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Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday Jun 1, 2015,  made changes in the releases at Jamestown and Pipestem Dams.

Bob Martin at Pipestem says the release there has started, and is at 160 cfs.

At Jamestown Dam the release was decreased from 300 cfs. to 125 CFS, for a combined release of 285 cfs.

He says on Monday the flood storage area at Jamestown Dam was evacuated.

He added that on Monday Pipestem Dam was 10 feet into the flood storage area.

Pending any significant rain events, Pipestem would stay at that release until about September to evacuate the flood storage area.

Previously

Jamestown (CSi) On Friday May 29, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s once again, increased the release from Jamestown Dam from 250 cfs, to 300 cfs.

Spokesman, Bob Martin in Jamestown says the increase stems from the level in the flood storage pool,  not dropping as fast as officials had hoped.

Martin says, it’s anticipated, pending any significant rainfall, that the flood storage pool should be evacuated by June 3, 2015.  At that time the Jamestown Dam release is anticipated to tamper off.

Meanwhile he says, also next week, the Corps plans to start the release from Pipestem Dam, with at this time, an unknown amount.

No release has been made yet this year from Pipestem Dam.

 

Reported earlier…

The  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tuesday,  May 26, 2015, increased the release  from  Jamestown Dam  from 125 cubic feet per second to 250 cfs.

The Corps Bob Martin, in Jamestown says, the new release is to lower the reservoir water level about 8 inches to the bottom of the flood storage pool by June 2, 2015.

At that time the Jamestown Dam release will be gradually reduced, while releases from Pipestem Dam start.

There have been no releases from Pipestem Dam since March 23. Releases from Pipestem Dam will continue until the lake behind the dam has been lowered about 8 feet by September or October this year.

 

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thursday afternoon increased the release from Jamestown Reservoir from 75 cfs, to 125 cfs.

The Corps’ Pipestem Dam Manager, Bob Martin says, the increase may raise the James River leve through Jamestown about six inches.

He said the 75 cfs release that was started on Monday this week did not help draw down the reservoir which received inflow run off from last weekends heavy rain.

Prior to Monday there was no release made from Jamestown Dam since last November.

The goal is to have the flood storage area at Jamestown Reservoir evacuated by the first week of June 2015.

Pipestem Dam is still not releasing flows.

 

Previously….

Jamestown (CSi) The rainfall amounts last weekend in Jamestown has required a small water release from Jamestown Reservoir.

Pipstem Dam Manager Bob Martin with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says on Tuesday the release went from zero to 75 cfs, as the water level slightly rose by 1.5 feet, and puts the level, by eight-tenths of a foot, into the flood storage area.

This is the first release from Jamestown Reservoir since the first week in December of 2014.

Martin says, still, no release is being made from Pipestem Reservoir where the water level went up 2.2 feet since last week. Inflows at Pipestem were at 600-700 cfs during the heavy rainfall period. At Pipestem the the level is six feet above the freeze up level, compared to 30 feet above at this time last year.

No release has been made at Pipestem since March first this year.

The James River in Jamestown during the heavy weekend rain went up to 7.05 feet, from the pre-rain level of 2.9 feet.   The level will be slightly higher than that when the run off is gone, due to the Jamestown Dam release.

The river level started dropping Monday morning after the rain and snow and was down to 4.5 feet on Tuesday at mid afternoon….down to 4.28 feet on Wednesday morning.

In LaMoure the James is forecast to reach action stage, 11.4 feet on Wednesday this week.

The river level is forecast to decrease by Saturday, May 23rd to around 10 feet.

Martin says the river rise is LaMoure is also due to rainfall runoff, and that any releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem Dams takes from between 10 and 14 days to reach LaMoure.

LaMoure County Emergency Manager Kimberly Robbins is cautioning individuals living near the James River near LaMoure to stay aware of the temporary increased river levels and increased flows.

In Valley City, Tuesday the Bald Hill Dam releases was at 1700 to 1800 cfs.

City Administrator David Schelkopf said officials did NOT expect the release to reach 2300 cfs.