where is lake oroville in california
Lake Oroville, is a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River, located in Butte County, northern California. The lake is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the city of Oroville, within the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. At over 3,500,000 acre feet (4.3 km 3), it is the second-largest reservoir in California, after Shasta Lake.