Low lake level?

[upthesaukee]

Went through the Weirs Channel just after noontime and the gauge was showing 8-9 inches below full lake. I would also say that stepping off the dock onto our boat's swim step is about that much lower than the start of the season. Just my humble observation.

I live here... I am always Upthesaukee.

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Went through the Weirs Channel just after noontime and the gauge was showing 8-9 inches below full lake. I would also say that stepping off the dock onto our boat's swim step is about that much lower than the start of the season. Just my humble observation.

I live here... I am always Upthesaukee.

I was told by DES wetlands that it is not their gauge on the bridge and it is not accurate for the actual level. It is good as a reference point, but their "full lake" and the sign's full lake are different.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

I was told by DES wetlands that it is not their gauge on the bridge and it is not accurate for the actual level. It is good as a reference point, but their "full lake" and the sign's full lake are different.

when I went through I only glanced a couple of times at the gauge, and thought it looked about right. I did notice something about DES and a phone number at the top... didn't look at that closely to see exactly what it said. I do have the DES website on my cell phone and can check it as need be.

I had looked at the lake level this morning before leaving the house, and it was 503.67, which would put the lake around 8 inches low.

[Bizer]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

I was told by DES wetlands that it is not their gauge on the bridge and it is not accurate for the actual level. It is good as a reference point, but their "full lake" and the sign's full lake are different.

The gauge at the Weirs Bridge will be slightly lower than the Weirs Beach gauge depending on the height difference between the main lake and Paugus Bay.

[Orion]

If you look at Bizer's lake level web page, as of Wednesday, we were 0.10' (just under an inch) above normal. As other's have said, the lake normally does a gradual draw down toward end of season.