The lake remained at a quarter of its size for three years. "Caused a lot of grief in Kings County and Western Tulare County. Then again in 1968-69, when we had a huge water year, and in 1982-83 ...

Tulare Lake made a comeback in 1937, then 1952, then 1969, then 1983, then 1998 and now 2023. It could grow beyond 200 square miles before the snowmelt is finally over.

Special to The Bee Before the Gold Rush, Tulare Lake covered about 800 square miles, Arax said. “The lake was the most dominant feature on the California map,” he said.

In a year like this, Tulare Lake used to grow to more than three times the surface area of Lake Tahoe. The construction of upstream dam after dam over many decades turned the basin into dry ...

The flooding that began in the Tulare Lake Basin in March, and then increased rapidly in the months that followed, is so vast it extends up to 24 miles past the lake's rim, measuring at about ...

Adding to the state’s focus on Tulare Lake is the big prison complex at the southern end of Corcoran. Between the main prison and a substance abuse facility adjoining it, there are 8,000 inmates.

A drying irrigation ditch on the edge of the historic Tulare Lake Basin in California’s Central Valley. (November 6, 2013. Alpaugh, California) A drying irrigation ditch on the edge of the historic ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the Central Valley on Tuesday to see the flooding of the Tulare Basin. Storms across California brought water levels we haven't seen in nearly ...

State water officials said this week that they do not expect additional flooding in the Tulare Lake Basin in the coming days as temperatures increase and the state's snowpack continues to melt.

Newsom signs executive order as Tulare Lake Basin floods by: Dom McAndrew Posted: Mar 31, 2023 / 11:49 AM PDT Updated: Apr 11, 2023 / 09:20 AM PDT ...

Tulare Lake made a comeback in 1937, then 1952, then 1969, then 1983, then 1998 and now 2023. It could grow beyond 200 square miles before the snowmelt is finally over.

A dry irrigation ditch on the edge of the historic Tulare Lake Basin in California’s Central Valley. (November 6, 2013. Alpaugh, California) A dry irrigation ditch on the edge of the historic Tulare ...