Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
Water, Water Everywhere. Friant Dam Is Spilling Over the Top.
By admin
Published 2 years ago on
July 14, 2023

Share

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Click on the video above or below to see the rare sight of Friant Dam spilling water over its top.

Millerton Lake reached its capacity of 520,500 acre-feet on Wednesday, July 12.

Michael Jackson is the area manager for the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the dam. He says the spillover is about 50 to 100 cubic feet per second.

About 3,500 cfs of Sierra snowmelt is coming out the dam’s lower gates and into the San Joaquin River, which continues to run fast and cold.

Following an average rain year, the water release would be about 500 cfs this time of year.

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

What Are Fresno Real Estate Experts Predicting for 2025 and Beyond?

UP NEXT

Measles Cases in Texas Rise to 561, State Health Department Says

How WrestleMania Came to Rival the Super Bowl and World Cup

1 hour ago

Fresno Police Arrest 14 for DUI During Weekend Enforcement Operation

1 hour ago

Arkansas Asks USDA to Let It Ban Soda, Candy From Food Stamps Program

(Reuters) – Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow it to ban soda and candy fro...

17 minutes ago

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends a campaign rally of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2024. (REUTERS File)
17 minutes ago

Arkansas Asks USDA to Let It Ban Soda, Candy From Food Stamps Program

Signs inform people of measles prevention and testing at the Gaines County Court House in Seminole, Texas, U.S. April 6, 2025. (Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune via REUTERS)
25 minutes ago

Measles Cases in Texas Rise to 561, State Health Department Says

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office building in Washington, Feb. 26, 2025. About 22,000 employees at the Internal Revenue Service have signed up for the Trump administration’s latest resignation offer, according to four people familiar with the matter, an exodus that could weaken the agency’s ability to collect taxes. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
33 minutes ago

More Than 20,000 IRS Employees Offer to Resign

1 hour ago

How WrestleMania Came to Rival the Super Bowl and World Cup

1 hour ago

Fresno Police Arrest 14 for DUI During Weekend Enforcement Operation

The North Portico of the White House is illuminated in blue for Autism Awareness Day, in Washington, U.S. April 2, 2020. (REUTERS File)
1 hour ago

Autism Rates in US Children Hit Record Level in 2022, CDC Data Show

The seal of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. (REUTERS File)
1 hour ago

Whistleblower Org Says DOGE May Have Caused ‘Significant Cyber Breach’ at US Labor Watchdog

2 hours ago

Mexican National Sentenced for Trafficking Meth, Fentanyl Through Fresno County

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend