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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced releases for both the Pipestem Dam and Jamestown Reservoir.

According to the Corps, Pipestem is currently at a pool elevation of 1443.5 feet, 1 foot above the base of the flood pool. Inflows are near 120 cubic feet per second with a reservoir release near 100 cfs.

Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1430.7 feet, which is 0.3 feet below the base of the flood pool.  Inflows are near 50 cfs with a small reservoir release of 13 cfs.

“The maximum combined release from the reservoirs is not expected to exceed 450 cfs this summer,” the corps states in a release. “However, additional snow accumulation in the next month or significant spring or summer rainfall could necessitate release levels of 750 cfs or higher.”

The corps reports that thawed soils have allowed for infiltration of some of the snowmelt runoff, but saturated soil conditions could lead to increased baseflow into next year.

A release from Jamestown Dam will be initiated when necessary this spring in order to evacuate any accumulated Jamestown Reservoir flood storage.  Pipestem Reservoir flood storage will be primarily evacuated in June, July, and August to allow for evacuation from Jamestown reservoir by June 1.