Groundwater Sustainability Plan
1-010 EEL RIVER VALLEY
Base Information
Hank Seemann (Humboldt County Public Works Department)
1106 Second Street
(707) 445-7741
hseemann@co.humboldt.ca.us
1106 Second Street
(707) 445-7741
hseemann@co.humboldt.ca.us
Notice Date: 10/15/2021
Eel River Valley GSP 90 day notice of intent to adopt 10-15-2021.pdf (1.2MB)
Eel River Valley GSP 90 day notice of intent to adopt 10-15-2021.pdf (1.2MB)
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (412.4MB)
Elements of the Plan
| File Name | GSP Regulation Element(s) | Uploaded Date & Time |
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| Title | Publication Name | Publish Date | Author(s) | File Name or URL |
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| Long-Term Streamflow and Precipitation Trends in the Eel River Basin. Prepared by Riverbend Sciences for Friends of the Eel River, CA. | 2015-10-01 | Asarian, J.E. | ||
| Long-Term Trends in Streamflow and Precipitation in Northwest California and Southwest Oregon, 1953-2012 | Journal of the American Water Resources Association | 2015-11-30 | Asarian, J.E. and J.D. Walker | |
| Impacts of Surface Water Diversions for Marijuana Cultivation on Aquatic Habitat in Four Northwestern California Watersheds | PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0120016. March 18, 2015. | 2015-03-18 | Bauer et. al. | |
| Demographic Research Unit. Report P-2A: Total Population Projections, California Counties, 2010-2060 (Baseline 2019 Population Projections; Vintage 2020 Release). Sacramento: California. July 2021 | 2021-07-01 | California Department of Finance (CA DOF) | ||
| Lower Eel River Basin Assessment. California Watershed Planning & Assessment Program. | 2009-11-30 | California Department of Fish and Game | ||
| Critical Riffle Analysis for Fish Passage in California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Instream Flow Program Standard Operating Procedure CDFW-IFP-001 | 2016-11-30 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | ||
| California Natural Diversity Database. RareFind5 [Internet], Version 5.1.1. | 2019-11-30 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | ||
| Ocean Ranch Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Report. February 9, 2021. State Clearinghouse No. 2018062020. | 2020-11-30 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | ||
| Water resources and future water requirements, north coastal hydrographic area--volume 1, Southern portion: Bulletin 142-1, 450 p. | volume 1, Southern portion: Bulletin 142-1, 450 p. | 1964-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Modeling BMP: Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater. Sustainable Groundwater Management Program. | 2015-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| Sustainable Management Criteria BMP: Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater (Draft). Sustainable Groundwater Management Program. | 2016-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| Guidance for Climate Change Data Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development. California Department of Water Resources. | 2017-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| California’s Groundwater Update 2020 (Bulletin 118). | 2019-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Plan Evaluation Pathways. Sustainable Groundwater Management Office. Fact sheet, May 2021. | 2020-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| California 2020 Water Resilience Portfolio in response to Governor’s Executive Order N-10-19 | Published by the California Department of Water Resources. | 2019-11-30 | California Natural Resources Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency, and California Department of Food and Agriculture | |
| “GeoTracker” Website | 2021-07-01 | California State Water Resources Control Board | ||
| California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) Website for GIS download | 2021-09-01 | California State Water Resources Control Board | ||
| Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program | 2021-04-01 | California State Water Resources Control Board | ||
| Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) | 2021-07-01 | California State Water Resources Control Board | ||
| Late Cenozoic Tectonics Of The Eel River Basin Region, Coastal Northern California | In Schymiczek, H. And Suchsland, R. (Eds): Tectonics, Sedimentation And Evolution Of The Eel River And Associated Coastal Basins Of Northern California. pp. 61-72. Bakersfield: San Joaquin Geological Society. | 1986-11-30 | Carver, G.A. | |
| Municipal Services Review and Sphere of Influence Update | Prepared by the Humboldt Local Agency Formation Commission | 2021-01-20 | City of Fortuna | |
