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Bulletin 118 Groundwater Basin Descriptions

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Subbasin NoSubbasin Name
3-4.01180/400 Foor Aquifer
4-5ACTON VALLEY
6-10ADOBE LAKE VALLEY
1-54.01ALEXANDER AREA
1-54ALEXANDER VALLEY
5-2ALTURAS AREA
5-10AMERICAN VALLEY
7-16AMES VALLEY
7-34AMOS VALLEY
1-49ANAPOLIS OHLSON RANCH FORMATION HIGHLANDS
5-6.03ANDERSON SUBBASIN
1-19ANDERSON VALLEY
3-20ANO NUEVO AREA
5-91ANTELOPE CREEK
5-21.54ANTELOPE SUBBASIN
6-44ANTELOPE VALLEY
6-7ANTELOPE VALLEY
3-34ARROYO DE LA CRUZ VALLEY
2-31ARROYO DEL HAMBRE VALLEY
4-7ARROYO SANTA ROSA VALLEY
7-37ARROYO SECO VALLEY
5-54ASH VALLEY
6-26AVAWATZ VALLEY
9-22BATIQUITOS LAGOON VALLEY
8-9BEAR VALLEY
5-64BEAR VALLEY
5-21.53BEND SUBBASIN
5-20BERRYESSA VALLEY
7-15BESSEMER VALLEY
6-25BICYCLE VALLEY
1-27BIG LAGOON AREA
8-7BIG MEADOWS VALLEY
1-45BIG RIVER VALLEY
3-47BIG SPRING AREA
5-4BIG Valley Basin
3-30BITTER WATER VALLEY
6-13BLACK SPRINGS VALLEY
5-92BLANCHARD VALLEY
1-57BODEGA BAY AREA
7-24BORREGO VALLEY
3-3.02BOSLA AREA
5-6.01BOWMAN SUBBASIN
1-39BRANSCOMB TOWN AREA
1-17BRAY TOWN AREA
6-8BRIDGEPORT VALLEY
7-8BRISTOL VALLEY
5-80BRITE VALLEY
6-32BROADWELL VALLEY
6-76BROWN MOUNTAIN VALLEY
7-54BUCK RIDGE FAULT VALLEY
6-101BULL FLAT
8-2.06BUNKER HIL
5-48BURNEY CREEK VALLEY
5-17BURNS VALLEY
5-51BUTTE CREEK VALLEY
1-3BUTTE VALLEY
6-81BUTTE VALLEY
6-70CACTUS FLAT
7-7CADIZ VALLEY
6-90CADY FAULT AREA
8-2.05CAJON
6-79CALIFORNIA VALLEY
7-41CALZONA VALLEY
6-61CAMEO AREA
9-28CAMPO VALLEY
7-46CANEBRAKE VALLEY
5-21.68CAPAY VALLEY SUBBASIN
3-7CARMEL VALLEY
3-18CARPINTERIA
3-19CARRIZO PLAIN
6-6CARSON VALLEY
5-29CASTAC LAKE VALLEY
2-8CASTRO VALLEY
6-38CAVES CANYON VALLEY
5-45CAYTON VALLEY
3-38CAYUCOS VALLEY
4-11.04CENTRAL SUBBASIN
7-43CHEMEHUEVI VALLEY
5-12.02CHILCOOT
8-2.01CHINO
7-32CHOCOLATE VALLEY
3-5CHOLAME VALLEY
3-42CHORRO VALLEY
5-22.05CHOWCHILLA SUBBASIN
5-61CHROME TOWN AREA
7-5CHUCKWALLA VALLEY
2-5CLAYTON VALLEY
5-66CLEAR LAKE CACHE FORMATION
5-58CLOVER VALLEY
1-54.02CLOVERDALE AREA
7-21COACHELLA VALLEY
9-6COAHUILA VALLEY
4-11COASTAL PLAIN OF LOS ANGELES
8-1COASTAL PLAIN OF ORANGE COUNTY
6-72COLES FLAT
5-19COLLAYOMI VALLEY
7-55COLLINS VALLEY
5-21.52COLUSA SUBBASIN
4-10CONEJO VALLEY
7-11COPPER MOUNTAIN VALLEY
5-21.51CORNING SUBBASIN
3-4.10Corral de Tierra Area
6-55COSO VALLEY
5-22.16COSUMNES SUBBASIN
1-37COTTONEVA CREEK VALLEY
6-65COTTONWOOD SPRING AREA
