Appeal Tribune Wednesday, May 3, 2017 3A
Highest water levels at Detroit
Lake over the years in feet
Lake
Continued from Page 1A
1570
1556
1542
1528
20
06
07
20
20
04
05
20
20
02
03
20
20
00
20
01
1500
08
20
09
20
10
20
11
20
12
20
13
20
14
20
15
20
16
20
17
*
1514
20
Normally, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
wouldn’t let the reservoir
get so high this early in
the season.
They typically keep
more space open for flood
control in late April.
The Corps will now
draw the reservoir down
slightly with the goal of
hitting 1,563.5, where it
should stay throughout
the summer, on May 5.
That level is considered
the full summertime wa-
ter level and allows all the
docks to be in place.
“We are optimistic that
it will be a great recrea-
tion season,” said Salina
Hart, chief of reservoir
regulation and water
quality for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. “We
expect most of the boat
ramps to be usable until
the end of summer.”
The water level at De-
troit has become a hot but-
ton issue in recent years.
Business
owners
blamed the Corps for
dumping too much water
last spring, leading to a
summer season that only
reached a height of 1,554
Targeted level for summer at Detroit Lake is 1563.5 feet
*As of January to April 28
“We are optimistic that it will be a
great recreation season. We expect
most of the boat ramps to be usable
until the end of summer.”
SALINA HART
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
feet and left docks on dry
ground earlier than nor-
mal.
The year before, 2015,
a
historic
drought
brought the reservoir to
its lowest summertime
level in history, 1,511 feet
in early summer and as
low as 1,425 feet by au-
tumn.
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors writer, pho-
tographer and videogra-
pher in Oregon for eight
years. He is the author of
the book “Hiking South-
ern Oregon” and can be
reached at zurness@
StatesmanJournal.com or
(503) 399-6801. Find him
on Twitter at @ZachsO-
Routdoors.
VICTOR PANICHKUL / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Detroit Lake reached its highest water level since 2009 last week and hit what’s considered its
“full” water level for the first time in two years.
ANNA REED / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Mt. Jefferson looms over Detroit Lake on Saturday.
ANNA REED/STATESMAN JOURNAL
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects most boat ramps to be usable until summer’s end.
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