Watershed Management Strategy

Floodplain Management Plan

Fish Data

Current Flow Data

Current Water Temperature

Fire Incidents

Current Weather Conditions

• Existing Conditions Report - July 1999 (229 pp, 1,657 kb) (PDF)

• Map Appendices (18 pp, 13,344 kb) (PDF)

• Report by Chapter (11 Total)

• Appendices  (16 Total)

An Existing Conditions Report, completed in July of 1999, was prepared for the Butte Creek Watershed Conservancy by the Butte Creek Watershed Project at Chico State University, Chico.  The purpose of the Existing Conditions Report was to gather together in one document as much descriptive information as possible about the physical, natural, cultural and economic resources of the Butte Creek watershed.

The information in this report will serve as a baseline for future investigations in the watershed.  As an inventory of what is know about the Butte Creek watershed, this document will also attempt to uncover what is not known about the resources in the watershed (refereed to as "data gaps").  The long-term goal is that this report will provide the reader with an analysis of watershed conditions rather than just lists and maps of what is present.  Therefore, to the extend possible, the authors of each chapter have attempted to evaluate the condition of each resource in order to clarify the present level of understanding of the "health" of the watershed and the specific resources within the watershed.

Report by Chapter

• Table of Contents  (30 kb)  (PDF)

• Introduction  (29 kb)  (PDF)

• 1 - Location and Overview of the Area  (21 kb)  (PDF)

• 2 - Geology, Basin Morphology, and Hydrologic System  (54 kb)  (PDF)

• 3 - Fluvial Geomorphology  (17 kb)  (PDF)

• 4 - Water Supply and Service Areas of Water Suppliers  (234 kb)  (PDF)

• 5 - Water Quality  (66 kb)  (PDF)

• 6 - Ecology  (233 kb)  (PDF)

• 7 - Current Land Uses and Land Management  (63 kb)  (PDF)

• 8 - Historical Uses and Cultural Resources  (713 kb)  (PDF)

• 9 - Fire History and Management  (30 kb)  (PDF)

• 10 - Scenic and Recreation Resources  (55 kb)  (PDF)

• 11 - Existing Resource Protection Measures  (66 kb)  (PDF)

• Summary of Issues as Related to Existing Conditions  (57 kb)  (PDF)

• List of Preparers  (16 kb)  (PDF)

• List Of Abbreviations  (17 kb)  (PDF)

• Glossary  (34 kb)  (PDF)

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Appendices

• Appendix A: Memorandum of Understanding  (707 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix B: DWR Butte Creek Watermaster Service Area  (220 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix C: Water Rights in DWR Butte Creek Watermaster Service Area  (195 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix D: Description of Data Sources and Table Layout for the Butte Creek Watershed Diversions and Imports Map; Diversions Map: Inflow and Outflows   (396 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix E: Surface Water Gauging Stations and Butte Creek Peak Annual Flows Graph  (396 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix F: Summary of Reports and Documents Pertaining to Butte Creek's Water Quality, Hydrology, and Diversions (Annotated Bibliography)  (33 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix G: Case Study: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Emergency Watershed Protection Project - Phase II (Parrott-Phelan Irrigation Diversion)   (272 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix H: Groundwater Level Monitoring Wells and State Well Numbering System  (183 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix I: DWR Water Quality Goals  (13 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix J: Botanical Resources of the Butte Creek Watershed  (21 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix K: Weeds Reported in the Butte Creek Watershed  (10 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix L: Special Status Wildlife Known or with Potential to Occur in the Butte Creek Watershed  (72 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix M: Descriptions of Fish Species that Occur in the Butte Creek Watershed  (21 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix N: Range Allotment Management Strategies  (88 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix O: Butte Creek Watershed Recreational Opportunities Matrix (Facilities)  (156 kb)  (PDF)

• Appendix P: Butte Creek Watershed Recreational Opportunities Matrix (Activities)  (172 kb)  (PDF)

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