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DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 01:59 PM
JBTRAILEARJIM...check your PM. I have some pics of your boat and family but will leave it up to you if you want to post them.
You can really see the water line in these pics. It amazed me to see how much lower the level is these days.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2913.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2921.JPG
Hoover Dam...You can see where they are constructing the new bridge above the dam. That is going to be pretty high up there.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2912.JPG
Flat water :) This was on the North East side of the narrows
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2920.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2916.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2926.JPG
The narrows
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2928.JPG
That is how you boat peeps. You actually DRIVE the boat :)

Not So Fast
09-01-2006, 02:15 PM
In the 3rd pix of the dam the optical illusion on the right side makes it look like the water level was way over the damn at one point :idea:
Sad to see but yet L.V. is still building like crazy and the proposed 150,000 homes stretching from Kingman to Meadveiw is still being planned :confused: Where will the water come from to support this kind of development?? And if it goes down much more then the power turbines will be shutdown. I agree with you Dilligaf, sad indeed. NSF

jbtrailerjim
09-01-2006, 02:16 PM
Check your e-mail. Nice pics BTW. The water was nice on Tuesday morning. The afternoon was a whole different story though.

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:25 PM
In the 3rd pix of the dam the optical illusion on the right side makes it look like the water level was way over the damn at one point :idea:
Sad to see but yet L.V. is still building like crazy and the proposed 150,000 homes stretching from Kingman to Meadveiw is still being planned :confused: Where will the water come from to support this kind of development?? And if it goes down much more then the power turbines will be shutdown. I agree with you Dilligaf, sad indeed. NSF
That is not just the pic. I noticed that when I took the picture and was wondering how the heck that happened. I looked along the walls towards the dam along the right side (looking at the dam) and there were some water lines higher then the dam. Mystery to me.

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:26 PM
Check your e-mail. Nice pics BTW. The water was nice on Tuesday morning. The afternoon was a whole different story though.
Thanks....When the water saw me coming it laid down for me :)

jbtrailerjim
09-01-2006, 02:26 PM
In the 3rd pix of the dam the optical illusion on the right side makes it look like the water level was way over the damn at one point :idea:
Sad to see but yet L.V. is still building like crazy and the proposed 150,000 homes stretching from Kingman to Meadveiw is still being planned :confused: Where will the water come from to support this kind of development?? And if it goes down much more then the power turbines will be shutdown. I agree with you Dilligaf, sad indeed. NSF
I was talking to a local at the ramp Monday and I asked how long has it been since the lake was full. He told me back in the mid 80's he can remember the lake overfilling. He went on a rant telling me there is no way the levels are ever going to get back at once they were. He said they just keep building and building with no end in sight. He told me they are expecting the lake to drop another 18ft. over the next year. It is real sad to see the water levels there. :frown: I don't what the hell they are going to do if the lake drops more. Most of the ramps are not useable right now.

jbtrailerjim
09-01-2006, 02:29 PM
Thanks....When the water saw me coming it laid down for me :)
At about 4:30 when I was heading across the basin, I was wishing I was in your boat. :D

Huckleberry
09-01-2006, 02:31 PM
How tall is the bathtub ring around the lake now? It looks to be 20-25' or so. Very sad to see Mead so low. Last time I was there was in 2001, and it was only a few feet down at that time.

Biglue
09-01-2006, 02:31 PM
I was talking to a local at the ramp Monday and I asked how long has it been since the lake was full. He told me back in the mid 80's he can remember the lake overfilling. He went on a rant telling me there is no way the levels are ever going to get back at once they were. He said they just keep building and building with no end in sight. He told me they are expecting the lake to drop another 18ft. over the next year. It is real sad to see the water levels there. :frown: I don't what the hell they are going to do if the lake drops more. Most of the ramps are not useable right now.
I test drove my boat on Mead in Dec. of 04. When we launched we used the seller's truck which was raised 6-8 inches. His truck was all the way into the water just below the exhaust tip. I couldn't launch my boat there in a stock height truck. We launched where there was a marina near Hendersen.....I can't recall it since I don't frequent Mead at all.

Huckleberry
09-01-2006, 02:32 PM
I'm guessing a bunch of the coves are no longer accessable? Is Wishing Well dry?

