Acre Feet Of Water In Lake Tahoe

Its depth is 1 645 ft 501 m making it the second deepest in the united states after crater lake in oregon 1 949 ft or 594 m.

Acre feet of water in lake tahoe. That means 182 billion gallons of water simply vaporized from the lake in 2014 according to schladow s math. The list below groups rivers and creeks that flow into the lake by their locations on the north east south and west shores in a clockwise order. Lake tahoe is the largest alpine lake in north america and at 122 160 280 acre ft 150 7 km 3 trails only the five great lakes as the largest by volume in the united states. Lake tahoe s natural rim sits at 6 223 feet but lake maximum capacity set by a legal decree in 1915 is 6 229 1 feet which gives the water master the ability to control the lake s level between.

With a lake surface area of 191 square miles 122 200 acres and 496 km a maximum depth of over 1 600 feet over 450 m an average depth of 989 feet a mean depth of 984 feet 300 m and the total capacity of lake tahoe is 122 160 280 acre ft 39 trillion gallons of water. Put in perspective all the extra water in the lake now that wasn t there three years ago is roughly 1 million acre feet or 313 billion gallons enough water to meet the needs of 5 million.