SILS Information Bulletin

 

 

Number: 06-16 An Evaluation and Review of Water-Use Estimates and Flow Data for the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges, Oregon and California

Date: August 23, 2006

 

Stock # 206393 (Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5036)

Price: $16.00 for the report, plus $5.00 handling

 

Increased pressure on water resources in the upper Klamath Basin of California and Oregon for

wildlife, irrigation, and power generation has created a need to quantify water availability and use.

The U.S.Geological Survey in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation has produced a scientific investigations report to evaluate and review these water-use estimates and flow.

 

The Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges, located in the upper Klamath Basin of Oregon and California, encompasses approximately 46,700 and 39,100 acres respectively. Demand for water in the semiarid upper Klamath Basin has increased in recent years resulting in the need to better quantify water availability and use in the refuges. This report presents an evaluation of water-use estimates for both refuges derived on the basis of two approaches. One approach used evaporation and evapotranspiration estimates and the other used measured inflow and outflow data.

 

The purpose of this report is to present the results of an assessment of the availability of inflow, outflow, open-water evaporation, and vegetative-evapotranspiration data to estimate water use for the refuges and to provide an approximation of the error associated with the estimates.

 

This report is available at: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20065036 for free download, or for purchase from USGS Science Information and Library Services (SILS). To place an order, call the SILS offices at 1-888-ASK-USGS, or go to the USGS Store at: http://store.usgs.gov to place an online order.

 

 

Sheryle Girk-Jackson 303 202 4176, FAX 303 202 4633, email: sjjackson@usgs.gov