Rising water levels at Folsom Lake
A fishing boat docks at Brown’s Ravine Recreation Area at Folsom Lake. The lake had dropped so low that boaters could see the foundations of Red Bank, a community that went under in 1955 when Folsom Lake was created.
Folsom — which dwindled to 14% of capacity last year and became a global image of the California drought — has more than doubled in size since December, thanks to a series of storms that has brought above-average snow and rainfall to Northern California.
