Application to Appropriate Water

Application to Appropriate Water

On July 1, 1999, Mr. James Siller (Applicant) filed water right Application 30915 with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The Applicant proposes to divert a total of 89 acre-feet annually (afa) of water to storage into two onstream reservoirs, one directly upstream from the other, on Vineyard Creek tributary to Dry Creek thence Bear River thence Feather River thence Sacramento River in Yuba County from December 1 to April 30. The project area is about 16 miles east of Yuba City, California, on the USGS 7.5' Smartville Quad Map. Both reservoirs were built in 1999 by constructing two earthen dams with fill from each reservoir across the upper reach of perennial Vineyard Creek. Reservoir 1 (Pond 1) is an onstream reservoir with a capacity of 49 acre-feet (af); the purpose of the use is aquaculture. Reservoir 2 (Pond 2) is an onstream reservoir directly upstream of Pond 1 with a capacity of 40 af; the purpose of use is fire protection and recreation. Vegetation impacted during the construction above included about 83 trees and an unknown number of shrubs.

Yuba

Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency

Water Facilities (Type ponds/dam), Other (2 Ponds/Dams; 49 af+40 af=89 afa)

Other

Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife, Other agency permits