Lower Feather Watershed

Updated: 03/10/2006

California CSP Enhancements, New Practices and Watershed Stewardship Payment Tables

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the Lower Feather Watershed is 369,150 acres. This watershed is located in Butte, Sutter, and Yuba counties in Northern California.

The primary land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland, orchard/vineyards, irrigated cropland and pastureland. The watershed area is a combination of Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys resource areas.

The topography is primarily nearly level for most of the watershed, but ranges from gently rolling to very steep in the Sutter Buttes area. The soils range from moderately deep to very deep. There are approximately 1,169 working farms in the watershed averaging 204 acres. Cropland accounts for about 103,850 acres with rice as the primary crop.

Rangeland accounts for approximately 90,450 acres; much of it is oak woodland and/or annual grassland. Pastureland acres are approximately 26,400. Orchard/vineyards cover approximately 108,330 acres. Total acreage of cropland, pasture, orchard, and vineyard that is irrigated is approximately 238,580. Resource concerns in the watershed include water quality, water quantity, nutrients, and sediments.

Land Cover/Use

Land Use	Total Acres
Cropland	103,850
Pastureland	26,400
Rangeland	90,450
Orchard/Vineyards	108,330
Developed	22,140
Open Water	7,050
Wetlands	10,925
Total Irrigated	238,580

Map of Lower Feather Watershed

These documents require Adobe Acrobat. Map of Lower Feather Watershed (624 KB)

For general and application information, visit the NRCS CSP Web page.

Counties in the Watershed

• Butte
• Sutter
• Yuba

Program Contacts

Hue Dang, Watershed Team Leader
NRCS Butte County Service Center
150 Chuck Yeager Way, Suite A
Oroville, CA 95965
Tel: (530) 534-0112, ex. 120
Fax: (530) 533-4936
E-mail: hue.dang@ca.usda.gov

Butte County

NRCS Butte County Service Center
150 Chuck Yeager Way, Suite A
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 534-0112

Sutter County

NRCS Yuba City Service Center
1511 Butte House Rd., Suite B
Yuba City, CA 95993
(530) 674-1461

Yuba County

NRCS Yuba City Service Center
1511 Butte House Rd., Suite B
Yuba City, CA 95993
(530) 674-1461

CSP Producer Workshops

Go to the CSP Workshops page for information on where and when producer workshops will be held.

California CSP Enhancements, New Practice List & Stewardship Payments

These documents require Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Excel.

Lower Feather Watershed Stewardship Payments (56 KB)

Lower Feather River Watershed CSP Stewardship & Existing Practice Payments (21 KB)

Summary of 2006 CSP Enhancements (74 KB)

Cropland Enhancement Job Sheets (2.2 MB)

Rangeland Enhancement Job Sheets (1.4 MB)

Pastureland Enhancement Job Sheets (1.1 MB)

Farmstead Enhancement Job Sheets (713 KB)

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