Tom Jenkins Lake

Time of last update: 1600 GMT 22 NOV 2009
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Mike Woeste

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23560 Jenkins Dam Road
Glouster, OH 45732-9496

Tom Jenkins Data Sheets
Weather

LRH Tom Jenkins Information Page
Hocking Basin Overview



Current Pool (ft) at 1030 719.08
Summer Pool 721.00
Winter Pool 721.00
Alert Pool 728.00
Pool of Record
31 May 1968
731.520
Spillway Crest 740.00
Flood Control Pool 740.00
Top of Dam 765.00
Click on "Current Pool" for last 3 days lake elevation

The pool is usually held around 721.6 to improve water quality for the water plant downstream.

Tom Jenkins Impact Elevations (feet):

Below 718.00: Docks #2 and #4 out of service
                        Beach closed

Below 719.00: Lodge launch ramp out of service
                        Dock #1 out of service


           721.00:   WINTER/SUMMER POOL ELEVATION

Above 723.00: Beach Area closed
Above 724.00: Dock #4 (Marina) closed and Dock #3 (undeveloped) flooded
Above 724.50: Boat Dock #1 and Marina closed
Above 725.00: Dock #2 and undeveloped boat ramp closed
Above 725.50: Dock #4 and Marina closed

            728.00: Alert Pool for Geotechnical Personnel
            740.00: Flood Control Pool (Spillway Crest)
Red indicates current conditions
Yellow indicates pool within 1' of the impacting elevation


OUTFLOW DISCHARGE CONTROLS at "A" Gage
OUTFLOW as of 1030 was 5.73 cfs (Based on gate rating tables)
Project operates off of the "A" gage,
which is not available from the DSS database.
SummerWinter
Stage(ft)Flow(cfs)Stage(ft)Flow(cfs)
Minimum: 6.00 0.00 6.00 0.00
Maximum: 14.50 620.00 15.50 835.00
Current Outflow is .9 % of max.


DOWNSTREAM CONTROLS
Current
Conditions
Flow Time
StationStage(ft)Flow(cfs)
Glouster at 1000 2.50 22.50 3.0 hrs
Tom Jenkins "A" Gage at 1000 --- %AGSG4F 0.6 hrs
Athens at 1030 3.83 329.91 18.0 hrs
Belleville Lower at 0700 13.51 --- 30.0 hrs
Belleville Upper at 0700 12.85 --- 30.0 hrs
Click on gage name to see a graph of the last 3 days stage


This area is subject to intense summer thunderstorms over the uncontrolled area near the dam.

Most of the flooding in the winter is due to general rains over large areas of Sunday Creek and Hocking River downstream from Tom Jenkins