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So the assumption is that the lake will never go over the top of the gates?
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Here is a photo taken on Saturday 5-16-15. It's hard to make out the measurements embedded in the concrete, but I marked the 608' mark with an arrow. My son, standing in the photo, is about 5' tall. So my best guesstimate is that the top of dam it around 613' or so?
The water level at this time was 598.12'. This was before they closed the road going down to the parking lot on the South side. If any one witnessed the cluster that had become, they will understand the decision to close it. That one lane road was a disaster. While we were there, at any given time there were 3 to 4 cars at the top and bottom vying for who could travel up or down the road! Saw a couple of stalemates, as one or the other had to back up or down the road...
Maybe they could post someone at the top and only let people with fishing equipment down there. It appeared that about 98% of the traffic was looking and taking photos, not fishing.
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So the assumption is that the lake will never go over the top of the gates?
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The top of the dam is at 612'Originally Posted by Achiro
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Jiggin, according to the Corps web site, it says the top of the dam is 612'. Is this the top of the spillways or the earth embankment?
I keep a close eye on that web site for the hour-by-hour updates on lake level, inflow and release amount. I need to know at what point I need to get really nervous about our dock. We have 4 pencils on the corners -- I've got 1 already at the cap on the pencil and the others are getting close (maybe 1-3' between the other 3). I've got a dock repair guy adding extensions to give me 5' of clearance between the top of the sleep to the cap on the top of the poles. That will allow me to not get worried till the water level hits about 603'. Which from what I understand was the level it was back in 2007. I haven't heard what the height was back in 1990 but the research I've found online shows all 11 gates were opened 18' -- currently they are only opened 4' with a release of 60,700 CFS. I can't even imagine how much water would be coming out if they are all opened 18'!
Last edited by Crappie Reaper; 05-20-2015 at 05:24 PM.
Steve
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Awesome video thanks for sharing
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Toon
612 should be the elevation of low point of top of earthen embankment. It is currently at 598.62, I would think 602 would be their max and they would open gates completely to prevent dam breach. Generally 10' from top of dam is worry time, and they will open them full. Good luck with your dock, hope it goes down soon.
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Don't know if worrying will do any good. . . But be prepared. . . . . Up to 5 inches of rain expected in okc and east.
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Here is a photo taken on Saturday 5-16-15. It's hard to make out the measurements embedded in the concrete, but I marked the 608' mark with an arrow. My son, standing in the photo, is about 5' tall. So my best guesstimate is that the top of dam it around 613' or so?
The water level at this time was 598.12'. This was before they closed the road going down to the parking lot on the South side. If any one witnessed the cluster that had become, they will understand the decision to close it. That one lane road was a disaster. While we were there, at any given time there were 3 to 4 cars at the top and bottom vying for who could travel up or down the road! Saw a couple of stalemates, as one or the other had to back up or down the road...
Maybe they could post someone at the top and only let people with fishing equipment down there. It appeared that about 98% of the traffic was looking and taking photos, not fishing.
I was there last Sunday afternoon/night. It was ridiculous how many people where there. I was there when neither guy wanted to back up making the traffic even worse.
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