Lakes Mead and Powell eclipse California’s largest reservoirs in total storage capacity
![A diagram shows the relative sizes of Lakes Powell and Mead compared to other California reservoirs.](/projects/colorado-river-in-crisis/assets/img/ai2html/reservoir-capacity-desktop.d847d602.png)
Lake Powell
Lake Mead
Lake Almanor
New Don Pedro Reservoir
Folsom Lake
Lake Berryessa
Lake Oroville
Shasta Lake
Trinity
Lake
New Melones
Reservoir
San Luis Reservoir
![A diagram shows the relative sizes of Lakes Powell and Mead compared to other California reservoirs.](/projects/colorado-river-in-crisis/assets/img/ai2html/reservoir-capacity-mobile.ab91e329.png)
Lake Powell
Lake Mead
Lake Almanor
New Don Pedro Reservoir
Folsom Lake
Lake
Berryessa
Lake Oroville
Shasta Lake
Trinity
Lake
New Melones
Reservoir
San Luis
Reservoir
California Department of Water Resources
Sean Greene LOS ANGELES TIMES