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With Tropical Storm Debby heading towards Kerr Lake, officials are predicting that water levels could go as high as 315 feet above mean sea level, before the water level subsides. To put that into perspective, the normal full pool of John H. Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 300 feet … Read more
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Leave a Comment (0) →Campers and park users have been especially eager this spring to get to parks, though socially distanced, masked and armed with hand sanitizer, people want to get out since the Covid 19 pandemic hit our country. Times are confusing, and while government staff and officials continue to be on parks’ payrolls, getting a park open … Read more
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Leave a Comment (0) →HIGH WATER ALERT High water, not Hiawatha is returning in a big WAY. Recent rains, some torrential, are swelling the flood pool of John H Kerr Reservoir. At about 307 feet above mean sea level, and that’s 7 feet above the normal full pool level, Kerr Lake is likely to rise almost another 2 feet … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Boating and Related Improvements, KLPW - Corps of Engineers Campgrounds, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED
Leave a Comment (0) →Well, it’s about that time again as the smoke from campfires starts rising around the Kerr Lake campgrounds. The boat ramps get to see the rear ends of more trailers and trucks and you can see the fish starting to jump! From the US Army Corps of Engineers and for our fishing fans, is … Read more
Continue Reading →High Water of Kerr Lake Over Memorial Day Weekend Is Just the Beginning – After Campers – The Big Sweep Begins The people who have been visiting Kerr Lake over the long Memorial Day weekend and who did not have their plans canceled or dampened by a daunting 308.68-foot Kerr Lake flooded level, that’s over … Read more
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