State Park Lake Drawdown Schedule

2011-2012

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' 12/11/11 - 12/22/11 01/29/12 - 02/12/12 761' Kill aquatic vegetation
Alum Creek 3' 10/01/11 - 11/01/11 03/15/12 - 04/15/12 885' Flood control
Alum Creek - Supplemental 8' 09/15/11 - 11/15/11 01/15/12 - 03/15/12 877' Launch ramp improvements
Blue Rock 4' 01/01/12 - 02/01/12 02/02/12 - 02/20/12 825' Reclaim beach sand, launch ramp repair, work drain valve
Buck Creek 3' 09/15/11 - 11/30/11 03/01/12 - 04/01/12 1,009' Flood control
Buckeye Lake 3' 11/15/11 - 12/15/11 03/01/12 - 05/01/12 889.8' Dock maintenance & flood control
Caesar Creek 3' 09/01/11 - 12/01/11 04/01/12 - 05/01/12 846' Flood control
Cowan Lake
** Drawdown will occur when drain stem is repaired **		 3'-6' 11/13/11 - 12/31/11 02/27/12 - 05/01/12 957'-954' Dock protection
Deer Creek 14' 10/01/11 - 11/30/11 04/01/12 - 05/15/12 796' Flood control
Delaware 5' 10/12/11 - 11/01/11 03/15/12 - 04/01/12 910' Flood control
Dillon 3' 11/02/11 - 12/01/11 04/01/12 - 04/15/12 734' Flood control
East Fork 4' 09/01/11 - 12/01/11 04/01/12 - 05/01/12 729' Flood control
Findley 4' 10/17/11 - 10/31/11 02/28/12 - 04/01/12 875' Launch ramp improvements & Beach clean-up
Forked Run 8' 11/15/11 - 12/15/11 01/15/12 - 02/15/12 591' Reclaim beach & launch ramp maintenance
Guilford Lake 4'-6' 11/15/11 - 12/15/11 03/15/12 - 04/15/12 1,133'-1,131' Dock maintenance & flood control
Jackson Lake 4'-5' 12/01/11 - 12/20/11 02/01/12 - 02/28/12 696'-695' Reclaim beach sand, clean shoreline
Lake Logan 5' 11/01/11 - 12/01/11 02/01/12 - 04/01/12 990' Repair launch ramp & clean up aquatic vegetation
Lake Loramie
** Drawdown will occur when gate is repaired **		 3"-6" 03/01/12 - 04/15/12 05/01/12 - 05/31/12 955'-954.5' Minimize farm drainage problems, & drainage improvements
Lake Loramie
** If water levels are too high **

3"-6"

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

8'

 10/15/11 - 12/01/11 03/15/12 - 05/01/12

940'

 Protect private docks & reclaim beach sand
Lake White

3.1'

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

569.9'

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

1.5'

 06/01/11 - 11/30/11 01/24/12 - 04/15/12

899.2'

 Flood control
Mosquito Lake - Supplemental 2.2' 09/15/11 - 11/01/11 01/08/12 - 03/01/12 897' Launch ramp improvements
Paint Creek 10.5' 10/01/11 - 11/01/11 04/01/12 - 04/15/12

787.5'

 Flood control
Portage Lakes 15" 10/17/11 - 10/27/11 11/14/11 - 11/24/11

Multiple Lakes

 Dock repair
Pymatuning

2'

 10/31/11 - 01/01/12 03/01/12 - 05/01/12

1,006'

 Flood control
Salt Fork 5' 10/31/11 - TBD 03/15/12 - TBD 795' Flood control
Shawnee - Roosevelt Lake 5' 11/02/11 - 11/16/11 03/02/12 - 03/15/11 666' Inspect boat ramp & exercise dam values
Shawnee - Turkey Creek

5'

 10/30/11 - 11/13/11 02/27/12 - 03/12/12

735'

 Reclaim beach sand
Strouds Run

7'

 12/01/11 - 01/21/12 03/01/12 - 04/15/12

653'

 Launch ramp maintenance & reclaim beach sand
Tar Hollow 4' 09/05/11 - 10/02/11 11/01/11 - 11/30/12 788' Exercise gate valve & clean-up lake
West Branch 4.5' 06/01/11 - 11/30/11 01/24/12 - 04/15/12

980.6'

 Flood control

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