Lake Oroville experiences dramatic turnaround in water level after rains 01:53. BUTTE COUNTY - Lake Oroville has seen a remarkable turnaround in water levels this winter, thanks to abundant rainfall.

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville is down 40 feet from the start of the summer when the water level was at capacity thanks to a string of heavy winter storms.

Lake Oroville in July 2022. The reservoir's water level has tumbled in recent years, but the past few weeks of rain have delivered substantial improvements.

Lake Oroville at 100 percent capacity on June 15, 2023, in Oroville, California. Last month, the lake saw one of the biggest water-level changes the reservoir has ever experienced in November.

Lake Oroville is the largest reservoir in the State Water Project, which provides drinking water to 27 million Californians. Releases for water deliveries draw Lake Oroville's level down through ...

Lake Oroville, the state’s most beleaguered and second-largest reservoir, is at 100% of its total capacity — a huge boost after the climate change-fueled megadrought sucked away nearly all of ...

The water level in Folsom Lake has been dropping quickly in recent weeks.The level peaked in early June just shy of 456 feet, which is about 89% of Folsom's total capacity and 110% of the average ...

The nearly 40-foot drop in water level at Lake Oroville was clearly visible from Nelson Bar southeast of Paradise, California on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.

At the beginning of November, Lake Oroville's water level was 763.48 feet in elevation. By November 30, they were 781.24, a ...

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville is down 40 feet from the start of the summer when the water level was at capacity thanks to a string of heavy winter storms. The storms also boosted the snowpack ...