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| Utah Division of Wildlife Resources posted Heads up: From May 15-17 [2025], the Bureau of Reclamation will increase the water released from Flaming Gorge Dam, with a full spring release of 4,600 cubic feet per second. 🏞️ This will result in swifter currents and lower water temperatures. See more information about this update: bit.ly/3qqg0Br The Green won't be the only river running high this weekend. Please be very cautious if you plan to fish a river or stream in the coming weeks. ⚠️💧 Here are some important safety tips for stream fishing: 🌊 Remember that water tends to be swifter than it looks. Always use caution before attempting to wade in a stream. 🌊 Bring a friend along when you are fishing or enjoying other recreational activities around water. There’s safety in numbers. 🌊 If you are unable to bring a friend, always tell someone where you are going and when you plan to return home. |
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| FlamingGorgeCountry "Completed in 1964, Flaming Gorge Dam was built to provide water storage and hydroelectric power. It rises 502 feet [153m] above the Green River." |
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| Joseph Yoho [Google Maps is not giving me a correct link.], Apr 2025 |
Note the spillway in the upper-right corner. It just shoots the water over the side of the canyon wall.
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| Ernest Kyed, Jul 2011 |
Each unit generates 50mw.
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| Curt Blanton, Sep 2016 |
The Francis Turbine is stored upside down.
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| Ernest Kyed, Jul 2011 |
The powerhouse has three units.
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| usbr "Construction was authorized on April 11, 1956, and construction began in 1958 with road building, a diversion tunnel, and other preparatory work. The first unit went on the line September 27, 1963, and the third and final unit in February 1964. The Flaming Gorge Reservoir first filled in August 1974 at elevation 6,040 with 3,749,000 acre feet of live storage. The plant was automated in 1973 and 1974 and was then controlled by the Colorado River Storage Project Dispatch Center located in Montrose, Colorado. Selective withdrawal structures were installed on the turbine penstock intakes during the winters of 1977 and 1978 to provide temperature control of the water released down the Green River to improve fishery habitat. A temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit can be maintained from mid-June into October. On August 11, 1977, the Unit 2 turbine seized up when the lower seal ring failed. This incident lead to the replacement of seal rings on all three units. The newly designed and installed seal rings also failed and were again replaced on each unit. Generator uprates began in August 1990 and were completed in April 1992. The generators were uprated from 36,000 kW to 50,650 kW. Three unit transformers were replaced in 2002 and 2003." |
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| William Sowie [Google Maps is not giving me a correct link.], May 2024 |
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