Lake Oroville is the largest storage facility in the State Water Project, serving flood protection and supporting ...
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Lake Oroville rises 23 feet in 3 days

Lake Oroville surpassed 2 million acre feet of water around 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to DWR’s data exchange center, rising ...
OROVILLE (CBS13/AP) — Officials at the nation's tallest dam unleashed water down a rebuilt spillway Tuesday for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands of ...
In February 2017, a section of the Oroville Dam spillway shattered under intense water pressure, setting off a chain reaction ...
Since Friday, Dec. 19, Lake Oroville's water elevation has increased by approximately 11 feet, rising from 766.35 feet to 777 ...
Jan. 22—The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said late last week that there would be "routine testing" conducted on Wednesday morning on Oroville Dam's main spillway gate hoist system.
OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Residents were returning home after officials lifted evacuation orders near the Oroville Dam Tuesday afternoon. Water officials say they've drained enough of the lake behind ...
An hour and a half north of Sacramento, east along the Feather River, sits the tallest dam in the country — the Oroville Dam. The dam is so large, it’s taller than the Tower Bridge is long. Its ...
Officials will the dam monitor as forecasts threaten more storms in the area. — -- California officials have lifted the evacuation order affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in the areas ...
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- The federal government has rejected $306 million in reimbursements for California's repair of damaged spillways on the nation's tallest dam, a state agency said Friday. California ...
In a fresh test of Oroville Dam’s battered infrastructure, water was released from the fractured main spillway Friday for the first time in nearly three weeks in a renewed effort to lower water levels ...