At that level, the lake is holding enough water to supply about 7 million average California households for a year. But our reservoirs are there to be drawn down. In Oroville's case, the water behind ...

Lake Oroville in Butte County is the second largest reservoir in California. Located in Butte County, about 30 miles southeast of Chico, Lake Oroville is the state’s second-largest reservoir.

California's Lake Oroville highlights reversal of severe-drought levels in stunning before and after imagesThe storms that hit California in 2023, early parts of 2024 and 2025 have continued to ...

Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, is at 789.49 feet elevation, or 110.51 feet below full capacity. The lake has risen 8 feet since the start of December and is still 22 feet ...

By May 2, the lake had almost reached its 900-foot capacity and began to drop off on June 10 whereas it hit capacity in 2023 on June 20. As of Tuesday, the lake had fallen to only 873 feet.

Inflows into the lake over the past week were estimated at between 2,000 and 2,500 cfs. Lake Oroville was reported at around 775 feet on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 near Oroville, California.

The plan to build one of California's largest reservoirs in decades may now cost billions more dollars than expected, planners say. Sites Reservoir, set to be located near Maxwell in the Sacramento ...

Similarly, at Oroville Dam, south of Chico, the state’s second-largest reservoir at Lake Oroville rose 23 feet from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7 amid a series of big storms.

During that time, the water level at Lake Shasta, California's biggest reservoir, rose by 12 feet. The state's second-largest reservoir, Lake Oroville, also saw water level increases during the ...