Sacramento Valley – Corning

Statistics

Basin Name

Basin Number

5-021.51

SGMA Basin Priority

Medium

Critically Overdrafted

Status

Subject to SGMA

DWR Region & POC

Northern Region Office
Michelle Dooley
(530) 529-7380
Michelle.Dooley@water.ca.gov

Number of Wells

3919

Hydrologic Region Name

Sacramento River Hydrologic Region

Counties

Glenn, Tehama

Adjacent Basins

Sacramento Valley - Los Molinos 5-021.56, Sacramento Valley - Red Bluff 5-021.50, Sacramento Valley - Vina 5-021.57,

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s Sacramento River hydrologic region, the Sacramento Valley – Corning is 206,886 acres in size. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 18,902 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 18.23. Sacramento Valley – Corning is a(n) basin with approximately 3919 wells, of which approximately 35 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 63.00 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2014: Basin Prioritization – medium. Comment: Continued GW level decline over most of the basin. This basin is becoming increasing dependent on GW due to uncertain reliability of CVP TCCA surface water supply. GW Use based on B118-03 and 2003 Tehama Co GW Inventory data

2016: Basin boundary modification with Colusa 5-021.51 subbasin.

Revised basin boundary description

2018: Basin prioritization – medium

Butte County basin boundary/consolidation request for Corning and the Wyandotte Creek 5-021.69, Colusa 5-021.52, Vina 5-021.57, West Butte 5-021.58, East Butte 5-021.59, Sutter 5-021.62 subbasins pending