Sutter Basin

Sutter By-Pass
Country United States
State California
Region Lower Feather Watershed
GNIS code 233372[1]

The Sutter Basin is a 264 sq mi (680 km2)[2] area of the Sacramento Valley in the U.S. state of California, and is part of the Feather River drainage basin. The basin includes the Sutter Basin Fire Protection District of ~127 sq mi (330 km2)[3] and uses irrigation from the Thermalito Afterbay's Sutter-Butte Canal.[4] The Feather River and the Sutter By-Pass are the basin's east and southwest borders.

Sutter By-Pass

The Sutter By-Pass[1] is a leveed channel of the Lower Sacramento Valley Flood-Control System along the southwest portion of the Sutter Basin. The by-pass allows channeling of escapement flow from the Tisdale Weir near the Sutter Buttes to the Feather River at . During Sacramento River flows of >23,000 cu ft/s (650 m3/s), Sacramento overflow tops the 53 ft (16 m) Tisdale Weir[5] and flows via the Sutter By-Pass[6][7] to Feather River mile 7[8]:3-55 (the west levee of the bypass continues along the Feather River to the Sacramento River).[9]

The bypass also receives similar Sacramento escapement flow from the Colusa Weir,[9] and the Snake River, Gilsizer Slough, Wadsworth Canal, and other west side watercourses of the Lower Feather Watershed also drain to the Feather River via the Sutter By-Pass,[10] The bypass includes 3.24 sq mi (8.4 km2) of the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge,[11] which is part of California's ~5.00 sq mi (12.9 km2) Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sutter By-Pass (GNIS code 233372)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:233372. Retrieved 2010-10-06. 
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=VKjmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA404
  3. ^ http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/genplan/sutter/services1.html
  4. ^ "Exhibit A: Project Description". CA Department of Water Resources. http://www.water.ca.gov/orovillerelicensing/docs/app_ferc_license_2005/Vol_I_Exhibit%20A.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
  5. ^ http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=sto&gage=tisc1&rssDate=1274077800
  6. ^ "USGS Gage #11425000 on the Feather River near Nicolaus". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1944-1983. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=11425000&por_11425000_2=2209699,00060,2,1942,1983&year_type=W&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list. Retrieved 2010-09-08. [outdated source]
  7. ^ "USGS Gage #11390500 on the Sacramento River below Wilkins Slough, near Grimes, California: Water-Data Report 2009". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2009. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2009/pdfs/11390500.2009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-25. 
  8. ^ "Section 2: Proposed Action and Alternatives". Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Oroville Facilities Project. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. p. 17. http://www.buttecounty.net/Administration/Projects/~/media/County%20Files/AdminOffice/Public%20Internet/Lake%20Oroville%20Facilities%20Project/Final%20FEIS/Section%202%20FEIS.ashx. Retrieved 2010-09-15.  NOTE: Pumpback returns Feather River water back to Lake Oroville during off-peak periods when external California Edison Company (SCE) power is inexpensive, allowing subsequent hydroelectric generation (6-7% of Hyatt total) during peak (higher price) periods.
  9. ^ a b Singer, Michael Bliss, et al. "Status of the Lower Sacramento Valley Flood-Control System within the Context of Its Natural Geomorphic Setting". UCSB.edu. http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/~bliss/singer_etal_nhr.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-12. "A large volume of the sediments from the Feather River have been permanently deposited in the lower 13 km of Sutter Bypass with which that river is coincident and a large secondary delta has been built up at the northerly end" 
  10. ^ "9.6 Water Resources". TBD. CERES.CA.gov. http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/genplan/sutter/natural5.html. Retrieved 2010-10-13. "The Bypass starts north of Pass Road, westerly of the Sutter Buttes and generally goes in a south-southeast direction for about 27 miles" 
  11. ^ "Welcome to the National Wildlife Refuge System". FWS.gov. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/. Retrieved 2010-10-07. 
  12. ^ "Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area - Sutter County". California Department of Fish and Game accessdate=2010-10-07. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/sutterbypass.html.  (map of area)