| 2020 Urban Water Management Plan | Prepared by Freshwater Environmental Services. | 2021-06-01 | City of Fortuna | |
| Geologic Map of the Ferndale, Fortuna, & Iaqua Buttes 15 Minute Quadrangles | Dibblee Geology Center Map #DF-413, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | 2007-11-30 | Dibblee, T.W., Jr | |
| Potential effects of climate change on riparian areas, wetlands, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Blue Mountains, Oregon, USA | Climate Services, 10, pp.44-52. | 2017-11-30 | Dwire, K. A., S. Mellmann-Brown, and J. T. Gurrieri | |
| Eel River Action Plan | 2016-05-01 | Eel River Forum Members | ||
| Final Report Eel River Recovery Project Eel River Basin 2013-2014 Fall Chinook Salmon Monitoring. Arcata, California. | 2013-11-30 | Eel River Recovery Project | ||
| Eel River Fall Chinook 2019-2020 Run Declines Due to Variable Ocean Conditions. | 2019-11-30 | Eel River Recovery Project | ||
| Geology and Ground-water Features of the Eureka Area, Humboldt County, California. | Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1470, 80 p. | 1958-11-30 | Evenson, R.E. | |
| Technical Memorandum: Aquifer Parameters for the Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public Works. | 2021-11-30 | GHD | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Hydrogeologic Conceptual Model, Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public Works | 2021-09-18 | GHD | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Terrain Data and Imagery, Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public Works. | 2021-06-30 | GHD | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Hydrologic Model, Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public | 2022-01-25 | GHD | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Land Use Inventory, Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public Works. | 2022-01-04 | GHD | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Water Use, Eel River Valley Basin. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Humboldt County Department of Public Works. | 2022-01-11 | GHD | ||
| Ocean Ranch unit vegetation and rare plant assessment. Prepared by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern Region. | 2016-11-30 | Golec, C., and L. Miller | ||
| 2015 Quantitative habitat monitoring for the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project. Final Report. Prepared for Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, Eureka, California. | 2014-11-30 | H.T. Harvey & Associates | ||
| Humboldt County General Plan, Adopted October 23, 2017 | 2017-10-23 | Humboldt County | ||
| Stakeholder Communications and Engagement Plan. | 2020-12-01 | Humboldt County | ||
| Data Collection and Analysis Work Plan | 2022-01-06 | Humboldt County | ||
| Agricultural Groundwater Use Technical Memorandum, Eel River Valley Groundwater Basin. | 2021-10-19 | Humboldt County, Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, and Western Resource Strategies, LLC | ||
| A sediment budget and an analysis of geomorphic process in the Van Duzen River basin, north coastal California, 1941-1975: summary | Geological Society of America Bulletin. Part I, v. 91, p. 190-195, April 1980. | 1979-11-30 | Kelsey, H | |
| GDE Pulse: Taking the Pulse of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems with Satellite Data. San Francisco, California. | 2018-11-30 | Klausmeyer, K.R.,. B. Tanushree, M.M. Rohde, F. Schuetzenmeister, N. Rindlaub, I. Housman, and J. K. Howard | ||
| Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems | J. Hydrology 518 : 250–266. | 2013-11-30 | Kløve, B., et al | |
| Geology of the Cape Mendocino, Eureka, Garberville, and Southwestern Part of the Hayfork 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles and Adjacent Offshore Area, Northern California | U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies MF-2336. NR: USGS | 1999-11-30 | McLaughlin, R.J., et al | |
| Movement and storage of sediment in rivers of the United States and Canada, in Wolman, M.G. and Riggs, H.C. eds. | Surface water hydrology: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Geology of North America, v . o-1, p. 255-280. | 1989-11-30 | Meade, R.H., Yuzyk, T.R., and Day, T.J. | |
| Water Quality Control Plan for the North Coast Region (North Coast Basin Plan). Santa Rosa, California. | 2018-06-01 | North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | ||
| Freshwater species list for Eel River Valley Groundwater Basins. | 2022-01-29 | The Nature Conservancy | ||
| Annual County Population by Characteristics: 2010-2020. | 2020-12-31 | US Census | ||
| “Staff Report for North Coast Hydrologic Region Salt and Nutrient Management Planning and Groundwater Basin Evaluation and Prioritization. Public Review Draft.” Santa Rosa, CA:RWQCB. | 2020-01-01 | North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | ||
