Lake Mead

The latest discovery of s body is one result of a drought that's brought the water level at the largest reservoir in the United States to an unprecedented ...

The lake supplies electricity to 350,000 homes, and is also a significant source of irrigation and drinking water to about 25 million people across the Southwest. Lt. Ray Spencer, of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said at the time that investigators think the person was a murder victim who died of a gunshot wound. The effects of climate change were apparent last week as a stretch of the Rio Grande near Albuquerque that supplies farmers with water and habitat for an array of aquatic life is drying up. “We’re really hitting new lows in terms of how extreme the conditions are.” But the multiple discoveries of human remains at the park has captured headlines in recent months. The reservoir is at top capacity when water levels reach 1,229 feet above sea level, but it is considered full at 1,219.6 feet, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The reservoir last hit that top capacity in 1999, according to NASA.

Another set of human remains was found at Lake Mead Monday as the reservoir's water levels continue to recede, according to a news release from the National ...

in April for the first time. , about 174 feet below its level in 2000, when it was last considered full. Park rangers responded to a report of human remains found in the park's Swim Beach area in Boulder City, Nevada, at about 4:30 p.m. PT, the release said.

It was unclear if the falling water levels at the lake outside Las Vegas played a role in the discovery.

In June, the Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water and power in the West, issued an emergency request to states to propose immediate cuts for 2023 to help prevent the reservoirs from further declining. The lake is also a critical source of water for 25 million people across seven states, including some of the country’s largest agricultural valleys. Weeks later, another set of remains was found half-buried in sand.

Few details were made available about the apparent discovery at the time of the announcement, which the NPS released soon after park rangers received the ...

Monday's discovery was the latest in an unnerving series of similar reports. As a formal investigation into the incident is ongoing, authorities said they could not yet provide any additional information. Few details were made available about the apparent discovery at the time of the announcement, which the NPS released soon after park rangers received the witness report around 4:30 p.m. EST. According to the NPS, an unidentified person uncovered the body while visiting a portion of Lake Mead National Recreation Area called Swim Beach, located in the reservoir's boulder basin area about 30 miles east of Las Vegas.

Third body found in three months at Lake Mead by paddleboarders. Southwest megadrought and climate change has resulted in the reservoir outside Las Vegas ...

The timeline of the homicide and the crude disposal method bring to mind a grittier era of Vegas history, though no connection has been made to a Casino-style hit. Las Vegas police detectives say there is no evidence of foul play in the death of the person discovered by the paddleboarders. In 2021, the federal Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage for the reservoir, the first time it has done so since Lake Mead was flooded by the creation of the Hoover Dam in 1935.

Monday's discovery comes a few months after receding water levels at the nation's largest reservoir uncovered two sets of remains from decades ago.

Park rangers set up a perimeter, and the remains were recovered. The Clark County, Nev., medical examiner will determine the cause of death, the park service said. More human remains, third set since early May, found at Lake Mead

Lake Mead's receding shorelines, due to an intense drought in the area, have revealed three previously submerged bodies.

The body of one man was found on May 1 inside a rusted barrel with bullet wounds, also in the Hemenway Harbor area. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S. at maximum capacity, has seen enormous drops in its water levels due to an ongoing drought scorching the western states. According to Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse, the body was partially submerged in mud at the new water line of shore, north of Hemenway Harbor marina.

Few details were made available about the apparent discovery at the time of the announcement, which the NPS released soon after park rangers received the ...

Monday's discovery was the latest in an unnerving series of similar reports. As a formal investigation into the incident is ongoing, authorities said they could not yet provide any additional information. Few details were made available about the apparent discovery at the time of the announcement, which the NPS released soon after park rangers received the witness report around 4:30 p.m. EST. According to the NPS, an unidentified person uncovered the body while visiting a portion of Lake Mead National Recreation Area called Swim Beach, located in the reservoir's boulder basin area about 30 miles east of Las Vegas.

The gender of the dead person was not immediately apparent, officials said, and it was too early to tell a time, cause and manner of death.