July 2, 5:45 p.m. The California Department of Water Resources has evacuated facilities near Lake Oroville, the state’s second-largest reservoir, as the Thompson Fire in Butte County continues ...

The DWR continues to perform its federally required flood control releases from Lake Oroville, this is in an effort to ...

For the state responsibility area, the highest risk is a large swath of land west of Lake Oroville. Additionally, the city’s borders show both moderate and high fire risk surrounding Oroville.