04-21-2023, 02:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2023, 04:40 PM by wiperhunter2.)
(04-21-2023, 02:27 PM)Garfish Wrote: I have been checking the water level at Willard at this website:
https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/basin/
About 8 weeks ago it was at 10 %. Then about 4 weeks ago it registered
at 0 (yes, zero) %. I assume they let water out to allow for a significant spring runoff.
Today it says 76%. Was Willard actually down to "dead pool" level, and, if so, how deep was the remaining water?
We talked about this subject before and the thought was, that website is highly inaccurate, it never got down to zero and it highly unlikely it ever was at 10% because a lot of us have seen it much lower but without knowing what they base those numbers on it is hard to say for sure. Last Fall the lowest we saw was 6 ft in the North marina channel and 2 ft is the South marina. The lake varies widely on depth but the deepest I remember seeing was around 12 ft at a spot on the West end of the lake, a lot of the lake was 9 ft. Since the water level started to rise, late last Fall, they have never let any water out to drop it for Spring run off, it has been on a steady increase and in recent weeks it has been raising at 1.5 ft to 2 ft a week. This info is based on personal observation of being on the lake weekly.