Due to the recent heavy rains in north central Kansas the lake elevation at Milford Lake is expected to go up over the weekend.

The Corps of Engineers Project Operations Manager at Milford Lake, R. J. Harms said the forecast is for the lake to rise between two and three feet. “The water coming our way is at Concordia right now.” He anticipates a big inflow of water Saturday night or Sunday. “Probably Saturday night or Sunday we’ll see a pretty big inflow of water and then we’ll end up a couple of feet high, depending on the weather obviously this weekend.”

Harms doesn’t expect any problems for the lake. He added Milford Lake stakeholders will be notified, and docks will be pulled up a couple of feet. Because the Missouri River is also getting Harms noted Milford Lake may not be making any releases for awhile, “But we’ll see how that goes.”