Sacramento Valley – Bend

Statistics

Basin Name

Basin Number

5-021.53

SGMA Basin Priority

Very Low

Critically Overdrafted

Status

Not Subject to SGMA

DWR Region & POC

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

Number of Wells

209

Hydrologic Region Name

Sacramento River Hydrologic Region

Counties

Tehama

Adjacent Basins

Sacramento Valley - Antelope 5-021.54, Sacramento Valley - Red Bluff 5-021.50, Redding Area - South Battle Creek 5-006.06,

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s hydrologic region, the Sacramento Valley – Bend is 22,676 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 721 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 20.11. Sacramento Valley – Bend is a(n) basin with approximately 209 wells, of which approximately 1 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 45.62 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – very low

2018: Draft prioritization – very low