The San Carlos reservoir, formed by the Coolidge dam on the Gila River, runs through a water and ecological collapse in Arizona, within the Apache Reserve of San Carlos. Images from the Landsat satellites show that it went from around 60% filling in June 2023 to being practically empty in May 2026. The most recent provisional data from the USGS further worsens the photograph, with only 215.5 acres stored on July 17. The drought explains much of …
The San Carlos reservoir, formed by the Coolidge dam on the Gila River, runs through a water and ecological collapse in Arizona, within the Apache Reserve of San Carlos. Images from the Landsat satellites show that it went from around 60% filling in June 2023 to being practically empty in May 2026. The most recent provisional data from the USGS further worsens the photograph, with only 215.5 acres stored on July 17. The drought explains much of …