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Water update: Lake level overlaps
last year’s mark
Klamath Falls Herald and News
August 26, 2010
The elevation of Upper Klamath Lake was 4,139.44 feet on Tuesday, just more than a foot from the target lake level for the end of August, 4,138.5 feet.
Upper Klamath Lake levels in
August have overlapped
2009 levels for the first time this year. Since October, the
lake has consistently been around two feet lower than last year.
The 2009 watering season ended in September with lake levels at
The A Canal was flowing at 550 cubic feet per second on Tuesday. The Williamson River was flowing at a rate of 389 cubic feet per second on Wednesday, which is 74 percent of the long term average for that date.
The National
Weather Service is reporting that since Sept. 1, Klamath Falls
has received 7.17 inches of precipitation, which is 61 percent
of average.
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