Updated: April 2024
Folsom, Calif.- Spring has sprung and a resurgent snowpack these past two years are a welcome relief! California’s water resources are looking fantastic heading into the season. The last two years have delivered California from a horrible drought and catastrophic fire seasons. A more than ample dose of precipitation these past couple of years has tampered down on the dire predictions wrongly forecasted.
California’s 10 largest reservoirs should expect an extra dose from the early spring storms as optimism reigns before the dry summer arrives!
Fun Facts
- 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
April 5, 2024
RESERVOIR | % Capacity | % Average |
---|---|---|
Shasta Lake | 94 | 117 |
New Melones | 84 | 135 |
Don Pedro | 84 | 111 |
Lake Oroville | 88 | 123 |
Trinity Lake | 81 | 110 |
San Luis Res | 73 | 85 |
New Bullards Bar | 88 | 113 |
Lake McClure | 70 | 129 |
Pine Flat Res | 81 | 151 |
FOLSOM LAKE | 75 | 116 |
Nov 1, 2023
RESERVOIR | % Capacity | % Average |
---|---|---|
Shasta Lake | 69 | 129 |
New Melones | 79 | 147 |
Don Pedro | 81 | 123 |
Lake Oroville | 68 | 134 |
Trinity Lake | 50 | 86 |
San Luis Res | 65 | 145 |
New Bullards Bar | 69 | 115 |
Lake McClure | 65 | 152 |
Pine Flat Res | 56 | 202 |
FOLSOM LAKE | 57 | 131 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
data source: California Dept of Water Resources
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