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:34 PM
How tall is the bathtub ring around the lake now? It looks to be 20-25' or so. Very sad to see Mead so low. Last time I was there was in 2001, and it was only a few feet down at that time.
It is a lot more than that. I would have to guess 50-75 feet maybe, possibly even more

Huckleberry
09-01-2006, 02:35 PM
It is a lot more than that. I would have to guess 50-75 feet maybe, possibly even more
:eek: :eek: :eek: :cry:

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:37 PM
I test drove my boat on Mead in Dec. of 04. When we launched we used the seller's truck which was raised 6-8 inches. His truck was all the way into the water just below the exhaust tip. I couldn't launch my boat there in a stock height truck. We launched where there was a marina near Hendersen.....I can't recall it since I don't frequent Mead at all.
At Lake Mead Marina where I launched I saw a big Sea Ray launch as well as a huge Outerlimits was coming out which had also launched. I have a 29 Shockwave and my truck is lifted 8 inches but if you stay to the right (as you are looking at the launch) you should have no problems. There was a big pot hole there when I launched but I saw it and made sure not to end up in it.

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:38 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :cry:
The one pic I posted with that boat in it possibly could be used to estimate how low it is visually. How tall would that boat be in the water and then compare that to how many you could stack on top of each other. Quite a few

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:42 PM
I'm guessing a bunch of the coves are no longer accessable? Is Wishing Well dry?
I don't know where that is. The sandy beach on the left side before the narrows looks nothing like it used to. It has been two years since I had been on Lake Mead. Coming in from Lake Mead Blvd I was amazed at Las Vegas Wash....I used to launch there years ago but now I think it is totally shut down. Lots of islands in that area now. I saw lots of rocks sticking up but for the most part it looks like the Park Service has kept up with the hazard marking pretty good. Driving around that lake at night now would be very scary :2purples:

Big_Gunz_
09-01-2006, 02:47 PM
Nice pictures. We just spent a week at Lake Mead and spent one day down on Mojave. We did the run from Cottonwood to the dam, here a picture of the construction on the new bridge from below the dam.
http://www.dumontsanddunes.com/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/album78/The_new_bridge.sized.jpg

Not So Fast
09-01-2006, 02:50 PM
Looks to me to be down around 80 ft at least. The companies trying to build (hell they have already started in Kingman) all of these homes are out of Vegas, Rhodes Homes (120,000 units)and Mardian homes (30,000 units), greedy MFer's, all they see is cheap land but yet the State of Arizona allows it so what can you do. We wont see it (I hope) but our children will when the water is gone. IT"S THE DESERT FOR GOD"S SAKE, we are stretched already for water. Just pees me off nobody can or will stop these guys. Rant over, sorry to hi-jack. NSF

GAME TIME
09-01-2006, 02:51 PM
Cool pics Tom. A little different than what you are use to huh?

Not So Fast
09-01-2006, 02:52 PM
Nice pictures. We just spent a week at Lake Mead and spent one day down on Mojave. We did the run from Cottonwood to the dam, here a picture of the construction on the new bridge from below the dam.
http://www.dumontsanddunes.com/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/album78/The_new_bridge.sized.jpg
WOW, that looks unstable to me :2purples: How high is that going to be?? NSF

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:55 PM
Looks to me to be down around 80 ft at least. The companies trying to build (hell they have already started in Kingman) all of these homes are out of Vegas, Rhodes Homes (120,000 units)and Mardian homes (30,000 units), greedy MFer's, all they see is cheap land but yet the State of Arizona allows it so what can you do. We wont see it (I hope) but our children will when the water is gone. IT"S THE DESERT FOR GOD"S SAKE, we are stretched already for water. Just pees me off nobody can or will stop these guys. Rant over, sorry to hi-jack. NSF
Rhodes rented a house I had (just sold it) in Kingman for about 1.5 years. Yes, he has big plans for the Kingman and towards Vegas areas.
I just read an article in the paper that they are going ahead with the additional dumping of treated water within Lake Mead. It is supposed to be discharged at 200 feet. Of course they want that completely away from their intakes. Why is that? Maybe the water is not fit to be released? Sad, very sad.
That's why eventually if I want to continue to boat it will be North of Mead up towards the Powell area. Somewhere................

