The California Department of Water Resources is increasing the outflows from the lake from 10,000 cubic feet per second to 15 ...

If the water level dips below 20,000 acre-feet, the county must deliver less water to municipalities and limit downstream releases, according to the county’s Low Reservoir Response Plan.

Feb. 5 at 2:00 a.m.: 29,117 cubic feet per second In the first four days of February, Folsom Lake gained 72,142 acre-feet of water. When converted, that works out to 23,507,542,842 gallons of water.

The lake has gone up nearly 10 feet since last Friday, Jan. 31. California officials consider Lake Shasta full when water levels reach 1,067 feet above sea level, so there’s room for more.

As of Monday, Lake Oroville's current water level elevation was higher than that in 2023 and 2024 at this time of year. It is expected to continue rising through California's wet season.

California's two largest reservoirs, Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville, saw water level increases over the weekend after an ...

With the rising water levels, DWR plans to use the main spillway for flood control releases to prevent any potential overflow and manage the water level. In addition to this, DWR had already increased ...

Other major reservoirs in the state are also filling up, including the state’s second largest, Lake Oroville, according to data from the California Department of Water Resources. As of Jan. 3 ...

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville’s water level peaked nearly a month earlier than last year but has steadily decreased since mid-June. By May 2, the lake had almost reached its 900-foot capacity and ...

As of May 23, water levels were hovering around 23% full. Exactly one year before, it was around 26%. Water data in the Elephant Butte Lake is publicly available online.

On Oct. 16, Lake Oroville was 70% full, and at 134% of its historic average for that date, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

After a devastating drought in 2021 that left Lake Oroville at their lowest water level ever at 628.47 feet, the lake has now seen an intense increase in water levels.