9-27COTTONWOOD VALLEY
1-11COVELO ROUND VALLEY
6-91COW HEAD LAKE VALLEY
6-37COYOTE LAKE VALLEY
5-18COYOTE VALLEY
7-29COYOTE WELLS VALLEY
6-35CRONISE VALLEY
8-2.02CUCAMONGA
6-50CUDDEBACK VALLEY
5-82CUDDY CANYON VALLEY
5-83CUDDY RANCH AREA
5-84CUDDY VALLEY
5-27CUMMINGS VALLEY
3-13CUYAMA VALLEY
7-9DALE VALLEY
6-57DARWIN VALLEY
7-61DAVIES VALLEY
7-13.01DEADMAN LAKE
7-13DEADMAN VALLEY
6-18DEATH VALLEY
6-15DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY
5-22.07DELTA-MENDOTA SUBBASIN
6-78DENNING SPRING VALLEY
7-21.03DESERT HOT SPRINGS
1-34DINSMORES TOWN AREA
5-53DIXIE VALLEY
2-40DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO
1-8.02DOWS PRAIRIE SCHOOL AREA
5-49DRY BURNEY CREEK VALLEY
3-29DRY LAKE VALLEY
6-95DRY VALLEY
5-21.55DYE CREEK SUBBASIN
6-96EAGLE LAKE AREA
2-9.04EAST BAY PLAIN
5-21.59EAST BUTTE SUBBASIN
7-33EAST SALTON SEA
5-22.01EAST SAN JOAQUIN SUBBASIN
3-4.02East Side Aquifer
1-44EDEN VALLEY
1-10EEL RIVER VALLEY
5-41EGG LAKE VALLEY
9-16EL CAJON VALLEY
6-43EL MIRAGE VALLEY
5-62ELK CREEK AREA
8-4ELSINORE
5-6.04ENTERPRISE SUBBASIN
9-9ESCONDIDO VALLEY
1-9EUREKA PLAIN
6-16EUREKA VALLEY
1-22FAIRCHILD SWAMP VALLEY
5-5FALL RIVER VALLEY
5-1.02FANDANGO VALLEY
3-50FELTON AREA
7-2FENNER VALLEY
4-4.05FILLMORE SUBBASIN
6-14FISH LAKE VALLEY
3-53FOOTHILL
3-4.04Forebay Aquifer
1-21FORT BRAGG TERRACE AREA
1-61FORT ROSS TERRACE DEPOSITS
6-46FREMONT VALLEY
5-90FUNKS CREEK
1-32GARBERVILLE TOWN AREA
1-20GARCIA RIVER VALLEY
3-3GILROY-HOLLISTER VALLEY
6-85GOLD VALLEY
6-48GOLDSTONE VALLEY
3-16GOLETA
5-1GOOSE LAKE VALLEY
5-47GOOSE VALLEY
6-77GRASS VALLEY
6-94GRASSHOPPER VALLEY
1-48GRAVELLEY VALLEY
5-52GRAY VALLEY
6-84GREENWATER VALLEY
5-59GRIZZLY VALLEY
2-22HALF MOON BAY TERRACE
1-15HAPPY CAMP TOWN AREA
6-47HARPER VALLEY
6-74HARRISBURG FLATS
6-93HARVEY VALLEY
1-6HAYFORK VALLEY
1-55.02HEALDSBURG AREA
7-48HELENDALE FAULT VALLEY
8-6HEMET LAKE VALLEY
3-31HERNANDEZ VALLEY
1-36HETTENSHAW VALLEY
7-53HEXIE MOUNTAIN AREA
6-63HIDDEN VALLEY
4-16HIDDEN VALLEY
5-16HIGH VALLEY
3-3.03HOLLISTER AREA SUBBASIN
4-11.02HOLLYWOOD
6-4HONEY LAKE VALLEY
1-29HONEYDEW TOWN AREA
1-7HOOPA VALLEY
6-97HORSE LAKE VALLEY
5-40HOT SPRINGS VALLEY
3-45HUASNA VALLEY
5-60HUMBUG VALLEY
4-18HUNGRY VALLEY
1-35HYAMPOM VALLEY
7-30IMPERIAL VALLEY
5-9INDIAN VALLEY
6-54INDIAN WELLS VALLEY
7-21.01INDIO
7-50IRON RIDGE AREA
6-36.02IRWIN
2-33ISLAIS VALLEY
6-30IVANPAH VALLEY
7-47JACUMBA VALLEY
5-3JESS VALLEY
7-18JOHNSON VALLEY AREA
5-86JOSEPH CREEK
