Lake Level Too LOW!!!!!!!!!!!

camp guy · 09-09-2009, 10:15 AM

Okay, how about this for an answer: Maybe there have been changes to the bottom which result in an apparent lowering of the top because there is less water.

If I am correct, the standard Full Lake of 504.32 is calculated "as over mean sea level" at the top of the Lake, not necessarily a depth chart.

If, for some reason, there were changes to the bottom, ie., sandbars, etc., near the shoreline, this would have the effect of creating less water which would look like the Lake was lower, but not actually the case. I lived on the Lake for a number of summers, and there was a small brook that emptied into the Lake about 10 feet from my dock, and, when I would check the depth with a stick gauge I found the depth to be less after a heavy run off event.

Now, maybe some hydrology/geology scientists can chime in and straighten me out.

09-09-2009, 10:15 AM	#29
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,193 Thanks: 303 Thanked 529 Times in 296 Posts	Lake Level Too LOW!!!!!!!!! Okay, how about this for an answer: Maybe there have been changes to the bottom which result in an apparent lowering of the top because there is less water. If I am correct, the standard Full Lake of 504.32 is calculated "as over mean sea level" at the top of the Lake, not necessarily a depth chart. If, for some reason, there were changes to the bottom, ie., sandbars, etc., near the shoreline, this would have the effect of creating less water which would look like the Lake was lower, but not actually the case. I lived on the Lake for a number of summers, and there was a small brook that emptied into the Lake about 10 feet from my dock, and, when I would check the depth with a stick gauge I found the depth to be less after a heavy run off event. Now, maybe some hydrology/geology scientists can chime in and straighten me out.