Yuma Valley

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Yuma Valley
  • Basin Number
  • 7-036
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Very Low
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • Colorado River
  • Counties
  • Imperial
  • Adjacent Basins

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s Colorado River hydrologic region, the Yuma Valley is 123,881 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 3,143 people (2010 value). It has approximately 9 public supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately one percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

Basin Notes

2004: Bulletin 118 basin description

2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – very low 2018: Draft priority – very low. Comments –

  • 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR
  • 2) No available documentation on groundwater level decline past or present in the basin

2018 Final prioritization: Very Low.

GSA Information