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Old 10-16-2005, 01:00 PM   #1
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everyone posted to the same Lake Level thread; rather than creating new threads because of ?????

This from an earlier thread regarding the Lake Level provides some interesting info:

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I'm not sure about the rain we're supposed to get today but it appears the lake has stopped rising and is headed back down. No wonder, if you look at the link below you'll find an amazing amount of water pouring out of Lakeport.


Lake level:
http://www.des.state.nh.us/rti_inter...nipesaukee#ops

Dam info:
http://www.des.state.nh.us/rti_inter...E=Lakeport+Dam

FYI : If you care to track the waters flow downstream look below. It appears Winnisquam came up 2 ft and has settled back 1 ft. Silver Lake came up 5 ft (!!!!) and has come down 1 ft.

http://www.des.state.nh.us/rti_internal_home/winni.asp
This is also an informative link, including wind speed:

http://www.wunderground.com/weathers...p?ID=KNHGILFO3

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Old 10-16-2005, 01:12 PM   #2
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Does anyone have a map or link that they could post showing the route/path that water leaving Lakeport Dam takes ??
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Old 10-16-2005, 02:14 PM   #3
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Phantom,

Although I do not have a map, the last of the three web sites in the post highlighted above your post shows some detail.

The water goes through the Lakeport Dam into Lake Winnisquam. From Lake Winnisquam it goes into Silver Lake and then into the Winnipesaukee River. You can see the flow on the Winnipesaukee River near Exit 20 of I-93.

The Winnipesaukee River dumps into the Merrimac.

The problem is if the level of Lake Winnipesaukee was to be lower by increasing the water through the Lakeport Dam while the down stream lakes and rivers are already high and in some cases in flood, There would be a bigger problem. Silver lake is up over 6 feet in the last 10 days as it is.

The folks that operate the dam do a great job of keeping the right amount of water in Lake Winnipesaukee while doing their best to moderate down stream problems.

I hope this helps.
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Try this MapTech link:

http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepag...latlontype=DMS
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:27 PM   #5
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I've uploaded a few photos of all the water and rain up in my neck of the woods. CHECK IT OUT
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Incredible amounts of water. Nice job, McD.
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Old 10-16-2005, 07:46 PM   #7
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Thanks for taking the time for the photos. Very dramatic.
I'm glad your dock came back to you! Isn't this the dock that floated away last winter? I thought you fixed it.
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Old 10-16-2005, 08:11 PM   #8
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Thanks for pointing that out, RG! As you can see I did not do such a great job!
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Does anyone have a map or link that they could post showing the route/path that water leaving Lakeport Dam takes ??
Water from the Lakeport dam pretty much follows US-3 to Lowell, MA. It rarely is more than a mile from US-3.
The water drops about 12 feet into Opechee Lake thence passes through downtown Laconia into Winnisquam. It flows under route 3 at Mosquito Bridge which is at Winnisquam Marina. The river stays on the south side of Route 3 all the way to Franklin as depicted on the attached map. (about 9 miles from corner to corner).



In Franklin it merges with the Pemigewasset river to form the Merrimac river and turns south to Concord, Hooksett, Manchester, Nashua, and Lowell. It leaves US-3 and turns east to Lawrence, Haverhill and the Atlantic Ocean.

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