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 02:56 PM
Cool pics Tom. A little different than what you are use to huh?
Sure is Joey but sometimes you need to get away from all the crowds.

Outnumbered
09-01-2006, 03:11 PM
Lake Mead:
More information: Bureau of Reclamation
Max. Elevation: 1,229 Current Elevation: 1,127
Max. Surface: 162,700 Current Surface: 100,400
Feet Below Max.: -102 Percent Full: 51%*
* Percent Full calculations does not include the flood control volume adjustment

Outnumbered
09-01-2006, 03:14 PM
Wife and I just had this conversation last week at the lake. The lake is 102 feet low but the line looks to be about 75 feet above the water. I'm not sure what makes the line so pronounced at a given elevation but it does not appear to be the full-pool level :confused:

Devil's Advocate
09-01-2006, 03:17 PM
Beautiful water shots..

Outnumbered
09-01-2006, 03:18 PM
Looking at the dam pictures it looks like the line is at full-pool. I guess it is just hard to "eye-ball" 102 feet up a cliff wall.

Throttle
09-01-2006, 03:19 PM
kool pics... I have not been there for a long time...
thats kool another bridge that I can jump from... :idea:

Huckleberry
09-01-2006, 03:36 PM
I don't know where that is. The sandy beach on the left side before the narrows looks nothing like it used to. It has been two years since I had been on Lake Mead. Coming in from Lake Mead Blvd I was amazed at Las Vegas Wash....I used to launch there years ago but now I think it is totally shut down. Lots of islands in that area now. I saw lots of rocks sticking up but for the most part it looks like the Park Service has kept up with the hazard marking pretty good. Driving around that lake at night now would be very scary :2purples:
Wishing Well is the cove on the right just before you enter the Narrows from the Callville side. It is the one that had the jumping rock. If the lake is down 100+ feet it has to be dry.

jbtrailerjim
09-01-2006, 04:15 PM
Here is some pics Tom took of my boat and us. I have a whole bunch I took also. I'll try to post them this weekend. Sorry about the size of these.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3693129_2908.JPG
These two pictures give you an idea how much the water has dropped.
I'm about 100-150 yds. away from the rocks. I'd say the old water line is easily 50-75ft above the water now.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3693129_2914.JPG
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3693129_2911.JPG

KREGER
09-01-2006, 04:26 PM
I met today the guy who did this construction. He was telling me about it. How funny.
http://www.dumontsanddunes.com/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/album78/The_new_bridge.sized.jpg

Not So Fast
09-01-2006, 04:28 PM
Rhodes rented a house I had (just sold it) in Kingman for about 1.5 years. Yes, he has big plans for the Kingman and towards Vegas areas.
I just read an article in the paper that they are going ahead with the additional dumping of treated water within Lake Mead. It is supposed to be discharged at 200 feet. Of course they want that completely away from their intakes. Why is that? Maybe the water is not fit to be released? Sad, very sad.
That's why eventually if I want to continue to boat it will be North of Mead up towards the Powell area. Somewhere................
Yeah, the treated water thing was bantered around pretty good on here a while back, unfortuntely I think there will be a time when we have no choice but to use it as every day water, especially here, there just is not enough of the stuff.
Before I reired I worked at the Terminal Island crap plant in L.B. and was very intrigued by the state of the art R.O. system that was just coming on line. In talking with one of the engineers he told me that the water was fit for human consumption and 99.9% pure. It is just hard to swallow (no pun) that the stuff coming in which is quite stinky comes out the other end so to speak, as pure as can be, and he said it is more pure than what we now drink?? :rolleyes: NSF

shueman
09-01-2006, 04:31 PM
Nice pix Tom....thanks for posting.... :cool:
National Geographic is on the phone.... :D

Desert Rat
09-01-2006, 06:56 PM
In the 3rd pix of the dam the optical illusion on the right side makes it look like the water level was way over the damn at one point :idea:
Sad to see but yet L.V. is still building like crazy and the proposed 150,000 homes stretching from Kingman to Meadveiw is still being planned :confused: Where will the water come from to support this kind of development?? And if it goes down much more then the power turbines will be shutdown. I agree with you Dilligaf, sad indeed. NSF
Picture #7 too. Look at the water line on the left side
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1871129_2928.JPG

