Station Meta Data: OROVILLE DAM

  

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OROVILLE DAM

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Station IDOROElevation900' ft
River BasinFEATHER RCountyBUTTE
Hydrologic AreaSACRAMENTO RIVERNearby CityOROVILLE
Latitude39.5400°NLongitude121.4930°W
OperatorCA Dept of Water Resources/O & MData CollectionSATELLITE

Additional types of information available:   Dam Information | Reservoir Information


The following data types are available online. Select one of the links below to retrieve recent data.

Sensor DescriptionDurationPlotData CollectionData Available
EVAPORATION, LAKE COMPUTED, cfs (daily) (EVAP)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 10/01/1994 to present.
FULL NATURAL FLOW, cfs (daily) (FNF)COMPUTED 04/21/1985 to present.
PRECIPITATION, ACCUMULATED, inches (daily) (RAIN)COMPUTED 10/01/2003 to present.
PRECIPITATION, INCREMENTAL, inches (daily) (PPT INC)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 01/01/1987 to present.
RESERVOIR ELEVATION, feet (daily) (RES ELE)COMPUTED 02/14/1985 to present.
RESERVOIR INFLOW, cfs (daily) (INFLOW)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 01/01/1994 to present.
RESERVOIR OUTFLOW, cfs (daily) (OUTFLOW)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 01/05/1987 to present.
RESERVOIR STORAGE, af (daily) (STORAGE)COMPUTED 02/13/1985 to present.
RESERVOIR, STORAGE CHANGE, af (daily) (RES CHG)COMPUTED 10/01/1993 to present.
RESERVOIR, TOP CONSERV STORAGE, af (daily) (TOC STO)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 10/20/2000 to present.
RESERVOIR, SCHEDULED RELEASE, cfs (event) (REL SCH)MANUAL ENTRY 10/01/1995 to present.
BATTERY VOLTAGE, volts (hourly)(BAT VOL)SATELLITE 01/01/1995 to present.
DISCHARGE,CONTROL REGULATING, cfs (hourly)(RIV REL)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 02/05/1998 to present.
PRECIPITATION, ACCUMULATED, inches (hourly)(RAIN)SATELLITE 01/01/1984 to present.
RESERVOIR ELEVATION, feet (hourly)(RES ELE)SATELLITE 01/01/1984 to present.
RESERVOIR INFLOW, cfs (hourly)(INFLOW)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 01/23/1997 to present.
RESERVOIR OUTFLOW, cfs (hourly)(OUTFLOW)DATA XCHG-DWR O&M 02/06/1998 to present.
RESERVOIR STORAGE, af (hourly)(STORAGE)COMPUTED 01/01/1984 to present.
RESERVOIR STORAGE, af (monthly) (STORAGE)MANUAL ENTRY 10/01/1967 to present.


Station comments:
08/03/2008Tha lake elevation has dropped below the sensor level (704.09'). Daily elevation and storage entered manually.
01/24/2008The lake elevation returned to a measureable level at 1/24/2008 10:00.
12/03/2007The lake elevation has dropped below the sensor level (704.09') and will be re-positioned to a lower depth if the lake level drops significantly.