DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 520 PM PDT THU AUG 28 2008
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH OCTOBER...
SYNOPSIS... BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL IN MUCH OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA THE PAST TWO WINTERS HAVE LED TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL FLOWS ON MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION THIS SUMMER. MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOW EXIST THROUGHOUT THE REGION DUE TO LOW STREAMFLOW AND RESERVOIR STORAGE...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER...EXTREMELY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS TO AGRICULTURAL WATER ALLOCATIONS. ALSO...OUTPUT OF SPRINGS AND WELLS IN SOME OF THE DRIEST AREAS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED OR HAVE GONE DRY. AS MID SUMMER AND EARLY FALL ARE TYPICALLY DRY IN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA...NO RELIEF IS EXPECTED UNTIL NOVEMBER AT THE EARLIEST...WHEN PACIFIC STORMS NORMALLY BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA.|
DROUGHT IMPACTS...
DROUGHT DECLARATIONS... ON JUNE 4TH CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PROCLAIMED A STATEWIDE DROUGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT IMPACTS IN NEVADA...HOWEVER...NO OFFICIAL DROUGHT DECLARATION HAS YET BEEN MADE.
DROUGHT DISASTER ASSISTANCE...CALIFORNIA... ON AUGUST 27TH...FIFTY THREE OF CALIFORNIAS FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES WERE BEEN GIVEN DISASTER DECLARATIONS AS DROUGHT HAS DEVASTATED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND EMERGENCY LOANS AND...IN SOME COUNTIES...FUNDS FOR LIVESTOCK FORAGE.
COUNTIES IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DISASTER DECLARATION INCLUDE MODOC...LASSEN...PLUMAS...SIERRA...NEVADA... PLACER...EL DORADO...ALPINE...MONO...INYO...AND SAN BERNARDINO.
DROUGHT DISASTER ASSISTANCE REQUESTED FOR WHITE PINE AND NYE COUNTIES NEVADA... THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS IN WHITE PINE AND NYE COUNTIES...AND HAS REQESTED GOVERNOR GIBBONS TO DECLARE DROUGHT DISASTERS IN THESE TWO COUNTIES. SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED A SEVERE LACK OF FORAGE FOR LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE IN THIS AREA. DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF HAY AND TRANSPORTATION...SOME RANCHERS ARE OPTING TO SELL THEIR HERDS RATHER THAN PAY TO FEED THEM.
WATER SUPPLY IMPACTS BY BASIN... FLOWS ON MANY UNCONTROLLED RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE MUCH BELOW AVERAGE THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA DUE TO BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL THE PAST TWO WINTERS. ALSO...OUTPUT OF SPRINGS AND WELLS IN SOME OF THE DRIEST AREAS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED OR HAVE GONE DRY.
BRUNEAU RIVER BASIN... NO DROUGHT IMPACTS REPORTED. ON AUGUST 28TH...FLOWS ON THE BRUNEAU RIVER AT ROWLAND NV WERE 6.5 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND /CFS/ OR 46 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.
OWYHEE RIVER BASIN... NO DROUGHT IMPACTS REPORTED. ON AUGUST 28TH...FLOWS ON THE OWYHEE RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY WERE 129 CFS OR 172 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.
HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN... AS A RESULT OF LOW FLOWS THIS SEASON ON THE LOWER HUMBOLDT RIVER AND LIMITED STORAGE IN RYE PATCH RESERVOIR...PERSHING COUNTY FARMERS ARE BEING ALLOCATED 58% OF THEIR NORMAL IRRIGATION ALLOTMENTS THIS YEAR. NO DROUGHT IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR.
AS OF AUGUST 28TH...STORAGE ON RYE PATCH RESERVOIR WAS 13500 ACRE FEET...7 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 13 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE. FLOWS ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS...8 CFS AT ELKO /62 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/...21 CFS AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN /88 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/...18 CFS AT COMUS /46 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/. AT IMLAY... ABOVE RYE PATCH DAM...FLOWS WERE 2 CFS /3 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/. RELEASES FROM RYE PATCH WERE AT 182 CFS /78 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/.
