Whitney Point Lake 2021 Fact Sheet
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WHITNEY POINT LAKE, NY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILDING STRONG® FACT SHEET as of February 1, 2021 AUTHORIZATION: The project is a unit of the comprehensive flood control plan for the protection of communities in southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. TYPE OF PROJECT: Flood Risk Management, Recreation and Environmental Stewardship CONTRIBUTION TO CHESAPEAKE BAY: Contributes to Executive Order 13508 goals to protect habitat and water quality and expand public access. CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Tenney (NY-22) NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: None BACKGROUND: Whitney Point Lake is located near Whitney Point, New York, on the Otselic River, a tributary of the Tioughnioga River, which discharges into the Chenango River, which, in turn, discharges in the Susquehanna River at Binghamton, New York. The dam is an earthfill structure, 4,900 feet long, rising 95 feet above the streambed, with a concrete spillway and a gated outlet in the left abutment. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 84,233 acre- feet (28.2 billion gallons) at spillway crest and will extend about 12 miles upstream when filled to that level. The project was completed in 1942 and federal cost was $5,421,500. STATUS: Flood damages prevented through fiscal 2020 are estimated at $743,721,000. Recreation attendance in fiscal 2019 was 5,725 visitors. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 1 of 3 BUDGET: Federal Funds Data Total Allocation for FY 20192 1,386,000 Allocation for FY 20202 1,443,000 President Budget FY 20211 1,167,000 Allocation for FY 20212 1,167,000 President Budget FY 20221 TBD 1 The President typically sends the budget to Congress in February each year. Upon release, budget amounts for the USACE Civil Works programs and specified projects are posted online at the HQUSACE website in a Program Budget Press Book at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Budget.aspx. 2 The allocation amount for a project is determined after enactment of the Energy and Water appropriations and release of the approved FY work plan. SCHEDULE: FY 2020 Completed Work: Completed normal operation and maintenance of the project and the Design Documentation Report (DDR) for repairs to the gate tower. FY 2021 Scheduled Work: Continue normal operation and maintenance of the project, update the project’s master plan, and conduct a recurring 5-year Periodic Inspection. Develop plans and specification for the gate tower modification based upon the DDR. Develop plans and specifications for removal of a crib wall in the vicinity of the emergency spillway. For more information contact Mr. Brian Luprek, (570) 649-6855, or e-mail [email protected]. Also see this project’s related web page at https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dams-Recreation/Whitney-Point-Lake/ U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 2 of 3 COR PS OF ENG IN EERS U. S. ARMY ~\I ~~; U.S. RESERV.ATIO N Ll ,l.;__.. fi ' ~ ,, 1'., ~ \ ' { p-- ,,,._.,. ~ -- i--t~ C ~-=~ SECTI ON ~ \ !vOi TO $C4L-!' l'ICl'IIT"r "1AP ' E~VOIR LIMIT --=1,1 ' IL WAY CREST EL. 1010.0 · 40 ACRES "' ,._ Pr"''//,,--=-;;::. l U.S R£SERVATION L. IMliS\ ;.~ ~ ~ JJ r 46~1 AC RES / I ~\ [ \i I TLA D COUNT 'I' R00lol£ ~~ \~ =--- LISLE INTAKE STRUG"TUR E SONAL fl ECREATIO I.AKE EL. 5'73.0 OR~l~AG.£ .,_R'£~ \ ~ .E.,4-4-0 Act• <::t, 9 5 Ft_ ! Ft. 220 ft ~75poo C:ES: t1 \ ~J LEG END \~ r --')-0 OPERA OR"S ~ES!OEPiC~ ANO GARAG:E - .1 o~g.!) I§ SUSQUEHANNA RIVE.P. BA.S IN "'Ai,;-r;J5--I-=- :t'°:-~n t WHITNEY PO I NT LAKE .::'';"o.'k~ PROJECT AREA AND SEC T IO N REVISED $EP,;::J,t:BEA 1985 - ~ OTSEU C a: l'IE:-i )'/HJTl,JEY POINT I ~~..... PROJECT AREA .-P ~1.\--... ' SC.;\ L E OF .fEIET • \ ~ .........__ _ 0 4000 1:~00 - -------...... BA ~rl ..Oi!E DlSTl! ICT OFFIC E U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 3 of 3 .