Oroville Dam crisis - Wikipedia
In February 2017, heavy rainfall damaged Oroville Dam 's main and emergency spillways, prompting the evacuation of more than 180,000 people living downstream along the Feather …
Oroville Spillways Recovery - Department Of Water Resources
Starting in May 2017, DWR and its construction contractors began repairing and rebuilding Oroville’s main and emergency spillways. To ensure public safety, the main spillway was …
Oroville Dam - Wikipedia
On December 22, 1964, disaster nearly struck when the Feather River, after days of heavy rain, reached a peak flow of 250,000 cu ft/s (7,100 m 3 /s) above the Oroville Dam site. The water …
Oroville Spillways Incident Background - Department Of Water ...
DWR ramped up gated spillway releases to 35,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) and then 45,000 cfs, high enough to avoid spilling over the emergency spillway while utilizing all of the available …
Oroville Spillways FAQ - Department Of Water Resources
The main spillway has been used 26 times since the dam and spillway were built in 1969 to safely release water from Lake Oroville. The main spillway has only been used four times prior to …
Watch Oroville Dam water released at main spillway
2023年3月11日 · California officials released water from the main spillway at Oroville Dam Friday in the wake of recent storms and with snowmelt expected to swell lake levels later this year.
Lake Oroville Update - February 2, 2024
2024年2月2日 · Spillway Releases Begin at Oroville Dam. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway on Jan. 31. Ongoing releases …
Oroville Dam | Description, California, Spillway, Shut Down ...
Oroville Dam spillway Main spillway of Oroville Dam, California. In February 2017, following a period of heavy rain, both the main spillway and then the emergency spillway of the dam …
Lake Oroville Update - February 16, 2024
2024年2月16日 · In 2023, Oroville Dam’s main spillway passed over 2,370,000 acre-feet of water, 67 percent of Lake Oroville’s capacity, with flows as high as 36,000 cfs. The main spillway …
California water officials open main spillway at Oroville Dam ...
2023年3月10日 · California water officials opened the main spillway at the Oroville Dam on Friday afternoon, doing so for flood control purposes for the first time since 2019.