14 May 2015

Tri-Lakes Dams catching runoff from last week's storms

Runoff from last week's precipitation in Colorado is causing elevated pool levels at the Tri-Lakes dams that are owned and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. Bear Creek, Chatfield, and Cherry Creek Dams make up the Tri-Lakes Projects and are not experiencing any dam safety issues from the recent heavy precipitation which fell in the Central Rocky Mountains region. As part of a system operations plan to evacuate flood storage, releases from the Tri-Lakes dams are as follows: Bear Creek - 500 cubic feet per second (cfs); Cherry Creek - 250 cfs; Chatfield - increasing from 1500 cfs to 1900 cfs today.

1 Oct 2014

Holmes Lake pool levels rise

Heavy rains recently caused pool rises at Holmes Lake (Salt Creek Dam #17). The reservoir is not currently expected to reach its record pool elevation of 1250.0 feet, which occurred on July 24, 1993. Pool elevation forecasts could change depending on future rainfall. The flood control pool begins at 1242.4 feet at which point the reservoir begins making releases over a weir. Current releases are around 80 cubic feet per second. The pool elevation is slowly dropping and will continue to fall as inflows recede and releases over the weir continue.