Nolin Dam

[greenriverman1]

There is work being done on the dam at Nolin and the boat ramp at the dam is closed. I do not know how long it will be closed.

I hope this helps.

DA

[greenriverman1]

This is what I copied from the corps web page.

DA


Nolin Lake Dam to receive preliminary investigation
February 11, 2008


Louisville, KY -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District will initiate preliminary subsurface explorations at Nolin River Dam. The work will begin in late February with an exploratory drilling and laboratory testing program and continue through the spring.

Through its Dam Safety Program, the Louisville District annually inspects all its reservoir dams. A more intensive multi-discipline team inspection occurs every five years. These inspections and USACE’s recent screening of the project determined this dam will be a candidate for additional study to take a closer look at the dam’s subsurface conditions. Further investigation will be done to ensure the most up-to-date dam safety data is available to assess current conditions of the approximately 40-year old dam.

The exploration programs consist of drilling small diameter holes into the ground and retrieving soil and rock samples for laboratory testing. Additional instrumentation to monitor water levels within the rock foundation of the dam will also be installed. The collected samples, test results and new instrumentation data will be compared to existing data and used to perform engineering evaluations.

Visitors to the area may observe equipment on the dam used to advance subsurface borings. The Corps anticipates minor traffic disruption with temporary lane closure on KY 728 during a portion of the work. The Van Meter boat ramp area at the dam may be closed for short periods of time throughout the exploration process. All work is expected to be complete prior to the busy recreation season and should have little impact to visitors.

What’s Next?
Samplings from the explorations are expected to be complete during 2008 with additional engineering evaluations to follow. Periodic updates will be released as study information becomes available.

[birdstrike]

Getting tougher and tougher to fish Nolin. Bacon covered in mud, dog creek close for the season and now the dam. Good thing for Wax.

[greenriverman1]

I talked to a lady at the corps office about the ramp at the dam and how the contractors were only using a very small part of the parking lot. She informed me that it should be open part of the time. I asked her how we would be able to know when it would be open or closed? I told her that I did not see any reason for the parking lot or the ramp to be closed from what I could see this past weekend. But then again I surly do not know everything that they are doing there.

She was very nice and said that she would check into it a bit more and let me have know what she finds out.

I'll post again if I hear anything.

I'd suggest that everyone that uses this area to call the corps office and let them know our concerns.

I am sure that these test do need to be performed but not sure that the lot needed to be closed this past weekend.

DA

[Rowdy]

Nolin came up 2.8 ft. last night and will gain a lot more with 2.41 in. of rain.
But it was 492.1 and dangerous, Is the big tourn next week at Wax?
Rowdy

[greenriverman1]

Here is what I found for next weekend.

Tournament Information
Event Name: Renegade Bass Toournaments
Club/Affiliation: Renegade Bass Tournaments
Waterbody: Nolin River Lake
Ramp: Moutardier Ramp
Start Date: 3/9/2008 6:00:00 AM
End Date: 3/9/2008 3:00:00 PM
Type: Open Tournament
Number of Boats: 100
Target Species: BLACK BASS
Date Submitted: 9/6/2007 3:30:56 PM Contact Information
Contact Name: Sherbert VanMeter
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone: 270-259-0001
Contact Web Address: http://www.renegadebasstournaments.com


I hope this helps!

DA