Corcoran had been sinking, steadily, for years because of persistent overpumping of groundwater by major landowners in the Tulare Lake Basin that ... detailed topographic maps were prepared ...

Still, even longtime residents have been staggered this year by the brute swiftness with which Tulare Lake has resurfaced: In less than three weeks, a parched expanse of 30 square miles has been ...

Tulare Lake had receded to 61,000 acres as of early August, Ferrier said. At its highest, the lake’s depth averaged between 5 and 7 feet. As snowmelt streamed into the basin in spring, ...

While it's unclear how deep Tulare Lake is now, if it's similar to its former average depth of about 30 feet, that would translate to more than one trillion gallons of water that have flooded the ...

Central California's Tulare Lake is filled past the brim, but with the blessings of an ample water supply also comes a curse: spillage that experts say could continue to drown fields and roadways ...

Tulare Lake in California’s Central Valley was once ... In general, one acre foot of water is enough to cover one acre of land to a depth of 1 foot (0.30 meters) . It’s roughly enough water ...

“Some of them are even rooting for nature to outflank man and see the old Tulare Lake alive again.” Screenshot of a map included in “Yokuts and Western Mono Ethnography I: Tulare ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. -- State water experts say the historic Tulare Lake likely reached its peak size overnight. RELATED: Growing Tulare Lake captured in NASA satellite images Over the last ...

Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley and show how suddenly water flooded and settled across miles of ...

Roads and farms are being flooded outside Corcoran, Calif., where the vast Tulare Lake once existed.Credit...Mark Abramson for The New York Times Supported by By Soumya Karlamangla and Shawn ...