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Rainy Season: California’s 10 Largest Reservoirs Drought Status [1]
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Date: 2023-01-01 18:46:00+00:00
Jan 4- 6, 2023: The Roseville region is girding for another major winter storm over the next two days. Heavy rains, high winds and power outages anticipated. Local flooding possible.
Folsom, Calif.- Heavy rains, big snow along with power outages, overflowing rivers and high winds rocked Northern California to end 2022 in dramatic fashion. A healthy dose of hydrologic optimism has eased concerns for the moment of dire predictions for a dry winter. The season is off to a strong start with more rain and snow on the way for early 2023. Hope remains strong for replenishing California’s 10 largest reservoirs this spring.
Locally, Folsom Lake begins the New Year 140 percent of average. Lake Oroville, which was forced to shut off it hydropower in 2022 after , now is reported at 69 percent of average, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Predictions of another dry year are being tempered by a very strong start to rain season. California reservoirs are beginning this season at a much better position than the same time last year. Bring on that snow and rain!
Did You Know?
Taller than the Hoover Dam, the Lake Oroville Dam at 770 feet is the tallest in the United States.
An acre foot is approximately 326,000 gallons. The average U.S. household is estimated to use between one half to one acre foot per year.
In 2017, the Lake Oroville Dam spillway at risk of failure caused a large scale evacuation
Total Outdoor use accounts for an estimated 30 percent of water use according the U.S. EPA.
California reservoir levels over time
January 1, 2023
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 33 57 New Melones 29 53 Don Pedro 58 86 Lake Oroville 36 69 Trinity Lake 23 38 San Luis Res 34 54 New Bullards Bar 68 110 Lake McClure 27 62 Pine Flat Res 26 75 FOLSOM LAKE 57 140
November 1, 2022
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 31 58 New Melones 24 45 Don Pedro 49 75 Lake Oroville 31 61 Trinity Lake 22 38 San Luis Res 25 55 New Bullards Bar 62 103 Lake McClure 18 42 Pine Flat Res 16 56 FOLSOM LAKE 30 69
January 2022
Oct 1, 2021
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 24 39 New Melones 35 63 Don Pedro 50 74 Lake Oroville 22 36 Trinity Lake 29 43 San Luis Res 12 26 New Bullards Bar 41 67 Lake McClure 20 45 Pine Flat Res 20 59 Folsom Lake 23 41
Sept 1, 2021
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 27 43 New Melones 38 65 Don Pedro 53 75 Lake Oroville 23 34 Trinity Lake 35 47 San Luis Res 13 32 New Bullards Bar 44 65 Lake McClure 25 45 Pine Flat Res 20 52 Folsom Lake 24 38
Top 10 California Reservoirs – Aug 1, 2021
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 32 45 New Melones 43 70 Don Pedro 57 74 Lake Oroville not reporting – Trinity Lake 41 51 San Luis Res 20 42 New Bullards Bar 48 62 Lake McClure 30 50 Pine Flat Res 21 42 Folsom Lake 25 35
Top 10 California Reservoirs – July 4, 2021
RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 38 48 New Melones 50 79 Don Pedro 61 77 Lake Oroville 31 39 Trinity Lake 47 55 San Luis Res 32 51 New Bullards Bar 53 62 Lake McClure 37 53 Pine Flat Res 28 41 Folsom Lake 29 35
Top 10 California Reservoirs – June 10, 2021
RESERVOIR Storage (Acre Feet) % Capacity % Average Shasta Lake 1,907,481 42 50 New Melones 1,329,607 55 87 Don Pedro 1,316,816 65 84 Lake Oroville 1,291,556 37 44 Trinity Lake 1,231,052 50 58 San Luis Res 827,617 41 54 New Bullards Bar 550,214 57 66 Lake McClure 432,543 42 61 Pine Flat Res 394,337 39 55 Folsom Lake 346,358 35 42 data source: California Dept of Water Resources
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