BIRO2 : Birch Lake
Current Readings:
- Pool elevation is 750.78 feet on Thursday 08Jan09 Time: 1900 hours.
- At this elevation the total amount of water stored in Birch Lake is 19545 acre-feet.
- Reservoir release is 1 cubic feet per second on Thursday 08Jan09 Time: 1800 hours.
- Flood control pool is 0.81% full.
- Flood control pool storage filled is 321 acre-feet which is equivalent to 0.09 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.
- Flood control pool storage empty is 39485 acre-feet which is equivalent to 11.22 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.
Gate Changes:
- No Gate Changes have been made in the last 4 days.
Reservoir Data:
|
Elevation |
Incremental Storage |
Cumulative Storage |
|
(feet) |
(inches) |
(acre-feet) |
(inches) |
(acre-feet) |
| Surcharge Pool: |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
| Flood Control Pool: |
774.00 |
11.31 |
39806 |
16.77 |
59030 |
| Conservation Pool: |
750.50 |
4.49 |
15808 |
5.46 |
19225 |
| Inactive Pool: |
730.00 |
0.97 |
3417 |
0.97 |
3417 |
Streambed Elevation: 698.00 feet.
Top of Dam Elevation: 795.00 feet.
All storages based on a contributing drainage area of 66 square miles.
Total drainage area for the lake is 66 square miles (including upstream projects).
Longitude: 96° 9' 45" Latitude: 36° 32' 5"
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