RENO, Nev. (AP) — A wet May has pushed Lake Tahoe back up to its natural rim, but the lake will soon start dropping again because of the four-year drought.
Federal Water Master Chad Blanchard told the Reno Gazette-Journal that it's the first time Tahoe has been so high since dropping below the rim last October.
He says the lake straddling the Nevada-California border could hover near its rim for a week or two, but it will likely be a couple of feet below its rim by late summer or early fall.
At the lowest point in February, Tahoe was nearly 8 inches below its rim.
The lake's natural rim is at 6,223 feet elevation, and only a small flow of water is going over it and into the Truckee River at Tahoe City, California.
