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Isabella Lake & Kern River Tracker

Lake Isabella storage levels, percent of capacity, and the 30-day trend — updated daily from California DWR/CDEC data.

Data as of Auto-updated by the weekly tracker build
215,280 AF
Isabella storage
37.9%
of capacity (568,000 AF)
-53,930 AF
30-day change
30
daily readings kept
Water

Isabella Lake storage

Lake Isabella, on the Kern River above Bakersfield, is the valley’s biggest reservoir. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports storage to the California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) daily; we track the 30-day trend. Kern River flows and snowpack trackers follow the same pattern.

269,210215,280

Lake Isabella storage, acre-feet — last 30 days

DateStorage (acre-feet)
2026-8-5 00:00215,280 AF
2026-8-4 00:00217,709 AF
2026-8-3 00:00219,945 AF
2026-8-2 00:00222,194 AF
2026-8-1 00:00224,315 AF
2026-7-9 00:00287,244 AF
2026-7-8 00:00290,354 AF
2026-7-7 00:00293,234 AF
2026-7-6 00:00296,212 AF
2026-7-5 00:00299,040 AF
2026-7-4 00:00301,798 AF
2026-7-31 00:00227,018 AF
2026-7-30 00:00229,956 AF
2026-7-3 00:00304,823 AF
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