The Wrightsville Dam just outside Montpelier, Vermont has just 6 feet of capacity left, Town Manager Bill Fraser said early Tuesday.

Officials in Montpelier, Vt., were closely watching the Wrightsville Dam near the state's capital Tuesday, as the flood waters that have spread across much of Vermont threatened to overwhelm the dam.

Update, 12:30 p.m.: The Montpelier Police Department reported that the water level is still rising at the Wrightsville Dam and was about 1 foot from the spillway as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The city of Montpelier is still watching the Wrightsville Dam but says the water is rising much more slowly now. City Manager William Fraser had warned overnight that the ...

Authorities have warned that the Wrightsville Dam in Montpelier only has 6 feet left until it hits capacity, leading to more flooding. Residents observe a flooded road on July 10, 2023, in Chester ...

Rainstorms have saturated the northeastern U.S., flooding New England towns and threatening to overflow the Wrightsville Dam that protects Montpelier, Vermont's capital, from flooding.

The Wrightsville Dam, which forms a reservoir four miles (6.4 km) north of Montpelier, neared the point at which a spillway would need to release water into the North Branch of the Winooski River ...

On Tuesday evening, Montpelier reported that both the Winooski and North Branch rivers were receding and below flood stage, while the Wrightsville Dam — which hit capacity and came precariously ...

Meanwhile, the Wrightsville Dam had just six feet of storage capacity left as of Tuesday morning, according to a statement from Montpelier City Manager William Fraser.

Flooding continued in Montpelier, Vermont, on Tuesday, July 11, raising concerns that the Wrightsville Dam could reach capacity and start releasing water into its spillway for the first time.The ...

Vermont’s capital city is seeing near-historic levels of flooding and officials are keeping an eye on a nearby dam that may overspill and release more water into Montpelier. In 2011 Montpelier ...