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The water at Bluestone Lake is more than 80 feet above summer pool and near the record level from the 1960's PHOTO: Mark Edwards SUMMERS COUNTY, W.Va . — The Bluestone Dam is releasing numbers ...
Bobby and Betty Willey, from Beaver, check out the high water levels at the Bluestone Dam on Monday. The lake crested at 1,493 feet on Monday and is receding.
With the Bluestone Lake being at around 1,492.93 feet as of around 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2024, it was not only above summer pool levels of 1,410 feet and surveillance pool levels of ...
HINTON, WV (WVNS) — The Bluestone Dam in Summers County is an important piece of infrastructure and plays a key role in managing water levels. But after last week’s storm, water levels are at ...
Right now, Bluestone Dam operates at an “interim” level, Hurst explained, until the stabilization work is complete. This allows a maximum height of 1,499.6 feet of water behind it. If it rises ...
Bluestone Dam stood strong preventing nearly $577 million in damage to infrastructure and potential major flooding events downstream of the dam as the waters rose to historic levels from effects ...
Bluestone Dam, the 75-year-old Summers County flood control project, ... Bluestone Lake is at near record levels from New River storm water in North Carolina that was dumped by Hurricane Helene.