[pct-l] Mojave Forks Reservoir

[gwtmp01 at mac.com]

A few years back when this area flooded someone from the list posted some pictures of the flooded hot springs as well as the lake that formed behind the dam. 

IIRC, there was a bit of trailwork that had to be done afterwards to reestablish a route behind the dam. 

Gary Wright

On Dec 23, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Barry Teschlog <tokencivilian at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Having slept on the floor of the empty "reservoir" that is behind Mojave Forks 
> Dam on my 2006 thru hike, I wondered what it was like with all the recent rain 
> in So Cal.  
> 
> 
> The Google revealed:
> 
> http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/resreg/#
> 
> Which links through eventually to where one can see the water depth in the 
> reservoir.  It looks like no water in the reservoir is at about 2,990 feet 
> (presumably above sea level).  The plot I'm looking at for the last 10 days 
> appears to show the water depth peaking at 3,045 feet or so (55 feet deep mid 
> day the 22nd.  
> 
> 
> Flows coming in to the reservoir peaked at over 20,000 cubic feet per second (a 
> cube of water 27 feet on a side), while the dam released a peak flow of about 
> 14,000 cubic feet a second.
> 
> So....all you thrubies, both past and present....the trail you have walked, or 
> will walk, was about 55 feet under water.
> 
> 
> 
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