Lake Oroville with the vast drainage of the Feather River Basin is also rising quickly, gaining over 14 feet of lake level in just the weekend! Thank goodness the lakes still have capacity to accept that type of inflow. Oroville is down just 74.5 feet from full pool and just under the seasonal average as of today but give it a couple of days as the continued runoff from the weekend flows in the lake and Oroville will also exceed seasonal average. The numbers are even more impressive than Shasta as Oroville with a full pool elevation of 900 feet sat at an elevation of 666.63 feet on January 1. Today's elevation of 625.42 feet shows a 158.79 foot increase.

Gary Heffley has been a valued contributor to MyOutdoorBuddy for over 10 years serving as manager, sales representative and reporter for much of Northern California. He is an avid outdoorsman and loves to fish and write about his adventures. He has a long history in the Sporting Goods field and uses that extensive experience to impart his wisdom in his writing.