Lake Shastina

Lake name:
Lake Shastina
Location:
California
HydroLAKE ID:
111717
GRanD ID:
121
Latitude:
41.539004
Longitude:
-122.376042
Surface area (km2):
5.5
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1928
Management agency:
California State Water Resources Control Board (CEDEN)
Lake use:
irrigation
Region associations:
Shasta Valley; Siskiyou County
Comments:
Provides irrigation water for the Shasta Valley.

Summary of Surveys (2)

Survey Citation:
Ivey, G. L. 2004. Conservation assessment and management plan for breeding Western and Clark’s Grebes in California. Unpublished technical report. American Trader Trustee Council, California. . Accessed 15 January 2020.

  • Time period
    1990s
  • Source
    Conservation Assessment, Management Plan
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 presence 1990s
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence 1990s
Max Nests 1 to 100 presence 1990s
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 presence 1990s
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

This entry to capture historical record of breeding grebes in CA prior to 2002. There were breeding grebes and noted as colony site in Lake Shastina in the 1990s, no numbers or other details. Source is D. Shuford, pers. comm.

Survey Citation:
Robison, K., R. Weems, D. Anderson, and F. Gress. 2010. Western and Clark's Grebe conservation and management in California. Annual report (2009). Report for California Institute of Environmental Studies, Davis, California.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    2 August 2009
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 300 2009
Most Recent Adults 101 to 500 300 2009
Max Nests 0 0 2009
Most Recent Nests 0 0 2009
Max Chicks 0 0 2009
Most Recent Chicks 0 0 2009

Comments:

Data from Table 1. There is no chick # but assumed to be zero due to zero productivity rate. Water level was very low but there is no recreation and good wildlife habitat.

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).
  • Lake Shastina Water Quality
  • Lake Shastina History
  • Lake Shastina Limnology