LASSEN...PLUMAS...AND SIERRA COUNTIES CALIFORNIA... SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AVAILABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FEED IN THIS AREA. SPRINGS ARE GOING DRY...MEANING CATTLE HAVE TO TRAVEL MUCH FURTHER TO FIND WATER. SOME PRODUCERS ARE HAULING WATER TO LIVESTOCK. FORAGE PRODUCTION IS LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL...AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS ARE PUTTING OUT FEED FOR CATTLE EARLIER THAN EVER.
LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE RIVER BASINS... ASSUMING A DRY FALL...LAKE TAHOE IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO ITS NATURAL RIM BY EARLY DECEMBER. SOME BOAT LAUNCH AREAS ON TAHOE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS. HOWEVER...NORMAL FLOWS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON THE MAINSTEM TRUCKEE RIVER BELOW BOCA DAM /AT FARAD/ THROUGH THE FALL. AS RELEASES FROM TAHOE DECREASE...TRUCKEE RIVER FLOWS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH WATER FROM PROSSER AND BOCA RESERVOIRS.
ON AUGUST 28TH...STORAGE ON LAKE TAHOE WAS 162700 ACRE FEET /AF/...22 PERCENT OF CAPACITY AND 40 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE. STORAGE ON PROSSER RESERVOIR WAS 19200 AF...67 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...102 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. STORAGE ON STAMPEDE RESERVOIR WAS 124312 AF...55 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...91 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. STORAGE ON BOCA RESERVOIR WAS 31438 AF...77 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...110 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.
FLOW ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER AT TAHOE CITY WAS 385 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND /CFS/...OR 125 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. AT TRUCKEE...THE FLOW WAS 390 CFS /140 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/. THE TRUCKEE RIVER AT FARAD WAS AT 600 CFS OR 123 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE FLOW ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER AT NIXON WAS 200 CFS OR 133 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.
STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASIN... THE FEDERAL WATER MASTER REPORTS THAT AS OF LATE AUGUST...ONLY THOSE IRRIGATORS WITH THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER RIGHTS ARE GETTING ANY WATER ON THE STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASINS.
ON AUGUST 28TH...FLOW ON GALENA CREEK AT GALENA CREEK STATE PARK WAS 1.7 CFS...26 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THERE IS NO FLOW ON STEAMBOAT CREEK IN THE STEAMBOAT AND GEIGER GRADE AREA...ALTHOUGH FLOW DOWNSTREAM IN THE RENO AREA WAS ABOUT 3.5 CFS...OR ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF AVERAGE /MUCH OF THIS IS URBAN RUNOFF/.
CARSON RIVER BASIN ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR... THE FEDERAL WATER MASTER REPORTS THAT AS OF LATE AUGUST...ONLY IRRIGATORS WITH THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WATER RIGHTS WERE RECEIVING WATER ON THE CARSON RIVER BASIN ABOVE CARSON CITY DUE TO MINIMAL FLOWS. AS THE CARSON RIVER FROM CARSON CITY TO LAHONTAN RESERVOIR IS ESSENTIALLY DRY...ALMOST NO IRRIGATION IS TAKING PLACE IN THIS AREA.
FLOWS ON THE EAST FORK OF THE CARSON RIVER NEAR GARDNERVILLE WERE AT 65 CFS...53 PERCENT OF AVERAGE ON AUGUST 28TH. FLOWS ON THE WEST FORK CARSON RIVER AT WOODFORDS WERE AT 16 CFS...40 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. ON THE MAINSTEM CARSON RIVER FROM CARSON CITY TO LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...FLOWS RANGED FROM 4 CFS /12 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/ AT CARSON CITY TO NEAR ZERO FLOW /LESS THAN 0.1 CFS/ BELOW CARSON CITY.
CARSON RIVER BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR... DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE TRUCKEE CANAL IN JANUARY...DIVERSIONS INTO THE TRUCKEE CANAL...WHICH DIVERTS WATER FROM THE TRUCKEE TO THE CARSON RIVER BASIN FOR THE FERNLEY AND FALLON NEVADA AGRICULTURAL AREAS...HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED SINCE THAT TIME. HOWEVER...IN MID-MAY THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FLOW WAS RAISED FROM 150 TO 350 CFS DUE TO REPAIRS ON THE CANAL. DIVERSIONS SINCE THAT TIME HAVE BEEN NEAR NORMAL. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE DECREASED DIVERSIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND ALSO BECAUSE OF MUCH BELOW NORMAL RUNOFF ON THE CARSON RIVER THIS SEASON...TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT /TCID/ CUSTOMERS IN THE FALLON AREA ARE BEING RESTRICTED TO 80 PER CENT OF THEIR NORMAL ALLOCATION THIS SUMMER. THOSE IN THE FERNLEY AREA ARE RESTRICTED TO 90 PER CENT OF NORMAL. ALSO BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS... IRRIGATORS IN THE FALLON AREA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO IRRIGATE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15TH AND SEPTEMBER 30TH TO GIVE LAHONTAN A CHANCE TO RECOVER SOME STORAGE. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME IRRIGATION AFTER OCTOBER 1.
