Whitney Point Reservoir

Flood control dam doing its job!

This is a graph of Whitney Point reservoir being controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers. The dam is at the end of the Otselic River just before it empties into the Tioughnioga River. Heavy rain fell into the Otselic River and across Chenango and Madison Counties at the beginning of the month. On the left side of the graph the dam started holding water (red line at bottom) raising the lake level (blue line at top) on July 2nd and 3rd. This prevented downstream locations on the Chenango River from Chenango Forks to Binghamton from flooding. It also lowered river levels on the Susquehanna River from Binghamton downstream. On July 3rd the dam starting releasing water. On the 7th the lake elevation was back to normal after holding back 8 feet of water. The lake can hold back over 30 feet of water which it did in 2011 and 2006.

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