7-62JOSHUA TREE
6-89KANE WASH AREA
5-22.11KAWEAH SUBBASIN
5-15KELSEYVILLE VALLEY
6-69KELSO LANDER VALLEY
6-31KELSO VALLEY
2-19KENWOOD VALLEY
5-22.14KERN COUNTY SUBBASIN
5-25KERN RIVER VALLEY
5-22.08KINGS SUBBASIN
1-2KLAMATH RIVER VALLEY
1-50KNIGHTS VALLEY
5-7LAKE ALMANOR VALLEY
5-46LAKE BRITTON AREA
7-1LANFAIR VALLEY
6-36LANGFORD VALLEY
6-36.01LANGFORD WELL LAKE
3-4.09Langley Area
1-33LARABEE VALLEY
4-8LAS POSAS VALLEY
5-57LAST CHANCE CREEK VALLEY
7-14LAVIC VALLEY
1-12LAYTONVILLE VALLEY
6-27LEACH VALLEY
6-66LEE FLAT
6-106LITTLE ANTELOPE VALLEY
5-65LITTLE INDIAN VALLEY
1-13LITTLE LAKE VALLEY
1-41LITTLE VALLEY
2-10LIVERMORE VALLEY
3-3.01LLAGAS SUBBASIN
2-38LOBOS
3-6LOCKWOOD VALLEY
4-17LOCKWOOD VALLEY
5-44LONG VALLEY
5-31LONG VALLEY
6-104LONG VALLEY
6-11LONG VALLEY
5-70LOS BANOS CREEK VALLEY
5-21.56LOS MOLINOS SUBBASIN
3-8LOS OSOS VALLEY
7-51LOST HORSE VALLEY
6-71LOST LAKE VALLEY
5-1.01LOWER GOOSE LAKE VALLEY
6-21LOWER KINGSTON VALLEY
1-2.02LOWER KLAMATH
1-14LOWER KLAMATH RIVER VALLEY
5-30LOWER LAKE VALLEY
1-38LOWER LAYTONVILLE VALLEY
6-40LOWER MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY
1-60LOWER RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY
4-3.02LOWER VENTURA RIVER
7-19LUCERNE VALLEY
1-8.01MAD RIVER LOWLAND
1-8MAD RIVER VALLEY
6-2MADELINE PLAINS
5-22.06MADERA SUBBASIN
3-51MAJORS CREEK
4-22MALIBU VALLEY
6-64MARBLE CANYON AREA
2-39MARINA
6-67MARTIS (TRUCKEE) VALLEY
7-59MASON VALLEY
1-28MATTOLE RIVER VALLEY
5-35MCCLOUD AREA
1-56McDOWELL VALLEY
5-95MEADOW VALLEY
7-17MEANS VALLEY
5-22.04MERCED
2-35MERCED VALLEY
6-29MESQUITE VALLEY
6-20MIDDLE AMARGOSA VALLEY
5-94MIDDLE CREEK
5-87MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER
6-41MIDDLE MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY
6-80MIDDLE PARK CANYON
5-85MIL POTRERO AREA
5-6.05MILLVILLE SUBBASIN
7-21.02MISSION CREEK
9-14MISSION VALLEY
5-22.02MODESTO SUBBASIN
5-11MOHAWK VALLEY
6-9MONO VALLEY
3-49MONTECITO
7-20MORONGO VALLEY
3-41MORRO VALLEY
4-4.03MOUND SUBBASIN
5-8MOUNTAIN MEADOWS VALLEY
2-2.01NAPA VALLEY
2-2.03NAPA-SONOMA LOWLANDS
2-2NAPA-SONOMA VALLEY
1-46NAVARRO RIVER VALLEY
3-52NEEDLE ROCK POINT
7-44NEEDLES VALLEY
2-9.01NILES CONE SUBBASIN
5-21.64NORTH AMERICAN SUBBASIN
5-50NORTH FORK BATTLE CREEK
5-93NORTH FORK CACHE CREEK
5-21.60NORTH YUBA SUBBASIN
2-30NOVATO VALLEY
7-25OCOTILLO-CLARK VALLEY
7-35OGILBY VALLEY
4-2OJAI VALLEY
3-39OLD VALLEY
6-108OLYMPIC VALLEY
7-31OROCOPIA VALLEY
