Barbara Lawlor, Boulder County. At 4 a.m Sunday, May 29, Barker Reservoir’s water oozed over the dam spillway, just a little splash at first, then a trickle, then a flow, and then, a solid gush
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Barbara Lawlor, Boulder County. At 4 a.m Sunday, May 29, Barker Reservoir’s water oozed over the dam spillway, just a little splash at first, then a trickle, then a flow, and then, a solid gush of mountain spring runoff water cascaded down the concrete dam into Boulder Creek.
Craig Skeie, City of Boulder Water Source Facilities Manager, says it is just the beginning, that because of the cool temperatures in the high country, the snow pack is still clinging to the altitude ground.
“There is still plenty of runoff, it won’t peak for another couple of weeks,” says Skeie. Last year was an almost record water year reaching a peak of 568 cfs on May 31.
The creek was running at 80 cubic feet per second and will reach 300 cfs at peak flow, when it joins the St. Vrain River and then the Platte River. Reservoir water breaches spillway. Depending on the temperatures in the next month, the peak flow will dwindle by mid-July.