FLOWS ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER ABOVE THE TRUCKEE CANAL AT DERBY DAM WERE AT 394 CFS /105 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/ ON AUGUST 28TH. FLOWS IN THE TRUCKEE CANAL NEAR WADSWORTH WERE AT 144 CFS /81 PERCENT OF AVERAGE/...AND AT HAZEN FLOWS WERE AT 99 CFS /138 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...THERE WAS ALMOST NO FLOW ON THE CARSON RIVER ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR. AUGUST 28TH STORAGE ON LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WAS 34933 ACRE FEET...12 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...WHICH IS 24 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE.
BOATING IS VERY DANGEROUS AND STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON LAHONTAN. ALL MARINAS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. TCID EXPECTS LAHONTAN TO DRAW DOWN TO BELOW 5000 ACRE FEET BY FALL DUE TO IRRIGATION DEMANDS. THIS WOULD BE THE LOWEST THE RESERVOIR HAS BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER 1994. AS A RESULT ...SPRINGS BELOW LAHONTAN ARE EXPECTED TO DRY UP...CAUSING SEVERAL HOMES AND RANCHES WHICH RELY ON THIS WATER SOURCE TO BE IMPACTED.
WALKER RIVER BASIN... DUE TO BELOW NORMAL RUNOFF ON THE WALKER RIVER THIS SEASON... IRRIGATORS IN MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND DOUGLAS...LYON AND MINERAL COUNTIES NEVADA ON THE WALKER RIVER BASIN ARE BEING RESTRICTED TO 30 PERCENT OF NORMAL ALLOCATIONS THIS SUMMER.
AS OF AUGUST 28TH...STORAGE ON BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR WAS AT 9760 ACRE FEET...22 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...OR 51 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE. STORAGE ON TOPAZ WAS 12990 ACRE FEET...22 PERCENT OF CAPACITY ...32 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. FLOWS ON THE EAST WALKER RIVER BELOW BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR WERE AT 84 CFS...37 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. FLOWS ON THE WEST WALKER RIVER ABOVE TOPAZ RESERVOIR WERE AT 41 CFS...38 PERCENT OF AVERAGE...WHILE BELOW TOPAZ FLOWS WERE AT 121 CFS...50 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. FLOWS ON THE MAINSTEM WALKER NEAR WABUSKA WERE AT 36 CFS...51 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. FLOWS ON THE WALKER RIVER BELOW WEBER DAM ARE MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE BECAUSE OF RELEASES DUE TO WEBER RESERVOIR GATE MAINTENANCE.
SOUTHERN NEVADA... AS OF LATE AUGUST NO UNUSUALLY SEVERE DROUGHT IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. AUGUST 28TH STORAGE ON LAKE MEAD WAS 11997000 ACRE FEET...46 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 55 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE FLOW ON THE VIRGIN RIVER ABOVE LAKE MEAD NEAR OVERTON NV WAS 11 CFS...8 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE FLOW ON THE MUDDY RIVER NEAR GLENDALE WAS 24 CFS...77 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.
