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This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All fifty-three reservoirs that contain over 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California . Dams in service
California reservoir levels stand at 116% of the average, according to the release. The next focus is to capture as much snowmelt runoff as possible, state water officials say. The dry start to ...
With capacity levels in the 80 percentile, Folsom Lake is at 114% of its historical average, Shasta Lake is at 113% and New Melones Lake is at 133%. All three reservoirs are operated by the ...
Reservoirs in Northern California are also lower than they were at this time last year. As of Thursday, Shasta Lake was at 39%, as compared to 51% last year. Lake Oroville looks a little better ...
California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment found that water storage in the state's two largest reservoirs, Shasta and Oroville, will decrease by one third under current management systems. [115] This decreased water storage combined with less spring and summer runoff conflicts with the state's water demand.
After reaching perilously low levels, California's major reservoirs filled up last winter. Now they stand at about two-thirds capacity with more rain on the horizon.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]