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The image below shows Lake Oroville in Butte County, California's second-biggest reservoir. The first image was taken Dec. 21. The second image was taken Jan. 12, after several storms had begun to ...
Smoke from the Thompson Fire burning in Butte County is seen in an AlertCalifornia wildfire camera at Lake Oroville. The wildfire, which started Tuesday, July 2, 2024, prompted evacuations orders.
Lake Oroville [1] is a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River, located in Butte County, northern California. The lake is situated 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the city of Oroville , within the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area , in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada .
Drone footage shot by storm chaser Brandon Clement showed the improvement in water level and snowpack in places such as Folson Lake, Lake Oroville and Donner Pass, since last summer.
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley.At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.
The Thompson Fire, which has been burning in Butte County near Lake Oroville since 11 a.m. Tuesday, was 3,568 acres (5.5 square miles) as of noon Wednesday, according to the Cal Fire website.
Aerial photo of Lake Oroville, Oroville Dam, the spillway, and the Feather River. The Oroville Dam is the tallest and largest dam in the United States. Completed in 1968, it stands 770 feet (230 m) high with a crest length (top of the dam) 6,920 feet (2,110 m) long. Over 80 million cubic yards of material were needed to build the Oroville Dam.
Lake Oroville, a key component of California’s water supply, also benefited from the early-winter storms, as satellite images attest. On Nov. 19, when the first photo was taken, the reservoir ...