9-18OTAY VALLEY
6-12OWENS VALLEY
6-88OWL LAKE VALLEY
4-4.02OXNARD SUBBASIN
6-28PAHRUMP VALLEY
6-99PAINTERS FLAT
3-2PAJARO VALLEY
7-39PALO VERDE MESA
7-38PALO VERDE VALLEY
9-24PAMO VALLEY
6-58PANAMINT VALLEY
5-23PANOCHE VALLEY
3-4.06Paso Robles Area
3-32PEACH TREE VALLEY
1-30PEPPERWOOD TOWN AREA
2-26PESCADERO VALLEY
2-1PETALUMA VALLEY
6-51PILOT KNOB VALLEY
6-92PINE CREEK VALLEY
7-6PINTO VALLEY
7-49PIPES CANYON FAULT VALLEY
4-4.06PIRU SUBBASIN
2-4PITTSBURG PLAIN
7-45PIUTE VALLEY
7-52PLEASANT VALLEY
4-6PLEASANT VALLEY
5-22.10PLEASANT VALLEY SUBBASIN
5-38PONDOSA TOWN AREA
5-68POPE VALLEY
9-29POTRERO VALLEY
1-51POTTER VALLEY
9-13POWAY VALLEY
3-44POZO VALLEY
1-25PRAIRIE CREEK AREA
7-40QUIEN SABE POINT VALLEY
3-24QUIEN SABE VALLEY
6-62RACE TRACK VALLEY
3-46RAFAEL VALLEY
9-25RANCHITA TOWN AREA
4-23RAYMOND
5-21.50RED BLUFF SUBBASIN
6-24RED PASS VALLEY
1-18RED ROCK VALLEY
5-6REDDING AREA
1-26REDWOOD CREEK AREA
6-86RHODES HILL AREA
8-2.04RIALTO-COLTON
7-4RICE VALLEY
6-23RIGGS VALLEY
1-55.03RINCON VALLEY
3-43RINCONADA VALLEY
8-2.03RIVERSIDE-ARLINGTON
5-43ROCK PRAIRIE VALLEY
6-56ROSE VALLEY
5-6.02ROSEWOOD SUBBASIN
2-28ROSS VALLEY
5-36ROUND VALLEY
4-20RUSSELL VALLEY
5-21SACRAMENTO VALLEY
3-4SALINAS VALLEY
6-17SALINE VALLEY
6-53SALT WELLS VALLEY
3-14SAN ANTONIO CREEK VALLEY
3-28SAN BENITO RIVER VALLEY
3-33SAN CARPOFORO VALLEY
9-15SAN DIEGO RIVER VALLEY
9-12SAN DIEGUITO CREEK
9-23SAN ELIJO VALLEY
7-27SAN FELIPE VALLEY
4-12SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
4-13SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
7-21.04SAN GORGONIO PASS
2-24SAN GREGORIO VALLEY
8-5SAN JACINTO
5-22SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
3-3.04SAN JUAN BAUTISTA AREA SUBBASIN
9-1SAN JUAN VALLEY
3-9SAN LUIS OBISPO VALLEY
9-7SAN LUIS REY VALLEY
9-32SAN MARCOS AREA
2-9.03SAN MATEO PLAIN SUBBASIN
9-2SAN MATEO VALLEY
9-3SAN ONOFRE VALLEY
9-10SAN PASQUAL VALLEY
2-36SAN PEDRO VALLEY
2-29SAN RAFAEL VALLEY
2-7SAN RAMON VALLEY
3-35SAN SIMEON VALLEY
8-2.08SAN TIMOTEO
2-27SAND POINT AREA
1-53SANEL VALLEY
3-12SANTA
3-22SANTA ANA VALLEY
3-17SANTA BARBARA
4-4.07SANTA CLARA EAST SUBBASIN
4-4SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY
2-9.02SANTA CLARA SUBBASIN
2-9SANTA CLARA VALLEY
3-21SANTA CRUZ PURISIMA FORMATION
9-4SANTA MARGARITA VALLEY
9-11SANTA MARIA VALLEY
4-11.01SANTA MONICA
4-4.04SANTA PAULA SUBBASIN
6-68SANTA ROSA FLAT
1-55.01SANTA ROSA PLAIN
1-55SANTA ROSA VALLEY
