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Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment Harney County Watershed Council 450 N. Buena Vista Burns, OR 97720 (541) 573-8199 June 2001 This project was funded in part by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Produced by bavid Vickstrom and Lynn A. Sirrine A S I Section One Introduction 1 Sub-basin Description 1 Map #1 - Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Vicinity Map 2 Map #2 - Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Hydrologic Units Level Five 3 Map #3 Ownership Key 4 Map #3 - Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Base Map 5 Section Two History of the Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-basin 6 Climate 8 Table #1 - Burns, OR Monthly Climate and Precipitation Averages 10 Table #2- Voltage, OR Monthly Climate and Precipitation Averages 11 Geology 12 Hydrology 13 Graph #1- Maiheur Lake Peak Annual Elevation, 1938-2000 15 Table #3- Malheur Lake Peak Annual Elevations 16 Table #4- Elevatjon/\/olume Surface Area Table for Malheur Lake and Harney-Mud Lakes 17 Map #4- Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Lake Levels 18 Ground Water 21 Surface Water 21 Water Supply 22 Graph #2- Historical Streamfiow Daily Values Graph for Rock Creek 23 Graph #3 - Historical Streamfiow Daily Values Graph for Donner und Blitzen River 24 Graph #4- Historical Streamflow Daily Values Graph for Maiheur Lake Outlet at Narrows 25 Section Three Human Uses 26 Wildlife 28 Map #5 Principal Spring Duck and Goose Use Areas, 1975-1 978 30 Map #6 Principal Spring/Fall Swan Use Areas, 1975-1978 31 Map #7 Principal Duck and Goose Nesting Areas, 1975-1978 32 Map #8 Principal Fall Duck and Goose Use Areas, 1975-1 978 33 Map #9 Principal Shorebird Use Areas, 1975-1978 34 Map #10- Principal Long-Billed Curlew Use Areas, 1975-1978 35 Map #11- Principal Long-Legged Wader Use Areas, 1975-1 978 36 Map #12- Principal Spring/Fall Marshbird Use Areas, 1975-1978 37 Map #13 - Principal Raptor Use Areas, 1975-1978 38 Table #5- Threatened, Endangered or Sensitive Mammals 40 Fish 40 Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment A a a Map #14 - Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Redband Trout 42 Table #6- Threatened, Endangered or Sensitive Fish 43 Vegetation 43 Table #7 - Low Elevation Lake Basins and Valleys 43 Map #15 - Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Historic Plant Associations 51 Map #16 - Current Vegetation- General Plant Communities 52 Table #8- Threatened, Endangered or Sensititve Plant Species 53 Soils 53 Table #9-- Warm Soils on Terraces, Low Hills and Basin Floors 53 Map #17- Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-basin General Soils 60 Proper Functioning Condition 61 Water Quality Limited Streams 61 Map #18- Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin Riparian Condition 63 Map #19- Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin 303D Listed Streams 64 Section Four Issues and Recommendations 65 Appendices Appendix A 67 Mammals 67 Birds 68 Reptiles and Amphibians 77 Appendix B 78 Appendix C 79 Native Fish 79 Non-Native Fish 79 Appendix D 80 Harney County Noxious Weeds 80 Appendix E 82 Appendix F 83 Glossary Glossary 85 References References 87 Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment II SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to provide a basis for future watershed management plans. The Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-basin Assessment will serve as a planning tool for the Harney Watershed Council (HCWC) and others. This assessment was developed as an agreed upon action with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) as outlined in a grant to the HCWC. The Council enjoys the active involvement of the following entities: private landowners, Oregon Water Resources Department, Harney County Court, USD1 Bureau of Land Management, Burns Paiute Tribe, OWEB, USDA Forest Service, lzaak Walton League, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Farm Service Agency, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Harney Soil and Water Conservation District, Oregon State University, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Agriculture Research Service and the Malheur Lake Basin Working Group. The purpose of the Harney County Watershed Council is to address issues and concerns about watershed health in Harney County and to promote existing good and beneficial conditions. The Council will provide a framework for education, coordination, and cooperation among all interested parties for the development and implementation of watershed action plans beneficial to the people and the environment. The Council recognizes that local economic and ecological prosperity is dependant upon the current and future availability and quality of water; therefore, the Harney County Watershed Council is committed to this three-part goal: Determine the health of individual watersheds or watershed segments. Retain the health of high quality watersheds. Restore and enhance those watersheds, or portions thereof, that can be improved. SUB-BASIN DESCRIPTION The Harney-Malheur Lakes Sub-basin is located in north central Harney County, Oregon (Map 1). The sub-basin is 894,061acres in size and stretches to approximately 65 miles long and 40 miles across at the widest portion in the Harney-Maiheur Lakes area. Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-basin(4t1field USGS Hydrologic Unit Code) is contained in the Malheur Lake Basin (31d field HUC) and is designated by (HUC). #17120001. This sub-basin is comprised of 12 watersheds (5th field HUC)as #1712000101 --#1712000112. (Bureau of Land Management Ecological Site Index), Map2. Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment I III RiI,cBurns_. Wagontirek Diam nd Frenchgle1n 1 Fields' 1 MAP #1 HARNEY-MALHEURLAKES SUBBASIN VICINITY MAP HARNEY COUNTY GIS In cooperation with The BuTeau of Land Management Sca'e: 1 inch = 56.8 miles Burns District Office; Burns. Oregon Date: 2OMAR-2OO1, Pam Kelfer,vicinityllx8.a,nl/harmaMc.ps I S S i'20S R2 .MS F R3 Q16 R.".:Th a '-S 4fiItrRt. S1S1t*K INL('REEKt It I $ _. 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Burne Diatrict Office; Burna, Oregon Date: 21-MAR-2001.Pam Keller. subbaainllxll.aml/harmalhuc5.ps S OWNERSHIP % OF TOTAL ACRES (Map #3) ACREAGE Private Lands 364,496 40.8% Public Lands Managed by: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 357,987 40.0% U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 101,555 11.4% USDA Forest Service 47,429 5.3% State of Oregon 11,961 1.3% Indian Lands 10,633 1.2% Harney-Maiheur Lakes Sub-Basin Assessment 4 c 2tT2 )S R33E R34.5E' r SR28 T2OS R2 T2OS R3OE J)S R3 I E '1205 R32E oIiEIWS R34 I'2OS R$5E Rn LOCK WEST RINK VINE CREEK irrILE DOYCR B n, T2IS R2 JS R' .5E T2ISR33E Ci-. 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R33 MAP #3- HARNEY-MALHEUR LAKES SUBBASIN - BASE MAP .1.1-I-.--- 0 1 2 345 6 Private Lands - 364,496 acres Subbasin Boundary Total Stream Miles in Subbasin: 1162.8 MILES Total Perennial Miles: 177.5 Scale: 1 inch = 5.6 miles BLM Lands - 357,987 acres Major Roads State Lands - 11,961 acres Perennial Streams Indian Lands - 10,633 acres Intermittent Streams Note: No warranty is made tw Harney County or the Bureau of Land Management as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of these data for individual or aggregate use USFS Lands 47,429 acres with other data.
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