ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Green River Lake winter levels lowered at this time

The shoreline appearance dramatically different this year. Lower level is to allow work to be completed on control tower.
Click on headline for complete story with photo(s)

By Larry Smith, FM 92.7 the WAVE and FM 99.9 the Big Dawg

The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, has issued a reminder that the winter pool on Green River Lake will be four feet lower at this time than the normal winter pool.

Usually the winter pool is 675 to 668 feet above mean sea level (msl(), but this year, it be 664 msl.



The change is to allow routine maintenance work on the control tower at the dam in Taylor County, KY.

The Corps, in a statement in December 2014, said the the duration of the lower level is uncertain but will return the lake to normal levels when the work is done. - LARRY SMITH, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications


This story was posted on 2015-01-06 02:50:49
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



Green River Lake Mon 5 Jan 2015: 4 MSL make such a difference



2015-01-06 - Green River Lake Dam, Taylor County, KY - Photo by Larry Smith.
I always like to tour the lake shore in January. At the low winter stage area, it is almost like visiting an archeological dig. A bit of Taylor County is exposed around the shoreline. This year, work on the control tower at the dam, ahead in the photo, has necessitated lowering of the water level to a 664 feet above "Mean Sea Level," or "msl" in Corps-speak. The shore line reveals a lot these winter days. Even little treasures of debris, but a reminder, it isn't finders keepers; better check with the corps before picking up debris, and, I understand, using a metal detector on Corps property in the very strict Louisville District is forbidden. - LARRY SMITH, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications, FM 92.7 The WAVE and 99.9 FM the Big Dawg.

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.