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Mad River Valley – Lowland

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Mad River Valley – Lowland
  • Basin Number
  • 1-008.01
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Very Low
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • North Coast
  • Counties
  • Humboldt
  • Adjacent Basins
  • Mad River Valley - Dows Prairie School Area 1-008.02,

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s North Coast Hydrologic Region hydrologic region, the Mad River Valley – Lowland subbasin is 25,600 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 22,224 people (2010 value). It has approximately 339 wells, of which approximately 6 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 76 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Basin Notes

1975: Ground-water Conditions in the Eureka Area, Humboldt County, California, U.S. Geological Survey

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description 

2018: County of Humboldt response to draft change of the subbasin priority from Low to Medium, which subjects it to SGMA.

2018 Basin Prioritization: Very Low.

GSA Information

Not Subject to SGMA No items found

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