Rain: We were having a year of normal rainfall but in July it just shut down and since we have had one of the five driest falls in the history of this area. Finally, last week we got 2 inches and this week 3 1/2 and every drop soaked in - there was no run off. I'm not complaining, the grass is greening up and the trees will be happy. Now the ground is soaked so maybe next rain we can get the lake up a bit.
The dam was built in February of 2006 and the lake filled to within 18 inches of full that May. The snow melt in early 2007 filled it completely up and since then its been full. When we dropped it 3 1/2 feet to build the cabin foundation in 2008 it re-filled immediately.
It got down to 24" low this fall and our recent rains have brought it back up to 19" low.
Around 22" low in this photo.
