Shasta Lake water level

What this means

Shasta Lake is at 977.24 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 8.22 ft below the median of 985.46 ft for mid-October, based on 36 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 989.61 ft (−12.37 ft).

It has dropped 2.25 ft over the past week. In the last month it has stayed between 977.24 ft and 984.70 ft.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

California's largest reservoir, formed by Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River.

Compared with 36 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

985.46 ft8.22 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

916.13 ft – 1,019.44 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (36 years of records)

Same day last year

989.61 ft−12.37 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

977.24 ft – 984.70 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

977.60 ft – 1,053.50 ft

Full pool

1,067.00 ft89.76 ft below full pool

Capacity

4,552,155 acre‑ft51.9 % of capacity