Duck Creek at Middle Road, Bettendorf Live Cam

This camera looks at Duck Creek beside the Middle Road bridge in Bettendorf, Iowa, where a storm drain empties into the stream. The view takes in the concrete bridge wall with its round outfall pipe, the green piers on the right and a sandbar.

Bettendorf is a Mississippi River city in Scott County and one of the Quad Cities. Duck Creek winds through Davenport and Bettendorf, and the Duck Creek Parkway trail follows it through a chain of city parks. At Middle Road the creek runs through a quiet residential area, and the city uses this camera to check the water level during and after heavy rain.

The fixed frame lets the water line be read against the concrete wall, the outfall and the sandbar under the bridge. A caption across the top names the spot and shows the date and time, and part of the wooded bank at the upper left is blurred.