Reclamation announces lowering of Guernsey Reservoir

Mark DeLap
Posted 8/29/22

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Reclamation announces lowering of Guernsey Reservoir

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MILLS – The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level at Guernsey

Reservoir as the 2022 irrigation season draws to a close.

Reclamation lowers Guernsey Reservoir at the end of each irrigation season as irrigation

deliveries are discontinued. This year Reclamation will begin lowering Guernsey Reservoir

after Labor Day Friday, Sept. 9, and have the reservoir near empty by the end of

September. To avoid potential problems associated with declining reservoir levels,

Reclamation advises that watercraft be removed from the reservoir while the boat ramps

remain usable.

To make the elevation changes at Guernsey Reservoir, outflows from Glendo Reservoir will

be decreased Thursday, Sept. 8, and will shut down to low flow by the end of September.

The Glendo Reservoir elevation over the Labor Day weekend is expected to be near 4,586

feet. The Marina, Reno Cove, and Whiskey Gulch boat ramps will be useable. Glendo

reservoir will continue to decline to an elevation of near 4,581 feet by Friday, Sept. 9. The

Marina, Reno Cove, and Whiskey Gulch boat ramps will be useable but navigation around the

Marina docks may be difficult. Glendo Reservoir levels will then gradually increase over the

winter while capturing natural inflows and releases from Gray Reef Reservoir.

Boaters, recreationists, and irrigators should take proper precautions regarding changing river

flows below Glendo and Guernsey Reservoirs and the changing elevations of Guernsey and

Glendo Reservoirs.

For more information about Guernsey facilities please visit our website:

https://www.usbr.gov/gp/recreation/guerrec.html