As a parade of storms continues to soak the Sacramento Valley and pile up snow in the Sierra, Folsom Lake is on the rise.As of 4 a.m. Thursday, the lake had 252,430 acre-feet of water, according to the California Data Exchange.That's almost double what the lake had just a month prior, when the reservoir hit an all-time low of 135,943 acre-feet on Dec. 4.While the lake has seen impressive gains in just a month's time, one of the region's largest reservoirs is still only at 26 percent of capacity, according to California Data Exchange statistics.The lake can hold 977,000 acre-feet of water.The surface of Folsom Lake has risen 29.63 feet since it bottomed out Dec. 4 at 348.68 feet above sea level.Views of the lake's exposed rock and sand bottom have become iconic images of California's ongoing drought.Boat slips at the Folsom Lake Marina still sit atop green grass that has sprouted up from the cracked and muddy earth.Boat owners have been told to remove their vessels from the marina when the surface elevation reaches 412 feet above sea level.When Folsom Lake reaches an elevation of 400 feet, the lake's speed limit will drop to 5 m.p.h. due to safety concerns over exposed and hidden obstacles.The lake will see its biggest gains when the spring snow melt begins.Folsom Lake is fed by the North, Middle and South Forks of the American River, which run through the Central Sierra, where the snow pack is at 113 percent of normal for this time of year, according to California Data Exchange statistics.

As a parade of storms continues to soak the Sacramento Valley and pile up snow in the Sierra, Folsom Lake is on the rise.

As of 4 a.m. Thursday, the lake had 252,430 acre-feet of water, according to the California Data Exchange.


That's almost double what the lake had just a month prior, when the reservoir hit an all-time low of 135,943 acre-feet on Dec. 4.

While the lake has seen impressive gains in just a month's time, one of the region's largest reservoirs is still only at 26 percent of capacity, according to California Data Exchange statistics.

The lake can hold 977,000 acre-feet of water.

The surface of Folsom Lake has risen 29.63 feet since it bottomed out Dec. 4 at 348.68 feet above sea level.

Views of the lake's exposed rock and sand bottom have become iconic images of California's ongoing drought.

Boat slips at the Folsom Lake Marina still sit atop green grass that has sprouted up from the cracked and muddy earth.

Boat owners have been told to remove their vessels from the marina when the surface elevation reaches 412 feet above sea level.

When Folsom Lake reaches an elevation of 400 feet, the lake's speed limit will drop to 5 m.p.h. due to safety concerns over exposed and hidden obstacles.

The lake will see its biggest gains when the spring snow melt begins.

Folsom Lake is fed by the North, Middle and South Forks of the American River, which run through the Central Sierra, where the snow pack is at 113 percent of normal for this time of year, according to California Data Exchange statistics.