BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will decrease flow from Lucky Peak Dam by 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 8 am.
Flows in the city of Boise as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge will decrease to approximately 6,750 cfs by Thursday afternoon.
The decrease in discharges from Lucky Peak is a result of a decreasing trend in inflows to the Boise system and adequate space in the reservoir system to store the remaining runoff.
A flow rate of 7,000 cfs is considered flood-stage level at the Glenwood Bridge gauge on the Boise River. The flow rate of 6,750 cfs would drop the river below flood stage levels which has not occurred since early March.
Boise River reservoirs are at approximately 95 percent of capacity.
Residents of flood-prone areas in and near the greater-Boise area are encouraged to keep informed of changing river, stream, and weather conditions on the National Weather Service, Boise Office website at http://www.weather.gov/boi/. The site offers flow data, weather forecasts, and flood alerts. Follow flood-response instructions issued by your local emergency management agency http://www.adacounty.id.gov/flood, and tune-in to local radio and television news stations. Ada County residents can sign up for CodeRED emergency alerts at https://public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/BF01DC4DD213, or download the CodeRED mobile app from your mobile device’s app store.
For real-time Boise River flows at Reclamation facilities in the Pacific Northwest Region, visit http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/rtindex/boise.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
