Lake Mead

The reservoir continues to suffer from a 22-year drought that now has water levels at only 27% of capacity. That's surfaced four sets of skeletal remains in ...

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Another set of human remains has been found in the receding waters of Lake Mead in Nevada, authorities announced on Saturday—the fourth such discovery since ...

This set of remains is only partial and is still being examined. A coroner was also called to determine the cause of death, which is still unknown. Newsweek has contacted NPS and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police for comment.

Lake Mead, a federal park as well as the country's largest reservoir, has unveiled more secrets as human remains were discovered at Swim Beach on Saturday.

Lake Mead was created by Hoover Dam, completed in 1935 and officially opened the next year. “A barrel has a signature of a mob hit,” he said. The growing Southwest’s dependence on the Colorado River — which feeds taps and helps grow food for an estimated 33 million people — has also played a role in the lake’s shrinking presence. In May, the Southern Nevada Water Authority announced that one of its water supply intakes was exposed to the lake’s descending surface and could no longer be used to draw liquid. Other symptoms have included the mighty Colorado’s longtime failure to reach the Gulf of California until last year, when a binational agreement put water back in Mexico’s delta. - May 1: Remains were found in a barrel.

(BOULDER CITY, Nev.) — Human remains were again found in Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir that continues to shrink amid a decades-long drought, ...

On May 7, human skeletal remains were found near the lake’s Callville Bay, according to the National Park Service. The discovery came a week after the decayed body of a man was found stuffed in a steel barrel near the reservoir’s Hemenway Fishing Pier, more than 20 miles from Callville Bay, according to the LVMPD. The minimum water surface level needed to generate power at the Hoover Dam is 1,050 feet, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Anything below that is considered an “inactive pool,” and a “dead pool” exists when the water level hits 895 feet, according to the federal agency. According to the National Park Service, someone made the discovery at the park’s Swim Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on the Nevada side, around 11:15 a.m. Saturday. This marks the fourth time since May that human remains were found in Lake Mead, where water levels continue to recede at historic levels.

It's been weeks since receding Lake Mead offered up another suspiciously placed body. The one found Saturday was, at least, not found in a barrel with ...

The National Park Service reported a fourth set of human remains discovered in Lake Mead on Saturday as drought continues to cause the lake to shrink.

Three other bodies have been discovered in the shrinking lake recently. Water levels for the lake were at their highest in 1983 at 1225 feet. As Lake Mead continues to shrink, human remains have been discovered for the fourth time since May.

A fourth set of human remains has been discovered at Lake Mead, as the nation's largest reservoir continues to diminish amid a drought.

The first remains were found inside a barrel on May 1. In July, that number was then beat when water levels dropped to 1,040.92 feet. The remains were discovered at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Saturday, the National Park Service said in a statement.

Another set of human remains was found on August 6 at Lake Mead, the fourth since May, as water levels at the reservoir continue to drop to historic lows ...

National Park Service rangers received a call late Saturday morning reporting the discovery of remains at Swim Beach, which is on the southwestern end of the reservoir on the Nevada side and right next to where a set of partial human remains was found in late July. Park Service rangers and a Las Vegas Metro Police dive team later set up a perimeter and began the recovery process. One possible explanation, a National Park Service spokesperson told CNN, was that the three latest sets of remains belonged to people who had drowned in Lake Mead when water levels were much higher. On Saturday, another human skeleton was discovered at the Lake Mead Recreation Area near Las Vegas — the fourth set of human remains uncovered by the receding waterline there since May.

Boaters and swimmers have discovered the remains of four people at Lake Mead since May, but not all of their deaths are considered suspicious.

The National Park Service was alerted about skeletal remains at Swim Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Aug. 6.

A second set of remains was found at Lake Mead on May 7. "It is not uncommon to have deaths that do come to us from recreational areas," she says. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? In that incident, NPS rangers were called to Callville Bay in Lake Mead National Recreation Area around 2 p.m. on May 9 after two paddle boarders found the remains. The remains are the fourth found in Lake Mead since May. The National Park Service (NPS) was alerted about the skeletal remains at Swim Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area at about 11 a.m. on Aug. 6.