Trash
09-01-2006, 07:42 PM
The highest I've seen the lake in the last 11 years has been between 1210-1211'. This water level was still not to the top of the mineral deposit line. With the current elevation at 1126 or so it is indeed down 84-86'. Wishing Well Cove is not dry at all. Different, but not dry. We go several times every year and the changes are more dramatic in some areas than others. I saw about 5 sunk boats that were now well above the water line. I took some close ups of one but will have to post them another time.

RitcheyRch
09-01-2006, 07:54 PM
Never been there. Nice pictures. Thanks for posting.

GHT
09-01-2006, 08:58 PM
That is not just the pic. I noticed that when I took the picture and was wondering how the heck that happened. I looked along the walls towards the dam along the right side (looking at the dam) and there were some water lines higher then the dam. Mystery to me.
Okay here it is...
#1. The water was never over the dam and if it "appears" that way it is an illusion. Although, they did raise the dam (with adjustable walls, for lack of a better term) at the over flow. The over flow is to the left of the dam if you are looking at it from the Lake Mead side. If you are driving over the dam you can't help but to notice it as you drive over. It is on the AZ side / River side of the dam.
#2. In the eighties the water was to a level that was too high and they didn't ever want it to get that high again. BUT in (about 1996 - 97) it actually went higher and the "Bath Tub Ring" was raised to the level you see it at now. This is NOT the level they prefer the lake to be at. Therefore it CAN appear to be below level and it isn't.
#3. The lake is between 90 & 100' below the "Bath Tub Ring" AND as stated above this is NOT the prefered level. If I'm not mistaken I believe the optimum level for Lake Mead is around 1190' - 1180'. Todays level is around 1126' (and change).
Dilligaf, where you on Mead last weekend? I was there and missed you if you were. Now my boat is back in Havi...
Don

No Name
09-01-2006, 09:03 PM
Nice Pics..... but why is this thread 3 feet wide. :confused: :D :D :D :D :D :D

