Ukiah Valley

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Ukiah Valley
  • Basin Number
  • 1-052
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Medium
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • North Coast
  • Counties
  • Mendocino
  • Adjacent Basins

Basin Notes

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2010: Ukiah Valley Water Supply Assessment expresses concerns regarding SWRCB assertion that all or most of the “groundwater” in the basin is, for legal purposes, underflow from the Russian River and associated tributaries…which support endangered fishery. (Per 2014 Basin prioritization)

2014: CASGEM groundwater basin prioritization process ranked the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin medium priority. 2018 Basin Prioritization: Status remains unchanged.  Basin is Medium Priority.

2022: January 28 – Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted to Department of Water Resources (DWR)

2023: GSP approved by DWR

At-A-Glance

Source: CA DWR
Source: CA DWR

California Water Library Documents About This Basin

Three-Dimensional Hydrogeologic Framework Model of the Russian River Watershed, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | December 19th, 2024

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was invited by the California State Water Resources Control Board and Sonoma County Water Agency to cooperate on a scientific investigat

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Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | July 27th, 2023

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Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plan

Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (UVGSA) | January 12th, 2022

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed by the California legislature in 2014, requires local entities to jointly assess groundwater conditions in thei

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GSA Information