16 May 2014

Gathright Dam to conduct a routine, controlled flood release

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun a controlled flood release at Gathright Dam near Covington, Va., at 9:00 a.m.

14 Feb 2014

Corps of Engineers dams capturing storm runoff, reservoirs filling

Large federal reservoirs are seeing the effects of recent back-to-back heavy rainstorms drenching the Willamette Valley, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase water releases from most of its dams this weekend in order to preserve storage space for future storms.

20 Sep 2013

Gathright Dam to conduct fourth pulse release of 2013

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will conduct a pulse release at Gathright Dam, near Covington, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 24, beginning at approximately 6 a.m. The water release will gradually increase and peak at 3,500 cubic feet per second by 9 a.m.

20 Jun 2013

Officials cancel Gathright Dam pulse release

Federal and commonwealth officials have canceled Gathright Dam’s pulse release scheduled for Tuesday. The Norfolk District, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, determined that June’s higher-than-average flows in the Jackson River eliminated the need for the first planned pulse release.