February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living ...

Lake Oroville was measured at 888.79 feet in elevation at 2 p.m. Monday, meaning it’s just over 11 feet from capacity. From ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is set to begin using the Oroville Dam’s main spillway for flood control releases Monday morning at 10 a.m. With ongoing wet weather in the Feather River ...

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in California after fears a dam spillway is in danger of collapsing. The Oroville dam is 770 feet high and it is the tallest one in the US.