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Originally Posted by Dyabolical
Pretty sure down stream is getting all they can handle and that the Corp is releasing some out of all. They finally started letting a little out of Oologah. They had been holding water on Oologah allowing Keystone, and the Grand River Lakes to come down a bit trying not to flood Kerr. I saw a picture of lock and Dam 13 in Arkansas and it looked like an island. I heard rumors that questioned whether the lock and dam may be lost but haven't heard anything more. Oologah topped out at just under 2' of their top out. With the creeks and rivers feeding the Verdigris and the Arkansas Rivers slowing down, it has allowed the Corp to start releasing from Oologah Spillway. Input on the Verdigris from Kansas finally slowed down and the lake has dropped .4' since this morning.
Mind you, I am not a professional and this is only my guess as to what's happening on these particular rivers. Corp knows best. Let's just say that if Northern Oklahoma would have recieved another day or two of rain, it could have been pretty bad. I'm just glad the waters are finally starting to recede.
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Positive Crappie Reaper is correct. Downstream flooding is a big concern. Keep in mind, we are talking billions of gallons of water being held and released, and every ditch, creek and river along the way is adding water. Most of our lakes are flood control lakes, this is one year they are being called on to do just that. It sucks for fishing and the people and businesses that are on those lakes, but that is what they are for.
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Like has been said, the down stream areas, and their flooding concerns take priority over all else. Kaw was about to go over the top of the gates, so they released a foot or so and now are releasing just a tad more than they are taking on. Between Kaw and Keystone are several feeder rivers/creeks that are draining hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat/farm ground that wouldn't be drained if Kaw was opened up.
Slabmaster II
Oooh I definitely was not doubting the corps management, I had just failed to take downstream issues into consideration.
So assuming no significant precipitation for the rest of summer, I assume we won't see normal levels for several weeks?
Slabmaster II
I bet it is more than a month before things become normal. It might be a month before a lot of landings are even open again. We (Oklahoma) got 14.4" of rain average across the state, the old record was 10.75". An estimated 54 trillion gallons of water fell in OK and TX alone, and AR and LA also got record rains. When you add in the upstream places that got record rainfalls (Wichita, Colorado Springs, Pueblo), there is still water coming into OK.
Trophy King II
Reaper. From my understanding 13 and 14 were designed to be flooded. I know it's gone over the top of 14 several times through the years with no problems. Corp moves everything out then has to rewire and move everything back in after flooding subsides
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Slabmaster II
Canton gained four feet in last two days , still a good inflow and its raining in Woodward now, with more rain in the forecast ........... might even get the lake filled
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I tried to put my boat on Draper Tuesday, but they have the boat ramps closed mostly. At the main ramp they have all the courtesy docks blocked off, making it very hard to launch.
The lake got up one foot over normal and they shut down the docks.
Its fallen one half foot since Tuesday and is just inches over normal now, so docks should be available this weekend.
The ramps at the other end of the lake were locked up, gates closed.
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Kaw is still 24' high. When it gets down to 15' high or so, it time to get the jugs out and snag some blues off the flats next to the river channel.
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