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Folsom, Calif.- The welcome rains continue in California with 10 plus feet of grave snow that delivered a White Christmas to the Sierra Nevada. Storms are delivering much needed haste to our drought-plagued department of state and reservoir. The largest reservoir in California, local anesthetic Folsom Lake and Lake Oroville have seen the largest increase statewide to date this showery season. Folsom Lake, a critical body of water add to the Sacramento region is among the most consume reservoirs, It has risen from 22 percentage to 58 percentage capability and Lake Oroville is up from 22 percentage to 37 percentage according to the California Department of Water Resources .

Drought updates and status of California’s 10 largest reservoirs.

Cities throughout California have tightened water restrictions in an campaign to navigate extreme drought. Communities such as Roseville and Folsom have mandated 20 percentage cutbacks, while in Mendocino County, wells have run dry as the community is forced to import water by the hand truck load.

Folsom Lake and New Bullards Bar have recently joined Don Pedro reservoir as the entirely California reservoirs presently above 50 percentage capacity. Stark signs of drought tire are everywhere as an affirmative mentality remains with the arrival of each storm.

Top 10 California Reservoirs 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

Dec 28th

RESERVOIR % Capacity % Average
Shasta Lake 29 49
New Melones 39 70
Don Pedro 53 78
Lake Oroville 37 (+15) 71
Trinity Lake 29 49
San Luis Res 29 48
New Bullards Bar 54 (+13) 88
Lake McClure 23 54
Pine Flat Res 27 79
Folsom Lake 58 (+36) 142 (+101)

Oct 1

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

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

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

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

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