Water flows over the four energy dissipator blocks at the end of the Lake Oroville main spillway in Butte County, California. The California Department of Water Resources increased the water release down the main spillway from 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 8,000 cfs. Spillway releases will continue to manage lake levels in anticipation of rain and snowmelt. Photo taken March 10, 2023. Fred Greaves / California Department of Water Resources

Water flows over the four energy dissipator blocks at the end of the Lake Oroville main spillway in Butte County, California. The California Department of Water Resources increased the water release down the main spillway from 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 8,000 cfs. Spillway releases will continue to manage lake levels in anticipation of rain and snowmelt. Photo taken March 10, 2023. Fred Greaves / California Department of Water Resources Pipe Attachments

OROVILLE, Calif. - A portion of Oro Dam Boulevard E is scheduled to close Friday morning before the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) releases more water from Lake Oroville.

The DWR plans to close Oro Dam Boulevard E. between Rusty Dusty Road and Canyon Drive starting at 9 a.m.

The DWR plans to increase spillway releases in stages from 25,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 35,000 cfs.

When the main spillway exceeds 30,000 cfs, the DWR said water spray can reduce driver visibility on the road.

Oro Dam Boulevard E. will be closed to traffic until the releases can be reduced.

The DWR said the low-flow channel within the City of Oroville will begin increasing at 10 a.m. Friday. The channel will gradually increase from 13,000 cfs to 23,000 cfs by 4 p.m.

Lake Oroville currently sits at nearly 860 feet as of the last update at 3 p.m. Thursday. The DWR increased outflows to 25,000 cfs on Thursday.

People will still able to access Oroville Dam and the State Recreation Area by using Highway 162 and Canyon Drive. 

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The DWR will drop the Lake Oroville outflows to 27,500 cfs by 6 p.m. Monday.

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