects the lower portion of Marquette Parking lot. Water affects Vulcan and South Broad Streets in Sabula.
13. 20.00 ftWater affects the railroad tracks south of Bellevue. Water is also into the Municipal Boat Ramp parking lot. Water affects the riverfront parking lot in Savanna.
14. 19.20 ftBasement flooding occurs in homes and businesses with seepage into a few yards in Savanna. Water seeps into yards on Pearl and Broad Streets in Sabula.
15. 19.00 ftWater surrounds trailers on Riverview in Bellevue. Water affects a baseball field in Sabula.
16. 18.50 ftWater affects access to trailer park at Mill Creek in Bellevue. Water affects lowest homes in Sabula.
17. 18.40 ftLock and Dam 12 is closed.
18. 18.00 ftWater affects the riverfront parking lot in Savanna. Water affects the boat launch at North Sabula Access in Sabula. There is also seepage into basements, yards, and gutters.
19. 17.80 ftWater affects Spruce Creek Park on the north end of Bellevue.
20. 17.50 ftWater affects a few homes south of Bellevue. Water affects operations at a grain elevator in Savanna. Water affects the lowest businesses in Sabula.
21. 17.40 ftWater affects businesses on North River Drive in Sabula.
22. 17.30 ftWater affects the railroad underpass at Mill Creek in Bellevue.
23. 17.00 ftRural damage occurs near Bellevue.
24. 16.50 ftWater affects a convenience store on the south end of Bellevue east of Ridgeview. Water is also at the base of foundations of the lowest businesses on Riverview near Jefferson St.
25. 14.00 ftWater affects the camping areas at Blanding Landing and Pleasant Creek Recreation Areas.

Chance of flooding, September to November

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued September 25, 2026.

Most recent crests

• July 7, 2024: 20.17 ft
• April 29, 2023: 21.78 ft
• April 29, 2019: 20.87 ft
• May 8, 2018: 17.56 ft
• May 29, 2017: 16.89 ft
• September 30, 2016: 16.13 ft
• June 7, 2015: 12.22 ft
• July 3, 2014: 18.68 ft
• June 26, 2013: 16.70 ft
• April 20, 2011: 20.58 ft

• UpstreamMississippi River at Dubuque (Railroad Bridge)
• DownstreamMississippi River at Fulton
• Apple River at Hanover
• Maquoketa River at Green Island
• Sinsinawa River at Menominee
• Galena River at Buncombe
• Maquoketa River at Maquoketa
• North Fork Maquoketa River at Fulton
• Mississippi River at Dubuque (LD11)

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.