Sacramento Valley – Dye Creek (now part of the Sacramento Valley – Los Molinos subbasin 5-021.56)
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Sacramento Valley – Dye Creek (now part of the Sacramento Valley – Los Molinos subbasin 5-021.56)
- Basin Number
- 5-021.55
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Sacramento River
- Counties
- Tehama
At-A-Glance
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – medium. Some documented Boron issues along east-side of basin. SW-GW interaction. GW Basin provides underflow to Mill Creek which supports endangered spring-run salmon. GW Use based on B118-03 and 2003 Tehama Co GW Inventory data 2018: Draft prioritization – low. Comment: 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: Stable hydrographs. Source: DWR No available documention on groundwater level decline past or present in the basin. Basin boundary modifications request seeking consolidation of the basins in Tehama County pending. 2019: Consolidated by approved basin boundary modification into Sacramento Valley – Los Molinos subbasin 5-021.56. Per DWR: “consolidates the Dye Creek subbasin, Los Molinos subbasin, and Tehama County portion of the Vina subbasin into a single subbasin named the Los Molinos subbasin. The modification correlates with a separate request submitted by Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation to expand the Butte County portion of the Vina subbasin.”