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GSP 2026 (2025 Amended Semitropic GSA GSP)

5-022.14 KERN COUNTY


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01/15/2026
02/04/2026
04/20/2026
Kristin Pittack (Rincon Consultants)
7080 N Whitney Avenue, Suite 101
California
Fresno, CA 93720
7602235062
kernsubbasinpoc@rinconconsultants.com
Notice Date: 03/14/2025
NOTICE TO ADOPT AMENDED GSP_3.14.25 [Mailed to the County and the Cities](6488939.1).pdf (979.4kB)
Public Hearing Date: 08/13/2025
SWSD GSA Minutes - August 13, 2025.pdf (297.6kB)
File Name GSP Regulation Element(s) Uploaded Date & Time
Subsidence Studies.zip (755.3MB) §354.16(e) 01/13/2026 4:15 PM
Title Publication Name Publish Date Author(s) File Name or URL
Oversight of California’s Underground Injection Control Program United State Environmental Protection Agency 2019-01-01 United State Environmental Protection Agency
3D Geologic Modeling of the Southern San Joaquin Basin for the Westcarb Kimberlina Demonstration Project- A Status Report Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2009-02-24 Wagoner, J.
Stream Incision, Tectonics, Uplift, and Evolution of Topography of the Sierra Nevada, California The University of Chicago Press 2001-01-01 Wakabayashi, John and Sawyer, Thomas L.
Ground-water flow in the Central Valley, California United States Geological Survey 1989-01-01 A. K. Williamson, David E. Prudic, and L.A. Swain
Ground-water conditions in the Avenal - McKittrick area, Kings and Kern Counties, California United States Geological Survey 1959-01-01 Wood and Davis
Geology and Ground-Water Features of the EdisonMaricopa Area, Kern County, California United States Geological Survey 1964-01-01 Wood, P.R. and Dale, R.H.
Geology and Oil Resources of the Elk Hills, California: Including Naval Petroleum Reserve No.1 U.S. Government Printing Office 1932-01-01 Woodring et al
Linking Oil Production to Surface Subsidence from Satellite Radar Interferometry Stanford University, Geophysics Department 2001-04-01 Xu, Habin, Dvorkin, Jack, and Nur, Amos
Groundwater Subsidence Study Report Concoran Subsidence Bowl San Joaquin Valley, California Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure 2017-01-01 Amec
Middle Tertiary Basin Development, San Joaquin Valley, California Geological Society of America Bulletin 1969-05-01 Bandy, O. L., Arnal R. E.
Geologic Map and Cross Sections of the Southeastern Margin of the San Joaquin Valley, California United States Geological Survey 1984-01-01 Bartow, J.A.
The Kern River Formation, Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, California United States Geological Survey 1983-01-01 Bartow, J.A. and Pittman, G.M.
Urbanization alters watershed hydrology in the Piedmont of North Carolina United States Department of Agriculture Southern Research Station 2011-01-01 Johnny Boggs, Ge Sun
Groundwater in the Central Valley, California; a summary report United States Geological Survey 1991-01-01 Bertoldi and others
Engineering Report Setting Forth a Plan of Works for Acquisition of Kern Island Water Company Boyle Engineering Corporation 1975-01-01 Boyle Engineering Corporation
Development and Calibration the California Central Valley Groundwater-Surface Water Simulation Model (C2VSim) California Department of Water Resources Technical Memorandum 2016-01-01 Brush, CF, EC Dogrul and TN Kadir
California Oil and Gas Fields, Volume I North and East Central California California Division of Oil and Gas 1973-01-01 California Division of Oil and Gas
California Oil and Gas Fields, Volume II South, Central Coastal and Offshore California California Division of Oil and Gas 1974-01-01 California Division of Oil and Gas
Impact of Drought-related Subsidence on Gas Infrastructure in California Energy Research and Development Division 2023-01-01 California Energy Commission
Historical Surface Deformation Near Oildale, California United States Geological Survey 1986-01-01 Castle, R.O., J.P. Church, R.F. Yates, and J.C. Manning
C2VSimFG Beta model California Natural Resources Agency 2018-01-01 California Natural Resources Agency
Annual Kern River Hydrographic Reports from 1985 through 2023 Water Resources Department 1985-01-01 City of Bakersfield
Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin, Third Edition Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board 2018-01-01 Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Water Storage Investment Program Technical Reference California Water Commission 2016-01-01 California Water Commission
Draft Amended Groundwater Management Plan, July Cawelo Water District 2007-01-01 Cawelo Water District
Groundwater Conditions and Storage Capacity in the San Joaquin Valley California United States Geological Survey 1959-01-01 Davis, G.H., Green, J.H., Olmsted, F.H., and Brown, D.W.
