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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Walker River at Weber Reservoir. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 0 Moderate Flood Stage: 0 Flood Stage: 0 Action Stage: 4208 Low Stage (in feet): 0 Historic Crests Currently none available. Recent Crests Currently none available. Low Water Records Currently none available.

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4217	Crest of dam.
4215	Crest of emergency fuse plug spillway on right (south) reservoir rim.
4214	Crest of the 5 pilot channels for the emergency spillway. BIA Emergency Action Plan Response Level 3 activated if this elevation is exceeded, with zero rate of reservoir rise per hour. Major flooding due to extremely high reservoir releases should be expected between Weber Dam and Walker Lake including Schurz at this elevation.
4212	BIA Emergency Action Plan Response Level 2 activated if this elevation is exceeded, with zero rate of reservoir rise per hour. Major flooding due to extremely high reservoir releases should be expected between Weber Dam and Walker Lake including Schurz at this elevation.
4211	Moderate to major flooding due to very high reservoir releases should be expected on Walker River between Weber Dam and Walker Lake, including Schurz, at this elevation.
4210	Elevation of top of radial gates when closed; uncontrolled releases above this elevation. Moderate to major flooding due to high reservoir releases should be expected on Walker River between Weber Dam and Walker Lake, including Schurz, at this elevation.
4209	BIA Emergency Action Plan Response Level 1 activated if this elevation is exceeded, with zero rate of reservoir rise per hour. Normal operations below this elevation. Storage 11500 acre feet. Damtender advises Walker River Paiute Tribal Council to be prepared for possible high Walker River flows between Weber Dam and Walker Lake, including Schurz.
4208	Maximum normal water surface elevation, storage 10700 acre feet.
4196	Top of concrete spillway and elevation of bottom of radial gates when closed. Located on right abutment.

About This Location

Latitude: 39.044722° N, Longitude: 118.859167° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft Not Available Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Weber Reservoir

Additional Information

Values on right vertical axis should be "Storage, Thousands of Acre-Feet".

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