TRWD staff continues to monitor conditions in the District reservoir watersheds 24 hours a day. Runoff from the rainfall that fell last Thursday and Friday continues to pass through the system. Overall the District’s area of interest received 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall, see rainfall map below. Richland-Chambers Reservoir initiated controlled discharges yesterday. They will continue will until the reservoir is at or near conservation level. Eagle Mountain Lake is slightly above conservation which has activated low level discharges over the uncontrolled spillway. With that being said, this will be the final update for this event. Updates will resume if and when weather/reservoir conditions dictate.
The latest update of reservoir conditions follows:
Lake Bridgeport
- Current reservoir elevation – 835.21 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 836.00 ft-msl.
- The first habitable structure is at 839.02 ft-msl, Highway 380 at Runaway Bay is 838.97 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
- The reservoir is open.
Eagle Mountain Lake
- Current reservoir elevation – 649.26 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 649.10 ft-msl.
- The first habitable structure (enclosed garage) is at 650.73 ft-msl, first residence is at 651.53 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 40 cfs.
- The reservoir is open.
Lake Worth (owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth)
- Current reservoir elevation – 592.90 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 594.00 ft-msl.
- According to the City of Fort Worth, 596.67 ft-msl is the lowest lakeside finished floor elevation.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
- See City of Fort Worth news feed for updates on lake closure status.
Cedar Creek
- Current reservoir elevation – 321.10 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 322.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
- The reservoir is open.
Richland-Chambers
- Current reservoir elevation – 315.58 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 315.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 1,880 cfs
- The reservoir is open.
Reservoir levels and inflows will continue to be monitored to maintain the reservoirs at a safe operating level.
Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.
817-720-4296.
If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your call within 30 minutes
*ft-msl – feet above mean sea level; cfs – cubic feet per second
Post based on conditions as of May 6, 2018, at 8:00 AM
