6-18-17

Frenchman Lake, a reservoir on Little Last Chance Creek, one of several reservoirs in the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the Feather River, California. It refilled to the point of overflowing because of the extraordinary water season. It's no longer overflowing the spillway, but it's right at the brim. The inset shows the view in February 2016, during the drought. Note the flooded bushes on the left are recognizable at the upper edge of the snow patch in that pic. There's still a bit of snow on the highest elevations in the distance, but with temperatures >90 F (32 C) it's not going to last!

Another view of Frenchman Lake, California, after the extraordinary water season this year. The insert shows the level in Feb 2016. I didn't recover the photo stance exactly, but the pine trees in the foreground are clearly the same.