After peaking in May, Lake Oroville levels trickling back down

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville’s water level peaked nearly a month earlier than last year but has steadily decreased since mid-June.

By May 2, the lake had almost reached its 900-foot capacity and began to drop off on June 10 whereas it hit capacity in 2023 on June 20. As of Tuesday, the lake had fallen to only 873 feet.

Molly White, the water operations executive manager for the California Department of Water Resources, said the inflows from the snowpack that fed the lake in recent months have dropped off.