Geology of the Breckenridge Mountain quadrangle, California California Division of Mines 1953-01-01 Dibblee and Chesterman
California’s Groundwater, Bulletin 118 Interim Update 2016 Department of Water Resources 2016-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater, Modeling BMP Department of Water Resources 2016-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Draft Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater Department of Water Resources 2017-01-01 Department of Water Resources
California Aqueduct Subsidence Study Department of Water Resources, San Luis Field Division 2017-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Guidance for Climate Change Data Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development Department of Water Resources 2018-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Resource Guide, DWR-Provided Climate Change Data and Guidance for Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development Department of Water Resources 2018-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act 2019 Basin Prioritization Process and Results Department of Water Resources 2019-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Chronological Reconstructed Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley Water Year Hydrologic Classification Indices Department of Water Resources 2019-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Depletions of Interconnected Surface Water – An Introduction Department of Water Resources 2024-01-01 Department of Water Resources
Multiplewell monitoring site adjacent to the North and South Belridge Oil Fields, Kern County, California United States Geological Survey 2020-01-01 Everett, R. R., Brown, A., Gillespie, J. M., Kjos, A., and Fenton, N. C
Rapid subsidence over oil fields measured by SAR interferometry Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 1998-09-01 Fielding, Blom, & Goldstein
Stratigraphy of the West Side Southern San Joaquin Valley San Joaquin Geological Society 2020-01-14 Foss, C.D. and Blaisdell, R.
Estimate of Future Friant Division Supplies for use in Groundwater Sustainability Plans Friant Water Authority 2018-01-01 Friant Water Authority
Corcoran Clay—A Pleistocene Lacustrine Deposit in San Joaquin Valley, California American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1954-01-01 Frink JW and Kues HA
Land Subsidence in the United States United States Geological Survey 1999-01-01 Galloway, D., Jones, D.R., and Ingebritsen, S.E.
Kern River Hydrology Under Climate Change GEI Consultants 2018-01-01 GEI Consultants
Analysis of Groundwater Resources for Kern-Tulare Water District Gillespie, et al 2022-01-01 Gillespie, et al
Groundwater development leads to decreasing arsenic concentrations in the San Joaquin Valley, California Science of the Total Environment, Volume 771 2021-06-01 Haugen et al.
Geology, Hydrology and Quality of Water in the Terra Bella-Lost Hills Area United States Geological Survey 1963-01-01 Hilton, G.S., R.L. Klausing, and F. Kunkel
Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins Blackwell Scientific Publications 1995-01-01 Ingersoll and Busby
Kern County Population Data Integrated Public Use Microdata Series 2018-01-01 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
1993-2022 ITRC-METRIC ETc for Kern County California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2022-01-01 Irrigation Training and Research Center
The Economic Contribution of the Oil and Gas Industry in Kern County Kern Economic Development Foundation 2021-01-01 Kern Economic Development Foundation
Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering - Lesson 2: Origin and Occurrence of Hydrocarbons, Professor of Practice, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Pennsylvania State University 2023-01-01 King, G., PNG 301
Upper Miocene turbidite deposition, Crocker Canyon area, section 18, T. 31 S., R. 22 E., southwest San Joaquin Valley, California San Joaquin Geological Society 1988-01-01 SC Kiser, JR Bowersox, EE Miller
The Application of Satellite Radar Interferometry to Subsidence Monitoring in the Belridge and Lost Hills Fields, California Intstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2002-01-01 M. van der Kooij; D. Mayer
Linking Sierra Nevada, California, uplift to subsidence of the Tulare basin using a seismically derived density model Techtonics 2015-12-27 Levandowski, W., and C. H. Jones
Land Subsidence due to Ground-Water Withdrawal Tulare-Wasco Area California United States Geological Survey 1969-01-01 Lofgren, B.E. and R.L. Klausing
Growth Fault-Bend Folding at Southeast Lost Hills, San Joaquin Valley, California American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1989-01-01 Medwedeff D
Fluvio-deltaic reservoir, South Belridge field, San Joaquin Valley, California Earth Sciences 1990-01-01 Miller DD, McPherson JG, and TE Covington
Estimated average annual streamflow into the Central Valley of California United States Geological Survey 1983-01-01 Nady, P, and LL Larragueta
National Engineering Handbook Natural Resources Conservation Service 2004-01-01 Natural Resources Conservation Service
Published Soil Surveys for California USDA Soil Conservation Service 2018-01-01 Natural Resources Conservation Service
Petroleum Geology Boston: Allen & Unwin 1985-01-01 North, F.K.
Base of Fresh Ground Water (Approximately 3,000 Micromhos) in the San Joaquin Valley, California United States Geological Survey 1973-01-01 Page, R.W.
Geology of the Fresh Ground-Water Basin of the Central Valley, California, with Texture Maps and Sections, Regional Aquifer System Analysis United States Geological Survey 1986-01-01 Page, R.W.
Ground Water Resources of the Richgrove Area Geology Report 1955-01-01 Reynolds, H. W. Jr
Drivers of domestic wells vulnerability during droughts in California’s Central Valley Environmental Research Letters 2023-12-29 Rodríguez-Flores et al.
Elements of Petroleum Geology, 4th Edition Academic Press 2022-09-29 Selley
Overpumping leads to California groundwater arsenic threat Nature Communications 9 2018-06-05 Smith, R., Knight, R. & Fendorf, S
Kern National Wildlife Refuge Water Management Plan United States Bureau of Reclamation 2011-01-01 United States Bureau of Reclamation
United States Census Data United States Department of Commerce 2018-01-01 United States Department of Commerce
Central Valley Hydrologic Model: Texture Model United States Geological Survey 2009-01-01 United States Geological Survey
Underground Injection Control Program Memorandum of Agreement Between California Division of Oil and Gas and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 United States Environmental Protection Agency 1982-01-01 United States Environmental Protection Agency
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