Butte Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Butte Valley
- Basin Number
- 1-003
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- North Coast
- Counties
- Siskiyou
- Adjacent Basins
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At-A-Glance
Located in California’s North Coast hydrologic region, the Butte Valley is 79,739 acres in size. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 1,464 people (2010 value). Groundwater accounts for approximately 83.74 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
1960: Geology and Ground Water Features of the Butte Valley Region, Siskiyou County, California. Water Supply Paper 1491 by P.R. Wood, U.S. Geological Survey and California Department of Water Resources
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM Groundwater Basin Prioritization note: “Some high TDS wells. Declining GW levels over the last 5‐years and increases agricultural acreage. Strong sw‐gw interaction and reliance of gw for Meiss Lake wildlife area.”
2018: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Basin Prioritization remains Medium Priority.
2022: Jan. 28 Groundwater Sustainability Plan submitted to the Department of Water Resources.
2024: January 18 – GSP deemed incomplete by DWR