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Colorado River

Lake Mead’s Record-Low Water Level Is the News — the St. Thomas Ghost Town Isn’t New

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 10, 2026
Lake Mead upstream of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, with a wide white mineral band — the bathtub ring — marking how far the reservoir has dropped below its old shoreline.

Lake Mead, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam, fell to its lowest surface level since it began filling in the 1930s. The Bureau of Reclamation’s own daily tracking

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags Colorado River, Ghost Town, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, St. Thomas
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