Outnumbered
09-01-2006, 09:28 PM
0942100E LAKE MEAD AT HOOVER DAM, ELEVATION (FEET)
Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1935 --- 708.70 701.70 752.40 806.60 909.10 928.40 925.90 920.80 914.90 908.30 908.40
1936 907.90 908.40 906.90 922.20 982.40 1015.50 1020.40 1024.40 1024.60 1022.60 1023.60 1023.50
1937 1022.20 1026.20 1031.00 1044.60 1078.70 1096.60 1102.80 1099.60 1097.60 1096.70 1096.00 1095.75
1938 1095.00 1094.85 1100.20 1109.20 1134.40 1165.60 1173.50 1171.95 1173.80 1171.45 1168.70 1168.65
1939 1165.40 1157.40 1158.20 1162.90 1176.20 1183.45 1181.30 1177.35 1178.95 1176.10 1173.05 1169.95
1940 1166.90 1166.00 1164.65 1164.85 1175.35 1182.15 1179.80 1176.10 1174.45 1173.75 1170.80 1168.05
1941 1167.10 1167.55 1170.35 1175.85 1201.25 1215.55 1220.40 1216.50 1209.85 1211.25 1205.60 1195.80
1942 1184.80 1176.75 1171.25 1182.90 1195.50 1213.15 1213.20 1210.40 1205.00 1199.25 1194.05 1188.40
1943 1182.45 1179.60 1177.00 1180.60 1188.75 1199.40 1201.55 1199.65 1195.70 1189.90 1184.50 1178.35
1944 1170.90 1164.20 1158.40 1158.10 1173.20 1194.85 1199.55 1193.90 1187.10 1180.60 1174.55 1168.00
1945 1161.25 1155.75 1149.60 1147.40 1161.30 1174.55 1180.70 1177.95 1177.95 1173.60 1168.95 1163.35
1946 1157.55 1151.65 1147.45 1148.20 1155.15 1163.95 1163.30 1161.25 1157.65 1153.90 1151.65 1148.55
1947 1142.60 1133.10 1135.38 1134.49 1151.93 1169.64 1177.18 1180.13 1178.02 1177.88 1175.24 1170.58
1948 1164.52 1158.80 1154.51 1158.77 1175.95 1192.15 1190.32 1186.95 1180.82 1175.89 1170.91 1164.85
1949 1158.04 1150.99 1147.17 1148.28 1164.51 1189.07 1196.61 1193.17 1186.86 1181.19 1176.93 1170.06
1950 1163.40 1156.70 1151.75 1152.13 1158.57 1173.95 1177.15 1173.36 1168.77 1164.43 1160.19 1156.62
1951 1151.47 1168.02 1144.07 1141.34 1146.16 1163.53 1168.19 1167.00 1163.75 1160.42 1157.25 1153.12
1952 1149.06 1143.00 1133.99 1141.96 1171.53 1198.06 1199.88 1195.74 1190.00 1183.13 1176.39 1169.10
1953 1162.56 1157.12 1152.42 1148.40 1147.33 1165.11 1165.87 1163.38 1157.67 1152.99 1150.06 1145.78
1954 1141.44 1138.22 1134.08 1130.26 1130.76 1129.88 1126.25 1120.82 1115.39 1112.90 1109.74 1105.40
1955 1100.77 1096.14 1092.85 1089.72 1095.90 1105.91 1103.65 1102.78 1098.50 1095.11 1092.63 1090.99
1956 1089.20 1087.06 1083.57 1083.81 1098.00 1116.62 1114.58 1110.66 1105.76 1102.05 1099.14 1097.02
1957 1095.05 1094.32 1092.24 1091.00 1109.31 1150.81 1176.08 1182.34 1182.52 1182.50 1181.61 1177.39
1958 1170.95 1168.56 1163.64 1164.61 1185.52 1205.43 1203.39 1198.97 1195.57 1192.45 1189.59 1185.85
1959 1182.31 1182.03 1176.60 1172.83 1172.59 1179.84 1179.27 1175.65 1171.13 1169.35 1168.85 1167.28
1960 1165.09 1163.78 1164.26 1169.94 1175.09 1183.71 1181.32 1175.25 1170.36 1168.47 1167.46 1165.12
1961 1162.67 1160.75 1156.19 1153.56 1154.45 1161.19 1157.62 1154.05 1153.74 1155.15 1155.22 1154.64
1962 1153.56 1156.51 1154.69 1165.75 1185.56 1198.17 1203.98 1200.87 1197.64 1196.65 1195.05 1193.12
1963 1190.98 1189.67 1185.07 1179.06 1172.43 1167.16 1160.27 1153.88 1149.04 1144.99 1141.50 1136.93
1964 1131.74 1128.40 1123.85 1123.41 1119.32 1112.47 1103.84 1098.58 1093.49 1090.12 1089.02 1088.14
1965 1089.83 1090.63 1088.31 1094.57 1110.08 1125.69 1124.33 1124.32 1124.79 1125.90 1127.93 1129.74
1966 1132.24 1133.05 1132.24 1132.15 1133.07 1132.70 1130.32 1128.21 1127.59 1128.42 1129.72 1132.05
1967 1133.42 1133.31 1131.65 1131.72 1131.49 1130.40 1128.81 1128.44 1130.20 1128.67 1127.71 1129.84
1968 1132.07 1132.54 1132.79 1134.15 1135.18 1136.23 1136.76 1136.89 1136.44 1137.46 1139.05 1139.65
1969 1140.46 1140.67 1139.34 1140.79 1141.26 1141.79 1143.32 1145.31 1146.86 1147.22 1149.71 1152.50
