Natural Flow of the Upper Klamath River

Document Details:

Title: Natural Flow of the Upper Klamath River
Category: Website, Technical Report
External URL: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/programs/spcl-projects/docs/undepleted-klam-fnl-rpt.pdf
Updated Date: 18.05.2017
Author(s)/Source(s): Reclamation
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Focal Topic: In-Stream Flow / Flow Regime
Location: Upper Klamath
Watershed Code: 18010203
Abstract:

This report presents details of the investigation and results in estimating the natural flow of the upper Klamath River at Keno, Oregon. The area investigated includes the Klamath River Basin above Keno, Oregon, primarily in Klamath County, with some areas of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties in California. The study area includes the Sprague, Williamson, and Wood River basins, as well as Upper Klamath and Lower Klamath Lakes.

The current purpose of this study is to provide an estimate of the monthly natural flows in the upper Klamath River at Keno. This estimate of the natural flow represents typical flow without agricultural development in the Upper Klamath River Basin, including its tributaries.

This study used a water budget approach to assess the agricultural depletions and alterations to the natural flow. The approach was to evaluate the changes of agriculture from predevelopment conditions, estimate the effects of these changes, and restore the water budget to natural conditions by reversing the effects of agricultural development. Records used in this empirical assessment were derived from both stream gaging flow histories and from climatological records for stations within and adjacent to the study area.

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