Feather River Watershed Monitoring Study

In response, DWR initiated a short-term study to monitor runoff from this fire. Results from this study were provided in a water quality assessment. Following the end of that study, large wildfires again impacted the watershed above Lake Oroville.

By the end of 2021, approximately 57 percent of the Lake Oroville watershed had burned in a three year period. Additionally, the 2021 Beckwourth Complex fire burned 90 percent of the Frenchman Lake watershed. In response to these fires, DWR initiated a broader post-fire water quality monitoring study.

This study encompassed a larger geographic area, included more diverse sample locations, and included both burned and unburned portions of the watershed. The primary objectives of this new study were to assess the water quality of runoff and its impacts from inflow to SWP reservoirs, as well as, providing a larger baseline of water quality data for the watershed than had previously been available. The data provided as part of this study includes both these inflow samples and reservoir samples that were collected as part of DWR's Routine Water Quality Monitoring Program.

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Citation

California Department of Water Resources. 2026. _Feather River Watershed Monitoring Study_. California Department of Water Resources. data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/feather-river-watershed-monitoring-study. Accessed [Month Day, Year].