8/29 Special Measurement - Gauge 1.61 Water level 828.61

 8/29 Special Measurement Gauge 1.61 Water level 828.61

Based on a photo of the bridge gauge provided by a resident an additional measurement was taken.

The 6 inch board was placed in the dam per our agreement.  

At or below 1.65 a board goes in

At or above 2.0 the board comes out

The 9/1 measurement will be skipped.  

The next scheduled measurement is 9/15 

8/15 Regular measurement - Water still over 829

 8/15 Regular measurement - Water still over 829

No board in the dam

8/12 Extra measurement taken by a District Member - Board taken Out

 8/12 Extra measurement taken by a District Member - Board taken Out

Gauge at 2.4 Water Level 829.4

Water was flowing around the left side of the dam

8/1/2020 Bridge gauge at 828.64

8/1/2020 Bridge gauge at 828.64 

The 4 inch board was removed from the dam and replaced with the 6 inch board per the practices established by the Lake District Board.

The 6 inch board will remain in the dam until the Bridge gauge reads 2.0 or a water level of 829.0

Readings will continue to be taken roughly the 1st and the 15th of each month.  District members are welcome to submit pictures between times if it appears the gauge is above 2.0

Two special measurements taken 7/22 and 7/27

On 7/22 based on a picture shared with the Board, a reading was taken at bridge the gauge.  The reading had dropped to 1.62 which is below the 1.65 threshold to put a stop log in the dam.
 

That day the 4 inch log was put in the dam.  Due to further concerns on 7/27 expressed by a Board member another reading was taken.  The reading on the morning of 7/27 is slightly over 1.76 or a water level of 828.76.

If the water recedes to 1.65 by the next scheduled reading on 8/1 the 4 inch board will be replaced with the 6 inch board.

Bridge gauge 1.76 water level 828.76

Bridge gauge 1.76 water level 828.76

No stop logs in the dam until 828.65

Bridge gauge at 2.0 Water Level still at 829. No boards in the Dam

Bridge gauge at 2.0 Water Level still at 829.  No boards in the Dam

Bridge Gauge

Water flowing at the Dam

Looking downstream through the culvert near the dam.

I have no idea why there is a rope inside the culvert going from end to end.

Gauge at 2.16, Water Level 829.16

Gauge at 2.16, Water Level 829.16

Lots of rain at the end of April. May 1st water level 829.68 at the Bridge

Lots of rain at the end of April.  May 1st water level 829.68 at the Bridge

Water flowing around left side of dam and trickling over the top of the entire dam.  There was a large tree branch in the dam but it was not slowing the flow much.  It is now removed.

3/31/2020 What a change in a month!

3/31/2020 What a change in a month!

On March 4th, the Bridge gauge read a reasonable 1.68 for a lake level of 828.68.  The the rains started coming.

On March 11th the Bridge gauge read 2.04 for a lake level of 829.04

Today, March 31st the Bridge gauge reads 2.37 for a lake level of 829.37 or nearly 4 1/2 inches over the top of our WDNR range.  

This is all happening with no boards in the dam since September 10, 2019

For reference, 3/31/2019 was 2.08 or 829.08 or more than 4 inches lower than today.

(The APPROXIMATE Slow No Wake level is 829.22)

We could be in for a very wet spring on the lake. 

Below is a picture at the dam from March 4th

2/4/2020 Estimated Bridge water level is 828.94 We are still saturated

2/4/2020 Estimated Bridge water level is 828.94

This is not an official reading as the bridge gauge was frozen in

Pictures at the dam

12/7/2019 Benedict Manor Burn

12/7/2019 Benedict Manor Burn

12/2/2019 Thawed and Rainy Water level 829.02 Active beavers, but not at Dam

This is by the Bridge - It may fall towards the street

829.02

Dam is flowing clear

11/14/2016 First Frozen Picture Water level 829.04

11/1/2019 Welcome to Winter Water level 829.26

11/1/2019 Welcome to Winter Water level 829.26

10/15/2019 Last "Summer" measurement 829.3 at the Bridge

Last "Summer" measurement 829.3 at the Bridge.  What a wet year!

The chart below illustrates the water levels at the bridge on roughly the 1st and 15th of each month for the last 3 years.  In spite of efforts to manage the level to a level that works for everyone, each year our average has gone up.  Mother Nature sometimes just doesn't want to help out.  Our 2019 average is over the top of the WDNR range, mostly due to the heavy rains.

And the Beavers aren't helping either.  They had started at the dam again, slowing down the draining of the lakes

But the Culvert is still clear.

This is the Gauge picture on 10/15

Quite a flow at the Dam. Water level is 9 inches over the top of the WDNR range

Bridge Gauge 2.75 Water level is 9 inches over the top of the WDNR range.

What a year....

Downstream looking back at the dam - Water is coming over the top of the dam

And flowing around the dam