Butt Valley Lake/Butt Valley Reservoir
- Lake name:
- Butt Valley Lake/Butt Valley Reservoir
- Location:
- California
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 112151
- GRanD ID:
- 139
- Latitude:
- 40.115902
- Longitude:
- -121.144792
- Surface area (km2):
- 6.1
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1924
- Management agency:
- California State Parks; U.S. Forest Service; Feather River Land Trust
- Lake use:
- irrigation
- Region associations:
- Lake Almanor; Plumas National Forest
- Comments:
- Close to Lake Almanor, a major grebe breeding lake.
Summary of Surveys (1)
Survey Citation:
Robison, K., R. Weems, and D. Anderson. 2008. Western and Clark's Grebe conservation and management in California. Annual report for year three (2007). Report for American Trader and Kure/ Stuyvesant Trustee Councils and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, California.
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Type
shore -
Time period
August 21, 2007 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
Y
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 50 | 2007 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 50 | 2007 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | 0 | 0 | 2007 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 0 | 0 | 2007 |
Comments:
There was no nesting though there was submergent vegetation. Subsequent reports have their own entries.
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
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