LAKE COUNTY — A week after the latest atmospheric river storm passed through Lake County, dropping nearly 14 inches in some locales, flooding, mudslides, and fallen debris were responsible for many ongoing road closures around the county.
After reaching a high of 10 feet Rumsey on Saturday, Clear Lake was at 9.9 feet Rumsey Friday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Rumsey Gauge is a standard of measurement used to track the height of the waters of Clear Lake.
Lake County Water Resources data taken at 2:30 p.m. Monday showed the lake at just below 9.8 feet Rumsey. The Cache Creek dam was open and draining 4,470 cubic feet per second.
Weather forecasts on Monday predicted a dry week to come in Lake County, and the NOAA predicted Clear Lake to drain to a level of 9.2 feet Rumsey by Friday.
Sacramento-based National Weather Service forecaster Idamis Del Valle told the Record-Bee Monday that a weak weather system Tuesday would drop less than 0.1 inches of rain in most parts of the county. “It does look like it’ll be very, very light, and mainly in the northern portions of Lake County,” she said.
After that system, “it should be pretty dry at least through early next week,” Del Valle added.
Del Valle noted that NWS models “are suggesting that there could be a weather system that moves into the area maybe Tuesday afternoon (March 19).”
Information from Lake County Public Works, Caltrans, and the cities of Lakeport and Clearlake as of Monday showed the following road closures in Lake County:
HOPLAND
Highway 175 is limited due to construction with one-way controlled traffic at various locations from 0.5 miles west of the Mendocino/Lake County line to the Mendocino/Lake County line, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Construction will continue through 7 p.m. on June 28.
HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE
Spruce Grove Road Ext: Closed near USS Liberty Lane (Quarry Road) due to road slipout.
LAKEPORT
Hill Road: Currently single lane traffic from Lakeshore to Sutter Hospital. Traffic will not be able to drive from Sutter Hospital to Lakeshore Blvd – due to land slide movement.
Lakeshore Blvd: Closed due to flooding from Altera to Park Way.
Lakeshore Blvd is Open from Park Way to ½ Mile North of Park Way (Rainbow Mobile Home Park)
Scotts Creek Road: single lane closure at MPM 1.35 due to slipout.
Library Park: closed until further notice by the City of Lakeport due to flooding.
The parking lots across from Library Park at Third, Fourth and Fifth streets: closed due to flooding.
Esplanade Street in its entirety: closed to all traffic except residents due to flooding. Motorists in the area were advised to drive slowly so as to prevent “wave action” against homes, reported Lakeport Public Works.
LOWER LAKE
Candy Lane: Closed to all traffic between Joseph Trail and May Hollow Road due to a culvert failure. This will be an extended closure as work to fix cannot commence until the water stops flowing.
MIDDLETOWN
Dry Creek Cutoff: Closed at the low water crossing
Rose Anderson Road: Closed to all traffic at Van Dorn Reservoir Road due to road slipout
NICE
Lakeshore Drive: closed from Stokes Ave to Hammond Ave due to flooding