1970 1153.65 1153.32 1151.06 1150.80 1150.87 1150.73 1150.53 1151.33 1152.58 1151.77 1151.75 1152.95
1971 1152.87 1150.40 1148.29 1148.63 1149.06 1149.85 1151.22 1152.85 1153.61 1154.40 1156.84 1160.13
1972 1162.27 1160.94 1156.12 1154.74 1154.35 1154.60 1154.84 1156.28 1158.49 1161.59 1163.82 1168.35
1973 1172.75 1174.73 1178.78 1186.14 1185.93 1186.34 1184.89 1182.28 1180.26 1179.47 1178.70 1176.92
1974 1180.14 1178.08 1174.95 1171.35 1169.68 1169.60 1171.87 1173.30 1173.99 1173.83 1175.67 1176.80
1975 1178.74 1178.38 1177.13 1174.18 1173.66 1174.48 1176.97 1178.16 1180.10 1180.41 1179.64 1179.63
1976 1180.93 1182.90 1181.25 1179.68 1180.39 1180.47 1179.85 1177.84 1179.40 1182.16 1185.94 1187.87
1977 1193.01 1191.98 1189.01 1183.10 1179.83 1176.16 1175.34 1177.27 1180.48 1180.36 1179.29 1180.82
1978 1186.09 1187.62 1188.44 1186.14 1184.58 1184.76 1183.31 1183.74 1185.43 1186.69 1188.73 1193.31
1979 1198.83 1202.61 1201.04 1200.01 1197.55 1195.50 1194.86 1195.71 1195.30 1195.12 1196.64 1197.97
1980 1198.99 1204.13 1202.87 1201.94 1199.93 1202.27 1204.65 1204.58 1204.92 1203.21 1203.68 1202.88
1981 1203.58 1204.31 1202.15 1198.44 1196.22 1193.70 1192.88 1192.78 1192.67 1194.11 1195.42 1198.28
1982 1201.15 1202.39 1201.02 1198.30 1196.93 1196.42 1196.48 1197.39 1198.96 1201.06 1204.76 1208.37
1983 1206.83 1210.25 1211.59 1211.26 1212.33 1220.27 1225.44 1222.17 1218.21 1215.32 1213.38 1212.33
1984 1209.82 1207.67 1206.05 1205.91 1209.74 1212.17 1212.92 1211.40 1210.06 1208.63 1208.29 1207.90
1985 1206.95 1206.68 1206.43 1206.16 1209.83 1214.25 1213.95 1212.79 1213.14 1211.16 1208.76 1205.49
1986 1201.59 1202.72 1202.45 1204.78 1208.16 1210.13 1207.14 1207.52 1208.83 1208.70 1209.77 1210.39
1987 1210.23 1210.58 1208.57 1207.67 1205.99 1206.60 1207.80 1209.56 1209.79 1208.69 1210.05 1211.03
1988 1211.17 1211.70 1210.74 1208.36 1206.23 1203.18 1201.43 1199.57 1199.16 1199.15 1199.46 1199.75
1989 1201.40 1202.49 1200.28 1197.35 1192.59 1190.40 1189.72 1189.40 1190.22 1189.55 1189.02 1189.80
1990 1191.00 1191.75 1189.56 1186.89 1183.93 1182.06 1179.49 1178.82 1180.02 1178.90 1178.54 1177.89
1991 1179.39 1180.06 1179.31 1177.80 1175.92 1174.67 1173.29 1172.92 1173.01 1171.73 1171.82 1173.44
1992 1177.25 1179.42 1180.31 1179.78 1177.31 1175.07 1173.92 1173.59 1174.44 1174.68 1175.45 1176.86
1993 1183.64 1189.88 1193.46 1193.04 1190.27 1188.27 1187.20 1188.41 1189.15 1188.05 1188.45 1188.75
1994 1190.09 1190.97 1188.51 1184.94 1181.64 1179.42 1178.97 1178.24 1178.40 1177.80 1175.67 1176.55
1995 1180.37 1182.58 1182.27 1179.68 1178.33 1179.03 1180.75 1181.70 1184.28 1186.12 1189.65 1190.92
1996 1193.45 1193.81 1193.81 1192.75 1191.26 1190.43 1190.26 1190.02 1190.84 1191.56 1192.71 1194.38
1997 1195.63 1196.51 1199.10 1200.01 1199.96 1202.32 1203.49 1204.52 1205.81 1209.64 1212.80 1214.64
1998 1214.40 1214.05 1214.26 1212.74 1211.59 1211.83 1212.43 1214.30 1214.78 1215.76 1214.79 1212.53
1999 1212.89 1213.30 1211.75 1208.80 1207.37 1206.40 1207.28 1208.74 1211.29 1212.11 1212.58 1213.94
2000 1214.26 1213.79 1211.33 1208.78 1207.67 1204.09 1199.97 1196.66 1196.72 1196.66 1196.45 1196.12
2001 1197.27 1196.62 1194.68 1190.76 1187.32 1183.12 1180.78 1179.97 1177.96 1178.03 1177.22 1177.37
2002 1177.94 1176.50 1172.06 1167.49 1162.39 1160.19 1157.57 1156.42 1155.42 1154.89 1153.30 1152.13
2003 1153.33 1154.42 1153.09 1148.27 1144.68 1143.19 1141.93 1143.27 1142.12 1141.17 1139.48 1139.12
2004 1140.39 1140.11 1138.70 1134.98 1129.70 1126.93 1125.73 1126.67 1125.86 1127.43 1130.13 1130.01
2005 1137.40 1143.25 1147.66 1144.45 1141.89 1140.46 1139.01 1139.61 1138.36 1137.01 1135.27 1137.52
2006 1139.46 1141.20 1139.48 1135.94 1131.14 1128.26 1126.42 1126.54

