3 days ago · The Glory Hole acts as flood mitigation for the the manmade lake, serving as a massive funnel once water levels reach about 440 feet. Last year, water levels at the spillway edged on the brink of ...

4 days ago · The spillway at Lake Berryessa, known as the “Morning Glory Hole,” was activated this week for the first time in six years. Chris Lee, the general manager of the Solano County Water Agency ...

4 days ago · Watch: Water pours into Lake Berryessa ‘Glory Hole’ for the first time in 6 years, water agency says. The hole at Lake Berryessa is a unique drainage feature that is the overflow valve for ...

5 days ago · The Glory Hole pulls water out of the reservoir and spills it out on the other side of Monticello Dam, into Putah Creek. Pleasant Hill Lake in Perrysville, Ohio also has a spillway like this.

5 days ago · Lake Berryessa, a manmade reservoir in Napa County created by the Monticello Dam, has been hovering at a 436' water surface level since the beginning of the year. The lake spills at the 440' mark ...

Mar 28, 2024 · The hole is a circular concrete pipe that’s 72 feet across and juts just above the lake’s surface. Water fills the spillway when the lake’s surface level reaches 440 feet.

Mar 15, 2019 · This is the ‘The Glory Hole’ at Lake Berryessa. Officially, its name is the ‘Morning Glory Spillway,’ as the hole is actually a unique spillway for the lake and Monticello Dam.

6 days ago · For the first time since February 2019, water gushed into Lake Berryessa’s “Glory Hole” spillway late Tuesday after the area received about 2 inches of rain, said Chris Lee, general manager ...

4 days ago · (Locals call it the glory hole.) ... Lake Berryessa was created in 1958 after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built Monticello Dam and harnessed the waters of Putah Creek. The reservoir is in Napa ...

During wet winters the when the lake hits capacity (defined as a lake level above 440 feet msl), water starts flowing over this circular spillway popularly known as the Glory Hole - more formally known as a Morning Glory Spillway - into Putah Creek on its way to the City of Winters.