SUMMERS COUNTY, W.Va. — The Bluestone Dam is releasing numbers showing the impact from Hurricane Helene.
A Facebook post announced that Bluestone Lake crested at 1,493.7 feet as of Sunday. The lake in Hinton will be at an elevated position from its summer pool of 1,410 feet for a supposed several weeks.
The post also stated that sluice gates at the base of the damn are currently flowing over 26,000 cubic feet per second. The lake elevation is at 1,493.6 feet and falling slowly.
The post continued by saying, “based on current rainfall conditions we do not anticipate opening the crest gates on top of the dam.”