Mark Twain Lake (with pics)

[Bass XL]

Here is an e-mail I got today:

Mark Twain Lake just hit it's high water mark (set in 1993) and passed it up by almost two feet so far. I just barely got my boat under the hwy J bridge Saturday night at 8 pm. This morning at 7:00 the level was 638 & 1/2 feet. Normal is 606 feet above sea level.

There are NO BOATS allowed on the lake at this time because they are opening up the locks to try to get the level to keep up with the inflow. Many parts of the Salt River Valley (the river below the dam) will be flooded from the lake to Louisiana MO. We are expecting rain on and off until Thursday.

For those of you more familiar with the lake I'll give you a few details.

*The water is completely over the upper parking lot at Black Jack Marina.

*The water is up on the silo 18 & 1/2 feet.

*Just the tip of the roof is sticking out on the building at Spalding Beach.

*If the lake rises on more foot, water will be touching the bridges.

*You can take Lick Creek all the way to Perry and farther by boat if you could get it in the water.

*A lot of the warning marker buoys are under water.

*All but two of the 'ABC' location markers are under water.

*The Cajun Fest will not be on the Island this year because you can't find the Island.

I have seen nothing about any of this on the St. Louis news channels.

Here's a few pic's too.

The bathroom at the beach.

Blackjack Marina

The Highway J bridge.

[harshman]

Thanks for the pics....that is amazing. I have only been able to make it to Twain twice this year and by the looks of it it might be a bit longer before they will even let boats back on the lake.

Harshman

[Bass XL]

Yeah, I hate to see lakes like this.

[ValkyrieRider]

That SUCKS!

[J_Zink]

St louis news has talked about Twain but mostly the water being dumped into the Salt river and the flooding downstream.  

[Bass XL]

Water is at 640...normal pool is 606.

[harshman]

The lake is back open to day boating only....... :)

Harshman