Outnumbered
09-01-2006, 09:31 PM
The highest I've seen the lake in the last 11 years has been between 1210-1211'. This water level was still not to the top of the mineral deposit line. With the current elevation at 1126 or so it is indeed down 84-86'. Wishing Well Cove is not dry at all. Different, but not dry. We go several times every year and the changes are more dramatic in some areas than others. I saw about 5 sunk boats that were now well above the water line. I took some close ups of one but will have to post them another time.
1215' was the recent high in 1998 and the lake is down 102' as of Aug 2006. Take a look at the dam pics, the ring is at the dam crest level. The ring does not look 102 feet high but it is based on the dam photos.

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 10:20 PM
Nice Pics..... but why is this thread 3 feet wide. :confused: :D :D :D :D :D :D
LOL

DILLIGAF
09-01-2006, 10:21 PM
Dilligaf, where you on Mead last weekend? I was there and missed you if you were. Now my boat is back in Havi...
Don
Don, I went out on Tuesday and Wed. GVRR gave me some free days so I took advantage of it.

Not So Fast
09-02-2006, 07:03 AM
Nice Pics..... but why is this thread 3 feet wide. :confused: :D :D :D :D :D :D
You are very observant grasshopper :D I am wondering this also. NSF

SHOTKALLIN
09-02-2006, 07:41 AM
Looks to me to be down around 80 ft at least. The companies trying to build (hell they have already started in Kingman) all of these homes are out of Vegas, Rhodes Homes (120,000 units)and Mardian homes (30,000 units), greedy MFer's, all they see is cheap land but yet the State of Arizona allows it so what can you do. We wont see it (I hope) but our children will when the water is gone. IT"S THE DESERT FOR GOD"S SAKE, we are stretched already for water. Just pees me off nobody can or will stop these guys. Rant over, sorry to hi-jack. NSF
Desilination (sp) the process where they remove salt from the ocean. Its exspensive but so is Evian. If the west coat did it the there would be more water to go around.

beaverretriever
09-02-2006, 08:04 AM
Did you guys hit up Pirates Cove? That is my favorite place to hang. We are there at least once a week.

burtandnancy
09-02-2006, 11:31 AM
GHT, you are nearly correct. The water went over the SPILLWAYS at 1226 feet in 1983. The adjustable (sheets of 4 x 8 plywood) were used at the Glen Canyon Dam the same year (Lake Powell). I've boated on these lakes for 35+ years and have seen the highs and lows, have been up the Grand Canyon 64 miles past Pearces Ferry, been so far up canyons at Lake Powell when it was at its highest we ran across a pterodactyl. Yesterday, Friday Sept 1st was one of the nicests days I've seen at Lake Mead, severe smooth. There were 2 - 24, 10 - 27's, 1 -33.5 and 1 - 36 Halletts, a Thor and Inferno from Nordic at Hallett Beach. Today there should be in excess of 50 Halletts at their beach...

teamyamahamike
09-03-2006, 06:28 PM
I Love That Lake :)

cap'n chuy
09-04-2006, 01:32 AM
wishing well is not dry.....yet. :rollside: