Weather Event

1996: Burnsville's largest recorded flood

On August 1, Burnsville dam reached 52 percent of its storage capacity

Burnsville Lake is drawn down only 13 feet in wintertime, compared to 27 to 30 feet at neighboring Sutton Lake, which controls a larger drainage area. Burnsville has never exceeded 52 percent of its storage capacity. That figure was reached during the largest flood on record, on August 1, 1996.

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