CPLO2 : Copan Lake
Current Readings:
- Pool elevation is 710.73 feet on Thursday 08Jan09 Time: 1900 hours.
- At this elevation the total amount of water stored in Copan Lake is 38777 acre-feet.
- Reservoir release is 223 cubic feet per second on Thursday 08Jan09 Time: 1900 hours.
- Flood control pool is 2.22% full.
- Flood control pool storage filled is 4143 acre-feet which is equivalent to 0.15 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.
- Flood control pool storage empty is 182714 acre-feet which is equivalent to 6.78 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.
Gate Changes:
- Thursday, 08 Jan 09 at 9:30 a.m.
- Pool Elevation = 710.75 feet.
- New Gate Discharge was 223 cubic feet per second.
- New Gate Settings:
- 1 Low Flow Valve open 10.00 PERCENT
- 1 Tainter Gate open 0.25 FEET
Reservoir Data:
|
Elevation |
Incremental Storage |
Cumulative Storage |
|
(feet) |
(inches) |
(acre-feet) |
(inches) |
(acre-feet) |
| Surcharge Pool: |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
---- |
| Flood Control Pool: |
732.00 |
6.94 |
186857 |
8.22 |
221491 |
| Conservation Pool: |
710.00 |
1.26 |
33880 |
1.29 |
34634 |
| Inactive Pool: |
687.50 |
0.03 |
754 |
0.03 |
754 |
Streambed Elevation: 675.00 feet.
Top of Dam Elevation: 745.00 feet.
All storages based on a contributing drainage area of 505 square miles.
Total drainage area for the lake is 505 square miles (including upstream projects).
Longitude: 95° 58' 17" Latitude: 36° 53' 8"
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