| State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance, 2018 Update | 2018-01-01 | Ocean Protection Council | ||
| Geology of the Eel River Valley Area, Humboldt County, California | California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, Bulletin 164. Sacramento: CDNR. | 1953-01-01 | Ogle, B.A. | |
| The Thirsty Eel: Summer and Winter Flow Thresholds that Tilt the Eel River of Northwestern California from Salmon-Supporting to Cyanobacterially Degraded States | Copeia, 2015(1):200-211 | 2015-01-01 | Power, M. E., K. Bouma-Gregson, P. Higgins, and S.M. Carlson | |
| R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing. Vienna, Austria: R Foundation for Statistical Computing. | 2020-01-01 | R Core Team | ||
| Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: Guidance for Preparing Groundwater Sustainability Plans. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. | The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. | 2018-01-01 | Rohde, M. M., S. Matsumoto, J. Howard, S. Liu, L. Riege, and E. J. Remson. | |
| Critical Species LookBook: A compendium of California’s threatened and endangered species for sustainable groundwater management. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. | The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. | 2019-08-01 | Rohde, M. M., B. Seapy, R. Rogers, X. Castañeda, editors. | |
| Eel River Valley Groundwater Basin, Humboldt County, California. Groundwater Sustainability Plan Alternative. Humboldt County Public Works. Eureka, California. | 2016-01-01 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Technical Memorandum: Preliminary Analysis of Surface Water/Groundwater Interaction Monitoring. Eel River Valley Groundwater Basin. | 2019-10-01 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Eel River Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Quality Sampling and Analysis Plan. | 2021-06-22 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Saltwater Intrusion Technical Memorandum for the Eel River GSP. | 2021-09-08 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Water Quality Technical Memorandum for the Eel River GSP. | 2021-09-20 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Water Levels Technical Memorandum for the Eel River GSP. | 2021-09-09 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| Assessment of Surface Water Beneficial Use for the Eel River Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan. | 2021-09-01 | Stillwater Sciences | ||
| Assessment of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems for the Eel River Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan. | 2022-01-25 | Stillwater Sciences | ||
| Surface Water Discharge Measurements Tech Memo 09-23-2020 to 12-21-2020. | 2022-01-27 | Thomas Gast & Associates Environmental Consultants | ||
| Python Reference Manual. Scotts Valley, CA. | Water Education Foundation | 2009-01-01 | Van Rossum, Guido, and Fred L. Drake | |
| 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS), Table 36 (Estimated Quantity of Water Applied and Primary Method of Distribution by Selected Crops Harvested in the Open: 2013 and 2008) | 2022-01-29 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | ||
| The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and the Common Law of Groundwater Rights – Finding a Consistent Path Forward for Groundwater | 2020-01-01 | Garner, E., R. McGlothlin, L. Szeptycki, C. Babbitt, and V. Kincaid | ||
| Preliminary Analysis of 2020/2021 Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction Studies – Eel River Valley Groundwater Basin. Technical Memorandum for the Eel River GSP. | 2022-01-24 | SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists | ||
| 2020 Fisheries monitoring program report for gravel extraction operations on the Lower Eel, South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, and Trinity Rivers, California. | 2021-01-01 | South Fork Eel River SHaRP Collaborative | ||
| Stillwater Sciences. 2021a. 2020 Fisheries monitoring program report for gravel extraction operations on the Lower Eel, South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, and Trinity Rivers, California. Prepared by Stillwater Sciences, Arcata, California. | 2021-03-01 | Stillwater Sciences | ||
| USDA Web Soil Survey provided through the Natural Resources Conservation Service | 2022-01-29 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | ||
| Ground-water Conditions in the Eureka Area, Humboldt County, California, 1975 | 2022-01-29 | United States Geological Survey | ||
| Surface Water Monitoring in the Eel River Valley Basin. | 2022-01-27 | Thomas Gast & Associates Environmental Consultants |
