Project details - Friant Division Project

Full Irrigation Service	acres
Supplemental Service	1,067,672 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service	0 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms	12,589
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands
Total Irrigable Lands

Population Served

Farm Population Served
Non-Farm Population Served
Total Population Served

Return to top

Area Irrigated and Crop Value

Year	Actual Area Irrigated (Acres)	Crop Value (Dollars)
1983	827,044	1,213,076,710
1984	990,604	1,406,382,241
1985	903,758	1,646,046,590
1986	925,140	1,613,314,730
1987	925,590	1,796,379,011
1988	818,041	1,902,024,279
1989	843,427	1,842,302,221
1990	720,886	2,339,497,430
1991	798,446	1,907,234,721
1992	808,496	1,657,908,935

Return to top

Project Water Supply

Project Water Quality

Project Water Supply

Current Conditions

Reservoir Storage

California Data Exchange Center Reservoir Levels for Millerton Lake

Weather Conditions (NOAA)

Regional Precipitation

Precipitation - at Friant Dam (California Dept. of Water Resources)

Streamflow

San Joaquin River below Friant, California (USGS)

Streamflow Forecast Map

Spring and Summer (NRCS)

Snowpack Information

Mountain Snowpack Maps for Great Basin and California

Drought Index

Palmer Drought Index Map
Explanation of Palmer Drought Severity Index (Text)

Historic Conditions

Annual Precipitation

Normal	10.60 in
Maximum - 1983	21.61 in
Minimum - 1966	6.07 in
Fresno, California 1961-1990

Temperature

Mean Annual	63.1 ?F
Daily Maximum - 07/05/1991	112 ?F
Daily Minimum - 01/10/1949	18 ?F
Fresno, California 1924-1996
Growing Season	260 days
Elevation of irrigable area	361.5 ft

San Joaquin River

Drainage area at Friant Dam	1,675 mi2
Annual discharge
Maximum	acre-ft
Minimum	acre-ft
Average	acre-ft

California Data Exchange Center -- Friant Dam Outflows

Return to top

Project Water Quality

Middle San Joaquin - Lower Chowchilla

Tulare - Buena Vista Lakes

Upper San Joaquin

Return to top

Facilities in Operation

Facilities in Operation

Storage Dams	1
Diversion Dams	1
Canals	187.7 mi
Conduits	53.5 mi
Powerplants
Delano-Earlimart I. D.	18
Exeter I. D.	8
Ivanhoe I. D.	4
Lindmore I. D.	4
Lindsay-Strathmore I. D.	1
Saucelito I. D.	3
Southern San Joaquin M.U.D.	15
Stone Corral I. D.	8
Teapot Dome W. D.	4
Transmission Lines	1.65 mi
Substations	1

Return to top

Storage Facilities

Friant Dam

Return to top

Diversion Facilities

John Franchi Diversion Dam - formerly Madera Diversion Dam

Return to top

Carriage Facilities

Friant-Kern Canal

Location	From Friant Dam near Friant, California, generally south to the vacinity of Bakersfield, California.
Construction period	1945-1951
Length	151.8 mi
Capacity	5,000 cfs
Typical section - initial reach
Bottom width	36 ft
Side slopes	1.25:1
Water depth	17.2 ft

Madera Canal

Location	From Friant Dam near Friant, California , generally northwest.
Construction period	1940-1945
Length	35.9 mi
Capacity	1,000 cfs
Typical section - initial reach
Bottom width	10 ft
Side slopes	1.25:1
Water depth	9 ft

Return to top

Pumping Plants

Designation	Number of units	Total capacity, cfs	Total dynamic head, feet	Total horsepower
Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
Plant D-1	3	10.7	23	---
Plant D-2	3	9	24	---
Plant D-3
Low Lift	4	21	31	110
High Lift	7	115.4	49	11,025
Plant D-4	3	13	18	---
Plant D-5	1	3	10	---
Plant D-6	2	5	19	---
Plant D-7
Low Lift	2	6.9	14	---
High Lift	3	13.2	23	---
Plant D-8	3	14.6	17	---
Plant D-9	4	19	47	---
Plant D-10	5	41.2	57	---
Plant D-11
Low Lift	3	11	15	---
High Lift	3	13	26	---
Plant D-12
Low Lift	4	18	23	---
High Lift	6	82.5	53	---
Plant D-13	3	12.9	11	---
Plant D-14
Low Lift	4	21	27	---
High Lift	4	23.6	66	---
Plant D-15	2	10	14	---
Plant D-17	3	9	25	---
Plant D-18
Low Lift	2	5.6	46	---
High Lift	4	32	72	---
Plant D-19	2	7	18	---
Exeter Irrigation District
Plant E-1	4	21	92	---
Plant E-2
Low Lift	2	5	27	---
High Lift	4	18	68	---
Plant E-3	2	3.6	24	---
Plant E-4	2	3.7	23	---
Plant E-5	3	13.6	17	---
Plant E-6	2	4.7	14	---
Plant E-7	1	2	38	---
Plant E-8	1	2	7	---
Ivanhoe Irrigation District
Plant I-1	1	2.8	12.5	---
Plant I-2	2	6.7	20	---
Plant I-3	2	8.1	11.3	---
Plant I-4	1	2	19.5	---
Lingmore Irrigation District
Plant L-1	1	2	8	---
Plant L-2	1	2	8	---
Plant L-3	3	14	22	---
Plant L-4
Low Lift	5	11.7	75	---
High Lift	5	13.3	94	---
Lindsay-Strathmore I. D.
Trauger Pumping Plant
Low Lift	2	23	107	---
High Lift	7	120	187	---
Saucelito Irrigation District
Plant SA-1	3	14	13	---
Plant SA-2	3	10	14.5	---
Plant SA-3	3	10	14.5	---
Southern San Joaquin M.U.D.
Plant S-1	3	6	16.5	---
Plant S-2	4	17.5	16.5	---
Plant S-3	1	6	16.5	---
Plant S-4	6	78	55	---
Plant S-5
Low Lift	2	8	20	---
High Lift	5	59.5	50	---
Plant S-6
Low Lift	2	5.6	14	---
High Lift	4	26	64	---
Plant S-7	6	72	52	---
Plant S-8	5	64	64	---
Plant S-9	4	36	53	---
Plant S-10	2	4	19	---
Plant S-12	5	59.5	61	---
Plant S-13
Low Lift	2	8	21	---
High Lift	5	40	59	---
Plant S-14
Low Lift	2	8	17	---
High Lift	3	14.1	47	---
Plant S-15	1	3	28	---
Plant S-16	1	3	28	---
Stone Corral Irrigation District
Plant SC-1	3	5	14	---
Plant SC-2	2	2.7	27	---
Plant SC-2A	2	2	94	---
Plant SC-3	2	2.1	51	---
Plant SC-4	3	2.3	26	---
Plant SC-4A	2	2	46	---
Plant SC-5	2	2	17	---
Plant SC-6	2	2.4	40	---
Teapot Dome Water District
Plant T-1	5	34	144	---
Plant T-2	5	23.1	148	---
Plant T-2A	2	3.8	18	---
Plant T-3	3	5.3	64	---

Return to top

Last updated: Apr 21, 2011