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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

California Reservoirs - drought status

Percentile
Drought Monitor Category
0.00 - 0.02
D4
 Drought - Exceptional
0.02 - 0.05
D3
 Drought - Extreme
0.05 - 0.10
D2
 Drought - Severe
0.10 - 0.20
D1
 Drought - Moderate
0.20 - 0.30
D0
 Abnormally Dry
0.30 +
N
 Normal
 
 
 
 
 
As of Apr 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
End of Month Storage Percentiles
Total Capacity (ac-ft)
Storage (ac-ft)
Reservoir
Jan '13
 
Feb '13
 
Mar '13
 
Apr '13
2,477,700
2,142,189
Trinity
0.660
0.580
0.440
0.440
4,552,000
3,788,352
Shasta
0.712
0.661
0.339
0.237
1,143,000
997,976
Almanor
0.979
0.875
0.854
0.792
3,537,600
3,040,407
Oroville
0.568
0.727
0.705
0.386
966,103
835,960
New Bullards Bar
0.907
0.860
0.791
0.605
732,000
372,100
Tahoe
0.481
0.463
0.463
0.463
977,000
681,715
Folsom
0.596
0.421
0.281
0.263
1,600,000
1,336,145
Berryessa
0.520
0.340
0.260
0.240
614,070
514,850
Camanche/Pardee
0.804
0.891
0.804
0.761
2,030,000
1,471,223
New Don Pedro
0.333
0.333
0.282
0.333
1,024,600
542,871
New Exchequer
0.333
0.289
0.222
0.244
520,000
330,322
Friant
0.424
0.407
0.339
0.339
1,000,000
434,936
Pine Flat
0.211
0.175
0.175
0.158
568,000
96,231
Isabella
0.111
0.111
0.067
0.067
2,039,000
1,109,961
San Luis
0.250
0.114
0.091
0.045
190,500
124,653
Cachuma
0.226
0.113
0.113
0.094
254,000
177,456
Casitas
0.093
0.070
0.047
0.047
707,900
329,416
Nacimiento/San Ant.
0.364
0.227
0.182
0.227
24,933,473
18,326,763
Statewide (selected)
0.538
0.410
0.333
0.256