• At the Oroville Dam, the core is impenetrable to water. The core is covered with gravel and sand called rockfill materials.
  • Heavy rainfall resulted in record inflows from the Feather River, and the spillway was opened in January to relieve pressure on Oroville Dam.
  • The state, and particularly the thousands of people living below Oroville Dam, are experiencing that reality right now.
  • Normal and continuous operations of the Oroville Dam is critical to California’s economy and the state should invest in the protection of this resource.
  • Expert: What You Need To Know About The Oroville Dam Crisis. Peak Prosperity. ... "The Birth of Oroville Dam" - produced and directed by Mark S Lambert.
  • Oroville Dam was constructed in 1968 and stands as the tallest earthen dam in the United States, at a height of 770 feet.
  • Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways. Share. Practical Engineering Published at : 21 Dec 2021.
  • Five years after the Oroville Dam Spillway Crisis, DWR has completed the structural rebuild of...
  • This afternoon the damaged Oroville Dam Spillway is open and is releasing 50,000 CFS after two weeks of halting flows for repairs, but now they need to release …
  • The Oroville Dam, which was completed in 1968 and “is the tallest dam in the U.S.”[1], has NEVER had an event even close to this spillway emergency.