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HYDROBASINSWMHIN THE CENTRALVALLEY, CALIFORNIA 4 Tehama 8 EnterpriseFlat-LowerCottonwood 10 North Delta 71. Valley Putah-Cache 15 Marysville 79 Valley-American 20A Colusa 208 Butte 20C Sutter Bypass ?0O Sycamore-Sutter , 32 Eastof the Delta 35A Turlock 358 Merced 40 WestsideSan Joaquin River 41, Grasslands MA Central Delta MB West of the Delta MC South Delta 3J Sanjoaquin Valley Floor 51A Kings River 51B Westside 57 Kern River 58A Kaweah River 588 Tule River 58C Poso 58D Tulare Lake FTSEG L bceron of H.gr Bdrc wrorr thc GrrFel l/llry' Grffonll for thc Erd srrtrcr hbc plilr -_., L- l\l i S HASIA )*sq''j ENN L f ,-\ _-_r- ',-'/ lil in'/ - lt EvaoA I 2AA YUEl I f5 . i PLACER -ts \-/,/ EL DORADO A'ra-T solero J o \ 11r--, -,-r/ -,".=)- -/'n'-.-; \ HAFTpOSA HYDROBASINTNDEX Tehama 41\< EnerDnseFlal-Lower Cononwood 10 Nonh Detta 11 ValleyPutah.Cacne r< Marysulle Valley-Amercan 20A Cobsa 208 Bune Sun€rBypass 20D Sycannre.Sutter Eastol the Dene 35A Tudeck Mefced 40 WectsiJeSan JoaeutnRiver 41 GrasslarEs 44A- CemralDetta ..riB We$ ot the Dena 44C SoulhDetta 45 San.raqurnVallev Floor 51A KingrsRruer 51B WestEde Kem Rrver 58A Kaw€ahRiver str Tule Ruer SL Poso SU TulareLake s-r- SI.'MMARY OF CHANNELS DOMINATED BY AGRICULTURAL ACTTVITIES CATEGORYO) CATEGORY(c) #AGENCY # WATER LENGTH # WATER LENGTH DRAINAGE AREA REPORTS BODIES (MILES) BODIES (MILES) SACRAMENTO Drainage Basin 4 2 0 0 I ZT DrainageBasin 1l 19 18 190 39s 832 Drainage Basin 15 L4 15 83 130 387 Drainage Basin 19 4 8 54 267 530 Drainage Basin 20A 18 l4 75 1L52 1738 Drainage Basin 208 9 8 r20 2r3 516 Drainage Basin 20C L7 5 19 262 5r7 DrainageBasin 20D 10 0 0 65 62r Subtotal: 93 68 541 2485 5r60 SAN JOAQUIN DrainageBasin 35A 6 81 441 1707 DrainageBasin 358 8 T7 180 513 905 brainage Basin 40 )< 6 67 t07 280 DrainageBasin 41 20 7 141 380 Lt14 Drainage Basin 45 4 9 70 274 624 O Subtotal: 63 46 s38 1715 4689 DELTA DrainageBasin 10 71 I 5 230 585 DrainageBasin 32 8 92 59 r23 Drainage Basin 44A 36 0 0 252 560 DrainageBasin 448 2 r5 )a 56 DrainageBasin 44C 7 2 T4 )'r< 225 '70 Subtotal: 13 126 789 1548 TULARE LAKE 109 28 268 1068 &ffi FOOTHILLS .A 5 39 234 661 Area Subtotal: 3s9 160 I512 6291 18519 MAJOR WATERWAYS 5 0 0 28 1293 TOTAL: 364 160 t5L2 6319 r98t2 B-s I o fia -ho-Xo;-^-ooRo9^ € t-6Oxa - \o €o -ON' F a z= s r F > ri> fia ro o F@\f,-O r a' €> F- o' r-'! m o N KV 3t \o N r 6 FI H4 91XFrco, G &.: e.l (r6NOFalr6=$EEHBFg Frgeec.l si^ ln n at =F--\Or m ==Xr'oq N F )i E= t- FE re 6 d F-O--O o\ -Nt\O€ €\D o\ -EeE$9eq ohlx€\o € O\N .t <A NS-dd En€-€ al AN € at i5 B9 o F) ;:F o 6t U @^ono\6€ \o -^o^\o o or N Hq Ool',1 -t\.-Os 6 6F \o t\ I-NtsNNN 6l F-+ N ! al Bre$s 5:F:S d E= \e lob ;!4 t.r Eq N O\€r G o\ Rno99rt \OF@FO r r t. 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Theyare DrainageBasin No. 10, 32, 44A, 448 and 44C. The tidal characteristics of the De]ia area are dominantin the NorthDelta (Basin10), central De'lta(Basin 44A) and south Delta (Basin 44C) Basins. The areas west of the Delta (Basin aaB) drawwater foi irrigation mostly fr.omthe.Delta. The basin east of the Delta (Basin 32) contains water districts which drain from the eastside of the valte.f,tnto ttr6 Deltabasins. TheDelta Basins that are influencedby tjdal action haveunique characteristics. Thesebasins containht'gh1y organjc soils andare typ'ica1'lyislands suryounded by channelsof water. Thesewaters are fed primari1V bV th-eSacramento and San JoaquinRiv_q.rs. Water in the Delta meandersthrough sioughs, cuts, canalsand channels. Thedirection of thes.eflows dependson inflow vblumes,tides, export pumping,.diversionsand other factors. Becauseof these characteristics,'the water bodies do not easily fit the descriptions in the In'landSurface Witers P'lan. An argumentcan be madefor a