Stonewall Jackson Lake stood at 1,074.58 feet at 7:30 a.m. October 1, 2026—2.08 feet above summer pool elevation—according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ daily report. The operator reported stained water in both the lake and tailwaters and warned boaters to beware of floating debris.
Lake conditions and temperatures
The lake’s surface temperature was 71 degrees, and the outflow-water temperature was 69 degrees. The report did not specify a temperature scale.
Both the lake and tailwaters were described as stained. The operator’s floating-debris warning accompanied those observations.
Dam operations
Gates No. 1 and No. 2 were each open 4.0 feet. The reported outflow was 1,050 cubic feet per second, with a river gauge height of 11.23 feet.
Morning weather
USACE reported light fog and an air temperature of 56 degrees that morning. No precipitation had fallen during the preceding 24 hours. As with the water readings, the report did not specify a temperature scale for the air reading.
Boating notice and ramp questions
“Boaters beware of floating debris,” the operator stated. For questions concerning boat-launching ramps, the report directed residents to contact WVDNR. It did not provide a contact method or state the status of individual ramps.
The dated report appeared on the USACE Stonewall Jackson Lake Facebook page and was captured October 1 at 8:08 a.m. Eastern time. The original posting time was not supplied; the lake elevation observation was explicitly recorded for 7:30 a.m.
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