Oroville Dam updates - March 10 - 31, 2023
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(Scroll down to the 3/31/23 update of this thread for the most current updates)
Don't know what is going on at Oroville this morning.
When I posted yesterday evening, inflow into the dam was 11,264 cfs, outflow was 11,605 cubic feet per second.
Checking this morning, as of 8:00 a.m., inflow has nearly doubled to 21,244 cfs (158,916 gallons per second) and outflow. . . isn't happening.
Zero. And thus the lake is again rising.
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=ORO
Likely this is probably some kind of glitch with the monitoring system up there - it does say at the bottom of the page "Warning! This data is preliminary and subject to revision".
On the other hand. . . let's just say that this (apparent) lack of outflow has definitely got my attention. The last time that outflow was stopped at Oroville dam during a major "rain event" was when the spillway began to crumble and erode into the hillside.
As I say, this is more than likely a glitch of some kind. . . but I'll keep watching.
This again is the photo of Oroville dam, showing the rebuilt spillway:
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMXC31toGCo13oqBtJAKroosEF0Vvd1HoQATM0i=s1360-w1360-h1020)
A photo of the damaged spillway (I'll look around and see if I can find a better one, if you are interested, please check back)::
![Image](https://deeply-assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/20170406114550/California-Damaged-Dam.jpg?w=640&fit=max&q=60)
Anne
Don't know what is going on at Oroville this morning.
When I posted yesterday evening, inflow into the dam was 11,264 cfs, outflow was 11,605 cubic feet per second.
Checking this morning, as of 8:00 a.m., inflow has nearly doubled to 21,244 cfs (158,916 gallons per second) and outflow. . . isn't happening.
![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif)
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=ORO
Likely this is probably some kind of glitch with the monitoring system up there - it does say at the bottom of the page "Warning! This data is preliminary and subject to revision".
On the other hand. . . let's just say that this (apparent) lack of outflow has definitely got my attention. The last time that outflow was stopped at Oroville dam during a major "rain event" was when the spillway began to crumble and erode into the hillside.
As I say, this is more than likely a glitch of some kind. . . but I'll keep watching.
This again is the photo of Oroville dam, showing the rebuilt spillway:
A photo of the damaged spillway (I'll look around and see if I can find a better one, if you are interested, please check back)::
![Image](https://deeply-assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/20170406114550/California-Damaged-Dam.jpg?w=640&fit=max&q=60)
Anne