FIRE DANGER IMPACTS... DROUGHT AND SUMMER HEAT ALONG WITH FREQUENT STRONG WINDS HAVE PUSHED FIRE DANGER INTO THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH RANGE IN MOST OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. AS A RESULT...MOST BLM AND NATIONAL FOREST OFFICES IN THE REGION HAVE IMPLEMENTED FIRE RESTRICTIONS. PROHIBITIONS INCLUDE... 1/OUTDOOR FIRES USING WOOD...CHARCOAL OR OTHER MATERIALS OUTSIDE AN ESTABLISHED CAMPGROUND... 2/SMOKING...EXCEPT IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE OR IN A CAMPGROUND... 3/FIREWOOD CUTTING... 4/FIREWORKS AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES OR INCENDIARY DEVICES... 5/OFF-ROAD DRIVING IN LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST IN LASSEN...PLUMAS... MODOC...SHASTA...SISKIYOU...TEHAMA AND BUTTE COUNTIES.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS... DUE TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS...BLM CAPTURED SEVERAL HUNDRED FERAL HORSES AS REDUCED FORAGE AND OVERPOPULATION THREATEN THEIR SURVIVAL. THE BLM NEVADA WILD HORSE AND BURRO PROGRAM MANAGER STATED THAT THE ANIMALS MUST TRAVEL UP TO TEN MILES DAILY TO GET FOOD AND WATER BECAUSE OF MINIMAL FORAGE LEFT NEAR WATER SOURCES ON THE RANGE. HORSES ARE BEING RELOCATED FROM THE NEVADA WILD HORSE RANGE...THE NORTH STILLWATER HERD MANAGEMENT AREA NEAR WINNEMUCCA...AND SEVERAL OTHER AREAS IN NORTHERN NEVADA.
SPRINGS AND WELLS IN THE EASTERN VIRGINIA RANGE IN LYON AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES WENT DRY IN MID AUGUST. WILD HORSES IN THE AREA WERE GETTING FATALLY INJURED IN THEIR COMPETITION WITH CATTLE FOR WATER. THIS PROMPTED LOCAL RESIDENTS AND A HORSE ADVOCACY GROUP TO BEGIN HAULING 3500 GALLONS OF WATER TO THE AREA EVERY OTHER DAY FOR THE ANIMALS. MANY OF THE HORSES GETTING WATER FROM THIS SUPPLY ARE BEING GIVEN A TEMPORARY BIRTH CONTROL VACCINE BY THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THEIR NUMBERS.
CLIMATE SUMMARY... PRECIPITATION FOR THE 2008 WATER YEAR...FROM OCTOBER 2007 THROUGH AUGUST 26 2008...HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL /LESS THAN 80 PERCENT/ IN MOST OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. THE DRIEST AREAS /LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD/ HAVE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING REGIONS... IN NEVADA...CENTRAL WASHOE...WESTERN PERSHING...EXTREME SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA...EASTERN AND CENTRAL WHITE PINE...MOST OF NYE...AND ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES. IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN INYO AND NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.
THE ONLY PORTIONS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WHICH HAVE HAD NORMAL OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE OCTOBER 1 2007 INCLUDE... IN NEVADA...SOUTH CENTRAL PERSHING...NORTH CENTRAL CHURCHILL... SOUTHERN MINERAL...ALL OF ESMERALDA...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARK. IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN ALPINE...ALL OF MONO...AND NORTHERN INYO.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... LONG RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA... FOR SEPTEMBER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW AVERAGE NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM ABOUT DEATH VALLEY CA TO WENDOVER NV...WITH NORTHWEST NV AND NORTHEAST CA EXPECTED TO BE DRIEST. THERE ARE EQUAL CHANCES OF GETTING ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THIS LINE.
TEMPERATURES IN SEPTEMBER ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT BRIDGEPORT CA TO WENDOVER NV...WITH EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA EXPECTED TO BE WARMEST. THERE ARE EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES NORTH OF THIS LINE.
THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER IS FOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION...ALTHOUGH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD IN EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA.
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK... AS MID SUMMER AND EARLY FALL ARE TYPICALLY DRY IN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA...NO RELIEF IS EXPECTED FROM DROUGHTY CONDITIONS UNTIL THIS FALL AT THE EARLIEST...WHEN PACIFIC STORMS NORMALLY BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA.|
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OR SOONER IF NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS.
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RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR.........WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML NOAA DROUGHT PAGE............WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER....WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION... NWS.....WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS USGS....WATER.USGS.GOV
NWS CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER... HTTP://WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE... HTTP://WWW.NV.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/INDEX.HTML
CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES... HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RENO NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER LONG RANGE OUTLOOK MAPS...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FORECASTS/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL AND WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.
INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OBSERVATION SITES...CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS...NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...PERSHING COUNTY WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT...WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT... WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE...FEDERAL WATER MASTER...TRUCKEE/CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT...NEVADA STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE...AND NWS OFFICES IN ELKO AND LAS VEGAS.
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