SHASTA LAKE DROUGHT: JONES VALLEY, AND HISTORY, 8-30-2021

SHASTA LAKE DROUGHT: JONES VALLEY, AND HISTORY, 8-30-2021 SHASTA LAKE IS 161.26-FEET BELOW THE CREST OF SHASTA DAM OR 905.74-FEET ELEVATION WISE.

Filmed on location by Jeremy Tuggle on 8-30-2021.

HISTORY’S MYSTERY: A WOODEN STRUCTURE ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER NEAR CHARLIE CREEK ON SHASTA LAKE, AT 155.65-FEET BELOW THE CREST OF SHASTA DAM

HISTORY’S MYSTERY: A WOODEN STRUCTURE ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER NEAR CHARLIE CREEK ON SHASTA LAKE, AT 155.65-FEET BELOW THE CREST OF SHASTA DAM OR 911.35 FEET ELEVATION WISE, 8-18-2021. WHAT IS THIS???

THE HISTORIC HEADTOWER AT SHASTA LAKE BEHIND SHASTA DAM

Above photo: Public Domain.

This is the historic Headtower which is seen in many of my videos on YouTube and in pictures on my social media accounts. It was built in 1940 and was used primarily to deliver concrete to the workers of Pacific Constructors Incorporated (PCI) who were building Shasta Dam. It stood at over a towering 460 feet. There were storage compartments in the Headtower as well one of them was the cable room which is seen in a recent video. This historic Headtower is only visible during drought seasons on Shasta Lake. 

Above: the Headtower. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

Above: the historic Headtower. The water level of Shasta Lake was recorded at 148.45-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on August 6, 2021. 

SMOKEY CONDITIONS: WHISKEYTOWN LAKE POOR-UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY, 8-8-2021.

SMOKEY CONDITIONS: WHISKEYTOWN LAKE POOR-UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY, 8-8-2021. WITH FOUR MAJOR FIRES BURNING NEAR SHASTA COUNTY WHISKEYTOWN LAKE BECOMES BARELY VISBLE IN PARTS THE FOUR FIRES ARE THE: MONUMENT FIRE, THE DIXIE FIRE, THE ANTELOPE FIRE AND THE McFARLAND FIRE. THIS GIVES WHISKEYTOWN LAKE AND THE REDDING AREA AN AIR QUALITY INDEX OF 181.

SMOKEY CONDITIONS: LAKE SHASTA HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY, 8-6-2021.

SMOKEY CONDITIONS: LAKE SHASTA HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY, 8-6-2021. WITH THREE MAJOR FIRES BURNING NEAR SHASTA COUNTY: the McFarland fire, the Antelope fire and the Dixie fire. THE REDDING AREA INCLUDING SHASTA LAKE HAD A HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY OF 500 YESTERDAY, IT WASN’T LIKE THIS EARLIER THAT DAY. WE WERE TRYING TO GET OFF THE LAKE AND HEAD HOME. LAKE SHASTA WAS AT 148.45–FT., BELOW THE CREST OF SHASTA DAM ON 8-6-2021. SHASTA DAM AND PARTS OF THE LAKE WERE BARELY VISIBLE.