SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is preparing for flood operations to manage increased runoff into Folsom Reservoir as a series of storms are scheduled to move through the area over the next several days.
Reclamation will continue to monitor weather conditions and will increase releases from Nimbus Dam into the lower American River as needed to maintain flood space requirements in Folsom Reservoir. Current storage in the reservoir is 117 percent of the 15-year average (62 percent of capacity).
Located 26 miles northeast of Sacramento, Folsom Reservoir provides water for people, fish and wildlife, hydropower, the environment, and salinity-control requirements in the Bay-Delta.
People recreating in or along the American River downstream of Folsom and Nimbus dams to the confluence of the American and Sacramento rivers can expect river levels to increase and should take appropriate safety precautions.
Midnight Reservoir Elevation and Flows for Folsom may be found at Reclamation’s Central Valley Operations Office website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/. Current American River conditions may be found at the Department of Water Resources’ California Data Exchange Center website at http://cdec.water.ca.gov/river/americanStages.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
