If you live along the Dragon, you already know that the summer calendar published by the Resort is only half the story. The other half is written on the side of the dam in feet and inches, and this year that number is doing more to shape weekends than any concert lineup.
The lake is sitting well under its target elevation for a second straight summer, and residents who read the level correctly will get a very different season out of it than visitors who don't.
The USGS gage at Nacimiento Reservoir, station 11149300, read 772.79 feet NAVD 1988 on May 21, 2026, which converts to roughly
