The total capacity for Shasta Lake is 4.55 million acre-feet
Line chart showing storage percentage of Shasta Lake's 4.55 million acre-feet. One line shows average storage from 1991 through 2020 while the other shows actual daily storage. In 2022, daily storage was far below average levels. But atmospheric rivers in late Dec. 2022 and early Jan. 2023 pushed storage closer to average.