3-36SANTA ROSA VALLEY
3-15SANTA YNEZ RIVER VALLEY
1-5SCOTT RIVER VALLEY
3-27SCOTTS VALLEY
5-14SCOTTS VALLEY
6-52SEARLES VALLEY
3-4.08Seaside Area
6-100SECRET VALLEY
1-16SEIAD VALLEY
8-8SEVEN OAKS VALLEY
1-4SHASTA VALLEY
1-42SHERWOOD VALLEY
5-12.01SIERRA VALLEY
5-12SIERRA VALLEY
6-34SILVER LAKE VALLEY
4-9SIMI VALLEY
6-105SLINKARD VALLEY
1-1SMITH RIVER PLAIN
6-33SODA LAKE VALLEY
7-18.01SOGGY LAKE
5-21.66SOLANO SUBBASIN
2-2.02SONOMA VALLEY
3-1SOQUEL VALLEY
5-21.65SOUTH AMERICAN SUBBASIN
5-6.06SOUTH BATTLE CREEK SUBBASIN
5-2.01SOUTH FORK PITT RIVER
2-37SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
5-21.61SOUTH YUBA SUBBASIN
6-82SPRING CANYON VALLEY
5-89SQUAW FLAT
5-88STONY GORGE RESERVOIR
5-63STONYFORD TOWN AREA
2-3SUISUN-FAIRFIELD VALLEY
2-11SUNOL VALLEY
6-49SUPERIOR VALLEY
7-13.02SURPRISE SPRING
6-1SURPRISE VALLEY
5-21.62SUTTER SUBBASIN
6-107SWEETWATER FLAT
9-17SWEETWATER VALLEY
6-5TAHOE VALLEY
6-5.03TAHOE VALLEY NORTH
6-5.01TAHOE VALLEY SOUTH
6-5.02TAHOE VALLEY WEST
6-45TEHACHAPI VALLEY EAST
5-28TEHACHAPI VALLEY WEST
9-5TEMECULA VALLEY
8-2.09TEMESCAL
1-40TEN MILE RIVER VALLEY
7-26TERWILLIGER VALLEY
4-19THOUSAND OAKS AREA
4-15TIERRA REJADA
9-19TIJUANA BASIN
5-37TOAD WELL AREA
3-40TORO VALLEY
5-22.15TRACY SUBBASIN
3-25TRES PINOS VALLEY
5-22.12TULARE LAKE SUBBASIN
1-2.01TULE LAKE
5-22.13TULE SUBBASIN
6-98TULEDAD CANYON
5-22.03TURLOCK SUBBASIN
7-10TWENTYNINE PALMS VALLEY
1-52UKIAH VALLEY
7-18.02UPPER JOHNSON VALLEY
6-22UPPER KINGSTON VALLEY
5-13UPPER LAKE VALLEY
6-42UPPER MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY
4-1UPPER OJAI VALLEY
3-23UPPER SANTA ANA VALLEY
8-2UPPER SANTA ANA VALLEY
3-4.05Upper Valley Aquifer
4-3.01UPPER VENTURA RIVER
7-28VALLECITO-CARRIZO VALLEY
5-71VALLECITOS CREEK VALLEY
7-63VANDEVENTER FLAT
4-3VENTURA RIVER VALLEY
7-42VIDAL VALLEY
3-37VILLA VALLEY
5-21.57VINA SUBBASIN
2-32VISITATION VALLEY
5-26WALKER BASIN CREEK VALLEY
7-3WARD VALLEY
5-2.02WARM SPRINGS VALLEY
9-8WARNER VALLEY
7-12WARREN VALLEY
1-31WEOTT TOWN AREA
5-21.58WEST BUTTE SUBBASIN
4-11.03WEST COAST SUBBASIN
7-22WEST SALTON SEA
3-26WEST SANTA CRUZ TERRACE
5-22.09WESTSIDE SUBBASIN
6-73WILD HORSE MESA AREA
6-75WILDROSE CANYON
1-43WILLIAMS VALLEY
6-3WILLOW CREEK VALLEY
1-59WILSON GROVE FORMATION HIGHLANDS
1-62WILSON POINT AREA
6-19WINGATE VALLEY
7-56YAQUI WELL AREA
5-56YELLOW CREEK VALLEY
2-6YGNACIO VALLEY
5-21.67Yolo Subbasin
5-69YOSEMITE VALLEY
8-2.07YUCAIPA
7-36YUMA VALLEY