Lake Oroville in California last month saw one of the biggest water-level changes the reservoir has ever experienced in November. A bomb cyclone brought dangerous weather conditions across the ...

The water level in Shasta Lake, California's largest man-made reservoir, is currently at 86.3 percent of total capacity as of 7 a.m. PT on Friday, which is 112.7 percent of its historical average for ...

Officials say that some of the water that is released from Lake Oroville is distributed locally for agricultural benefit, ...

High water levels at Lake Oroville this weekend prompted authorities to use the dam's emergency spillway for the first time in its nearly 50-year history. The main spillway had suffered unexpected ...

allowing water to be released while the reservoir is at lower levels, such as before a large storm passes through. Meanwhile, the current spillway capacity and infrastructure at Oroville Dam ...

Lake Oroville is the second largest reservoir in the state, and it holds 3.5 million acre-feet of water. Lake Oroville at 100% capacity as CA reservoirs see significant gains Crews continue ...

For the state responsibility area, the highest risk is a large swath of land west of Lake Oroville ... On Thursday the snow level is expected to drop as low as 3,500 feet. After a dry Friday ...

Image caption: A drone panoramic view of Oroville Dam and main spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County, Calif. Photo taken March 11, 2025. On this date, the water storage was 2,881,527 acre-feet (AF ...