New Melones water level

[lucas boden]

I know this is going to be a hard question to answer because the water level is never the same...

but i was wondering if anybody has an idea of what type of water level i can expect at new melones in October??

thanks

-lucas-

[Sacto John]

If you go to the California Department of Water Resource page for New Melones (http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?NML)you can graph previous Octobers to see what the water level was like.

here is a graph from last year

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/quer ... val=29days

Heres it is from 2005

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/quer ... val=30days

And 2004

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/quer ... val=30days

As you can see the water level is all over the place in October. This year I have a feeling it will be lower than it has been in 5 or 6 years considering how little rain/snow we got this year.

[Fishin' Dave]

Melones has remained at a similar level year round and we have avoided the old school "major" draw downs. I do not know what this year's rain and snow shortage will do to the lake level. With Melones being the 5th biggest lake in California, I hope it will be high! Best of luck.

[Johnny C]

Melones has been dropping fast this spring.I expect at least another 50 or 60 feet by October.

[leatherneck77]

Should be a great time to find all the submerged structure that will be out of the water by October. May be able to find some of the old town.

[TritonBrent]

Where abouts is the old submerged town located?

[leatherneck77]

Rumor I have always heard is that is somewhere near the middle of the lake.