Klamath River Valley – Lower Klamath Lake
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Klamath River Valley – Lower Klamath Lake
- Basin Number
- 1-002.02
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- North Coast Hydrologic Region
- Counties
- Siskiyou
- Adjacent Basins
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s North Coast hydrologic region, the Klamath River Valley – Lower Klamath Lake is 75,330 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 62 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 51.61. Klamath River Valley – Lower Klamath Lake is a(n) basin with approximately 38 wells, of which approximately 0 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 6.29 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Klamath Project
University of California (UC Davis) Klamath basin water use history
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Klamath groundwater studies
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5050, Version 1.1, April 2010
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
The Klamath Tribes – Tribal Administration
2018 Basin Prioritization changed priority from low to very low.
