Redding Area – South Battle Creek
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Redding Area – South Battle Creek
- Basin Number
- 5-006.06
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Sacramento River
- Counties
- Tehama
- Adjacent Basins
-
Redding Area - Anderson 5-006.03, Redding Area - Bowman 5-006.01, Redding Area - Millville 5-006.05, Sacramento Valley - Bend 5-021.53, Sacramento Valley - Red Bluff 5-021.50,
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Sacramento River hydrologic region, the Redding Area – South Battle Creek subbasin is 33,716.35 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 52 people (2010 value). It has approximately 30 wells, none of which are public supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 29 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2018: Basin boundary modification request pending before DWR
2019: Basin boundary modification approved. Per DWR: It “revises the existing shared boundary between the Millville and South Battle Creek subbasins to include the Tehama County portion of the Millville subbasin entirely within the South Battle Creek subbasin. The northern boundary of the South Battle Creek aligns with the shared Tehama and Shasta County line.”
Phase 2 Final Priority: Very Low.