State Park Lake Drawdown Schedule

2012-2013

All dates are tentative • Parks not included on this list do not anticipate conducting a lake drawdown this season.

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Park Amt Drawdown
Start - End
Refill
Start - End
Elevation After
Drawdown
Justification
Adams Lake 5' 12/11/12 - 12/22/12 01/29/13 - 02/12/13 761' Aquatic vegetation control
Alum Creek 3' 10/01/12 - 11/01/12 03/15/13 - 04/15/13 885' Flood control
Blue Rock 4' 01/01/13 - 02/01/13 02/02/13 - 02/20/13 825' Reclaim beach sand, launch ramp repair, work drain valve
Buck Creek 3' 09/15/12 - 11/30/12 03/01/13 - 04/01/13 1,009' Flood control
Buckeye Lake 3' 11/15/12 - 12/15/12 03/01/13 - 05/01/13 889.79' Dock maintenance & flood control
Caesar Creek 3' 09/01/12 - 12/01/12 04/01/13 - 05/01/13 846' Flood control
Cowan Lake
** Drawdown will occur when drain stem is repaired **
3' to 6' 11/13/12 - 12/31/12 02/27/13 - 05/01/13 957'-954' Dock protection
Deer Creek 14' 10/01/12 - 11/30/12 04/01/13 - 05/15/13 796' Flood control
Delaware 5' 10/12/12 - 11/01/12 03/15/13 - 04/01/13 910' Flood control
Delaware Supplemental 6.5' 09/10/12 - 10/15/12 03/01/13 - 04/10/13 903.5' Launch ramp improvements
Dillon 3' 11/02/12 - 12/01/12 04/01/13 - 04/15/13 734' Flood control
East Fork 4' 09/01/12 - 12/01/12 04/01/13 - 05/01/13 729' Flood control
Forked Run 8' 11/15/12 - 12/15/12 01/15/13 - 02/15/13 591' Reclaim beach & launch ramp maintenance
Grand Lake St Marys Unknown To be determined To be determined Unknown Unknown
Guilford Lake 4' to 6' 11/15/12 - 12/15/12 03/15/13 - 04/15/13 1,133'-1,131' Dock maintenance & flood control
Jackson Lake 4' to 5' 12/01/12 - 12/20/12 02/01/13 - 02/28/13 696'-695' Reclaim beach sand, clean shoreline
Lake Logan 5' 11/01/12 - 12/01/12 02/01/13 - 04/01/13 754' Repair launch ramp & clean up aquatic vegetation
Lake Loramie
** Drawdown will occur when gate is repaired **
3" to 6" 03/01/13 - 04/15/13 05/01/13 - 05/31/13 955'-954.5' Minimize farm drainage problems, & drainage improvements
Lake Loramie
** If water levels are too high **

3" to 6"

09/15/12 - 10/31/12 11/01/12 - 11/31/12 955'-954.5' Minimize farm drainage problems, & drainage improvements
Lake Milton

8.6'

09/04/12 - 12/01/12 03/15/13 - 05/01/13

939.4'

Protect private docks & reclaim beach sand
Lake White

3'

11/01/12 - 12/01/12 04/01/13 - 05/01/13

569.74'

Protect private docks, winter shoreline protection, & reclaim beach sand
Mosquito Lake

1.5'

07/01/12 - 09/01/12 03/01/13 - 04/01/13

899.2'

Flood control
Paint Creek 10.5' 10/01/12 - 11/01/12 04/01/13 - 04/15/13

787.5'

Flood control
Pymatuning

2'

10/31/12 - 01/01/13 03/01/13 - 05/01/13

1,006'

Flood control
Salt Fork 5' 10/31/12 - TBD 03/15/13 - TBD 795' Flood control
Shawnee - Roosevelt Lake 5' 12/11/12 - 12/22/12 03/02/13 - 03/15/12 666' Inspect boat ramp & exercise dam values
Shawnee - Turkey Creek

5'

12/11/12 - 12/22/12 02/27/13 - 03/11/13

735'

Reclaim beach sand
Strouds Run

7'

12/01/12 - 01/21/13 03/01/13 - 04/15/13

653'

Launch ramp maintenance & reclaim beach sand
Tar Hollow 6' 10/02/12 - 11/02/12 01/02/13 - 02/03/13 786' Exercise gate valve & clean-up lake
West Branch 4.5' 06/01/12 - 11/30/12 01/24/13 - 04/15/13

980.6'

Flood control
Wolf Run 4' 11/01/13 - 11/15/12 03/15/13 - 04/15/13 794' Launch ramp improvements

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