Is There Nothing That Can Be Done??

[GENTLE]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I know you're frustrated, as I have been when trying to figure what the corp is doing or going to do.  But I don't think you really want to see 

No, not at all, it just seems their testing fate, keeping lakes this high all the time.  

[GENTLE]

2 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Did you know that before one of the floods... may be 2007... both TR and Beaver were very low.  TR was about 907 feet.

I do wish they'd go ahead and drop these lake levels.  TR is sitting at 917.2 feet and it's trickling through the dam right now.  It is a little frustrating.

Yeah, since then, the corps have gone the extra mile to make sure the lakes dont get that low. I'll agree that the fishing was off back then, while the lakes were low, but alot of our lakes were just getting over LMBV. And I do agree high water does help our fisheries, but now it's just ALL THE TIME. We've always had spring floods and high water, but the difference now is they stay flooded for much longer. One thing about it though, if they keep the lakes high all the time, all that flooded cover will eventually die off and rot away, and 1130 wont be much different than 1120.

[Alex Heitman]

Anybody remember where you can find the historical numbers on lakes? I remember a year or two back there was a chart that showed the high and low numbers and maybe avg height since table rick was built 

[Alex Heitman]

Here is the link not recent numbers though 

 

https://www.swl.usace.army.mil/Portals/50/docs/tablerocklake/Pool History- Table Rock (4).pdf

[Phil Lilley]

That's so interesting to see.  I've been here since May, 1983 and to look at the highs and lows through to mid 2000 it looks like we didn't have any big rain events OR they (the Corps) kept the lakes alot lower than they do now.

I'd love to have the time to really research this.

[Quillback]

Predictions are for 1.5" over the next couple of days.  Remember the good old days when they would predict rain and it wouldn't happen?  Seems like lately, if they predict it, it falls, and usually more than the prediction.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

22 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Predictions are for 1.5" over the next couple of days.  Remember the good old days when they would predict rain and it wouldn't happen?  Seems like lately, if they predict it, it falls, and usually more than the prediction.  

Last year they brined the roads 4 times and we didn’t get any snow.  Two weeks ago they were predicting snow ice and frigid temperatures.  No brine this time.  It took me 2 Hours to get home on my normal 18 minute drive.  Road was an ice rink.  Would’ve taken 3 hours but I drove in the grass median. 

[fishinwrench]

On 11/19/2019 at 2:27 PM, GENTLE said:

No, not at all, it just seems their testing fate, keeping lakes this high all the time.  

Yep !

[jdmidwest]

They were brining the road and mowing the median at the same time 2 weeks ago.  Funny sight to see. And, it only rained.  It snowed later on that week after the rain washed it off.

They don't mow the grass all summer and the roads look like crap.  Then they mow the frost killed stuff and it looks like crap.  Some county roads, they have given up mowing at all, good places for deer to hide and attack oncoming cars.

NFS has ceased mowing all of their roads in the SE MO areas, slowing being engulfed by overgrowth.

[Devan S.]

1 hour ago, Phil Lilley said:

That's so interesting to see.  I've been here since May, 1983 and to look at the highs and lows through to mid 2000 it looks like we didn't have any big rain events OR they (the Corps) kept the lakes alot lower than they do now.

I'd love to have the time to really research this.

http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/mcharts.htm

That page lets you select lake, month, and year(It seems to not be working for me right now but has in the past).

Gives a lot of information, inflow, outflow, rainfall (@ dam and overall basin), volumes basically overall and on a daily basis.

Pretty cool tool to check historical information out.