separateclassification systemfor these Delta Basins. Fewwater bodies in theseBasins are agricultural suDplvor drainaoe dominated.Many of the channelsin the Delta hav-ebeen construiteO anO aieaoEa partial'ly for agricul.ture.but nonewould fal I into category (b) designati;n. Tt,qsgmajgr water bodies have not beenclassified as ca{eg6ry(l) bedauseof t tidal influencesand difficulties fitting theminto the clalsifitaiion scheme. Since.many^ofthe De'ltaislands are 'landslower than surroundinglands, 'Rather water supp'lv methodsdiffer from other irri_gated in the Central Vli ley. ihfi ; network of canals.yf,i.lt su.ppiywater to a numberof groweri, imigation ii lvRicatly accomplished-by.thesiphoning of the surroundingwater Uy i-natviauai farms. Morethan. 1,.800 :iphons divert-water for crop and-livestoiftp"oAr.iion (StatgLands Conmisrsisn_, 199L and DHR l9p_7).. Drainage'is almost entineiy ;;;i;;; (taii) water with little subsurface(tiie) water. Reclamationdistrjcts, foundthroughout the Delta,.areresponsible for jslands. the system of leveeswhich pro.tectthe Thesedistricts providedmuch of ttre"Oiii 9l dra'inage.- Irrigation supply is _theresponsibi l ity of individual iarmJ. Therefore, informat'ionon water supp'lycanais and irrigation systemsmay be I acki nq. REFERENCES: State Lards Qemmissisa, 1991. Delto-Esawy Califomia Inland. Coas\ A public TrusL ?Ig Departnent of Water Resources, 1-987. Sacranento-San loaEtin Delta Attas. 71 pp. 6-5 TULARE LAKE BASIN Category(b) Water Bodies The following information supports our list of waterbodies recommendedto be categortzedas Category b waterbodies as defined in the Iniand SurfaceWaters pian. These water bodies are shown on Figures 1 and 2. Kings Riven The.Kings River begins-in the highest eievations of the SienraNevada in the northeastpart of the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Basin. It is dammed near piedra in the SierraNevada foothills to form Pine Elat Reservoir. From the reservoir, it fiows in a southwesteriy_ direction towards historic Tulare Lake. About one mile eastof where it meetsHighway 41, the River splits into North Fork and ClarLs Fork. At the Crescent Headworks, the North Foik continues into the Fresno Slough which connectsthe Kings River to the San |oaq_uinRiver during flood periods. (The Basin Pian describesthe portion of the Frgsno blough from thett"r..rit i"aoworks to the Stiruon Weir as the North Fork.) The last eilnt miles of the Fresno Slough has beenreconstmcted and wili not be discussed-her". Approximateiv three miles downstream of the North Fork/Clartcs.Fork :piit tfre'S'outfrr.if;pfil- from the Clarks Fork. The South Fork and Clarks Forli reconverge five milds Jo*r**",",. Kings River peoples lhe downstrea:n of weq,_excfr$.g the Fresno slough, is {omiryted by agn:ilt'rd supply flows from Marctr ,t-igh eugus; J-"n y""r. Aquatic resourc€s in these readres are enhanced due to thise flows. "d*ltu"l The Lower South Fork is dominated from Septenrber through February by a ground (use.d mix of water for irrigation) and agricuitural disctrargL. a"" idr"ti. resourc€spresent in the Lower south Foik of the Kings Riier oiri *iv as a result of theseagriculturai flows. The FresnoSiough is normally dry:xcgpt for flood periods when it convevsKings River water out of the Tulare Lake Basin. During outo periocis, the Slough receives small quantities of agricultural dischargeswhictr"percoiaie q*;klii;;;" bed' Any stream aquatic resourcesPresent in the slough during periods br low precipitation exist oniv as a resuit of thesedischarges. EastsideSheams: Eastside streamsare ephemeraland have water after rainfall events. Several streamson the eastsicie of Fresnoand Tu-larecounties mav be ciominated ,,frost hrate.r" bv dunng winter months. Thesestrearru inciude wahtoke c;k,-i;"i;";; Creek,and sand Creek.