Lake Shasta
Lake Shasta is California’s largest reservoir. But right now, statistics kept by the state show it sits at just 42% of capacity. While it wasn’t at full capacity in 2020, as evidenced by a very sharp shoreline visible in the satellite images above, water levels have clearly plunged in 2021.
The reservoir is in Shasta County, one of the hardest-hit parts of California. A blob of exceptional drought—the worst category included in the Drought Monitor—runs from the Bay Area to Shasta County in Northern California. All told, a third of the state is in “exceptional” drought while another 53% of the state is in the second-worst category of “extreme” drought.
