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Snowpack is concerning irrigators, H&N 2/7/12
FEMA: Yreka disaster center to close Saturday 3/3/06 "The center at 1712 Fairlane Rd. is staffed by federal, state and local officials and by volunteer agencies to provide information and answer questions for Siskiyou County residents who registered for disaster assistance for damage suffered in the December-January flooding."
Snow levels at 143 percent, Pioneer Press, posted to KBC 2/19/06. (Although there were floods on the Klamath this year, 143% snow, extremely above average precipitation, the Dept of Interior mandatory water bank demands 100,000 acre feet, or 1/4 of our stored irrigation water this year from Klamath farmers. HERE for waterbank page. KBC) According to the NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Klamath Basin snowpack in 158 percent of normal. Flood reports on the Klamath: January 2 flood reports from Klamath, Redding, Eureka and Northern Ca.
USGS Real-Time Water Data for USGS 11502500 WILLIAMSON
RIVER BLW SPRAGUE RIVER NR CHILOQUIN,OR
Swamped,
Times Standard, posted to KBC 1/1/06
County under ‘state of
emergency', Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 1/1/06 Flood threat rises in county, H&N 12/29/05."In the winter of 1996-97 a similar string of weather - snow, snow, more snow and then rain - caused the first severe flooding on both rivers since 1964. The flooding was the worst during the first week of January." {BEWARE OF FISHKILLS!! In the highest water years, like 1996 floods, there were the worst fishkills, and low-water years there were no fish kills, according to Klamath Irrigator and sports-fisherman John Crawford. KBC}
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