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This may have happened before and I just did not look for it, but all gates on the dam at Jordan Lake are closed. I just took two screenshots from the Army Corp website and because of all the flooding downstream, they have completely shut the gates as you can see in the first picture. The lake is at 227.66, which puts it 11.66 feet above normal and is still rising. I haven't been down to the lake, but I would not be surprised if the Wildlife has closed all the ramps. There are times in the past they have closed them because of high water.
Many of you know that my Grandpa's farm was under Jordan and the Federal government made them sell their land and move. Of course, they and many of the neighbors fought the Fed's and obviously lost. The lake was needed for exactly what is happening right now--flood control. The flooding down the Cape River is devastating to many families. Could you imagine how much worse it would be if Jordan was not in place to capture a large amount of the water for a delayed release at a later time!! We all like to complain about government, but against a lot of opposition, they moved forward with making Jordan and Falls Lake on the Neuse River. The folks in New Bern and Fayetteville aren't sitting around thanking the government for building those lakes, but the reality is that a bad situation could be even worse if it were not for the planning of government leaders many years ago.
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I was wondering if anyone had any pictures at the spillway with all the gates closed. I saw that yesterday.
Mike
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That would be interesting to see. I heard that the water from the Deep River is pushing up the Haw towards the Jordan Dam.
I saw a picture yesterday. Looks like a pond, water is up almost over the concrete sidewalls.
Wow, I'd love to see the picture.
Mike
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Here is the Jordan report for this morning. Looks like they have opened one gate just a little. It also looks like the lake level has peaked at 232.18, which is sixteen feet above normal. Without any additional rain, probably take several weeks to come back down to normal.
Wow, 16', I thought Kerr Resovoir was pretty bad at 8.5' above pool.