Barker Res Spill Date?

[treewell]

Anyone live up in Ned and have a guess if/when Barker likely to spill this year? Looks like hot weather to continue well into next week.

[El Flaco]

Just drove by there after the Source last night. It looked like there was 20 feet to go before the spillway kicks up the flow -sorry to hand out the bad news; looks like a few more weeks.

[Alek]

bump for same question: how many feet (inches) from spilling?

[Philip]

This morning the influent to Barker Resv. is about 325cfs but we need to sustain that flow for about 17-20 more days in order to fill the thing. I hate to say it but Barker probably won't spill this year. If it does It'll just lap over the spillway.
So, yeah, we have a shit-ton of snow in the watershed but because of the high winds over the winter we got a much more solid pack than last year. It'll be melting alot slower but the good news is that we'll have a longer, more consistant season.

[Chief Niwot]

6-7-06 - 5'-6' to go before spilling

[Alek]

Originally Posted by Open Boater

6-7-06 - 5'-6' to go before spilling

That's sad, but thanks for the info...

[Chief Niwot]

2' and closing in. At this rate, it may go on Sunday, if they do not change the water management.

[treewell]

thanks for the update.

btw, is there a small release from barker even before it spills?

i noticed the other day that very little is coming in from north fork. hard to believe that there is much natural flow into middle boulder creek below barker.

[Chief Niwot]

Most of the water is coming from the North Fork. They are releasing out of Barker 70-90CFS is a guess. They have been doing this all spring. I think this is why the fill up has been going slower then expected.

[Chief Niwot]

Wow, I saw it at lunch. It could spill tonight or tomorrow the way that it is going.