Sacramento Valley – Red Bluff

Statistics

Basin Name

Basin Number

5-021.50

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

5110

Hydrologic Region Name

Sacramento River Hydrologic Region

Counties

Tehama

Adjacent Basins

Sacramento Valley - Antelope 5-021.54, Redding Area - Bowman 5-006.01, Sacramento Valley - Corning 5-021.51, Sacramento Valley - Dye Creek 5-021.55, Sacramento Valley - Los Molinos 5-021.56,

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s Sacramento River hydrologic region, the Sacramento Valley – Red Bluff is 271,794 acres in size. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 26,709 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 17.66. Sacramento Valley – Red Bluff is a(n) basin with approximately 5110 wells, of which approximately 55 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 73.00 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – medium. Comment: Some BW quality impairments as per B-188, declining GW levels in west-side subdivision, and very high number of domestic BW use wells.

2018: Prioritization – medium. Comment: 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: Longterm hydrographs show groundwater level decline.

2018 Final Basin Prioritization: Basin prioritization remains unchanged.