From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist.

Mondays (11-11-19) Reservoir Elevation Information

Jamestown Dam: 1442.05 ft    (still rising) 36% full  (11th highest elevation)  Inflows = 1200 cfs – outflows = 700 cfs

Must drop to 1429.8 (12.25 ft)

JD capacity = 221,000 ac ft

Pipestem Dam : 1470.02 ft  (falling) peaked at 1475.0 ft (8th highest elevation) 34% full:  Inflows = 350 cfs  — outflows = 700 cfs

Must drop to 1442.5 (28 ft)

PD capacity = 143,000 ac ft

River water temperature very important – watching for ice formation – frazzle ice – Earliest ice formation on the river forecasted for Wednesday November 13th.

River systems upstream of the dams will go into freeze-up storing about 60,000 ac ft of water on top of the normal spring melt