Folsom & Nimbus Dam Discharge 12/16/2010

[Dave E.]

Here are this mornings discharges from Folsom Dam ( shot from Folsom Crossing ) and Nimbus Dam ( shot from Hazel Ave. ) into the American River.

[Mike O]

yeah baby....'as what I'm talkin' about!!

[Scott V]

yeah baby....'as what I'm talkin' about!!

Give daddy a tinkle.

[Jeff Fisher]

That makes for tough wading! But fish will be concentrated at certain areas and travel lanes........like the freaking Parkway bike trails!!! :)

For those of who may remember........that's nothing compared to 1997. I remember walking on the south levee at River Park and seeing the water pretty close to the roadbase of the H Street Bridge. The entire golf course was under 20 feet of water!!! I wonder what the CFS was then???

[Bob Laskodi]

Impressive, thanks for posting them.

[luckydog]

That makes for tough wading! But fish will be concentrated at certain areas and travel lanes........like the freaking Parkway bike trails!!! :)

For those of who may remember........that's nothing compared to 1997. I remember walking on the south levee at River Park and seeing the water pretty close to the roadbase of the H Street Bridge. The entire golf course was under 20 feet of water!!! I wonder what the CFS was then???

As I recall, the 1986 and 1997 winter storms, it was around 134,000-135,000cfs, which is well above design flow. Almost took out the Nimbus Hatchery.

[Dave E.]

The road down to the gravel bar below Nimbus.

[dbrosier]

Here are this mornings discharges from Folsom Dam ( shot from Folsom Crossing ) and Nimbus Dam ( shot from Hazel Ave. ) into the American River.

Cool shots, Dave. What camera are you using? I like the wide format.

[Woodman]

I can't wait until the first time the new spillway flows at about 100K

[Dave E.]

Hi Dan,

The photo's are the products of a Pentax Optio W80 ( P & S ) and a little creative cropping.


Thanks, Dave