Predictions for Water Year 2006

The probability of a water shortage is based on estimates of river basin runoff from monthly USDA NRCS Idaho Water Outlook Reports, historical basin wide reservoir storage accumulation during drought years, the previous year’s October 31st reservoir storage carry over, and an irrigation district’s historical storage water requirements during non-drought years.  An irrigation district’s storage water allocation is based on the amount of basin wide storage water and not on an individual irrigation district’s account, thus the results do not reflect specific carry over amounts of an irrigation district.  The probability of a water shortage may be greater or less depending upon actual storage water carry over for a specific irrigation district.  The approach does not directly consider winter water savings contracts for storage held by some irrigation districts.  However, these storage contracts fill every year and are reflected in the historical data used to estimate storage water allocation.  How well the predictions reflect a particular irrigation district’s situation should be evaluated by consulting with the District Manager.

 The severity of a water shortage represents an upper limit of how substantial a shortage in storage water allocation could be for an irrigation district.  Severity is calculated as the maximum expected shortfall in storage water required for an irrigation district divided by the irrigation district mean annual diversion.  The severity represents an extreme upper limit to a water supply shortage that has a remote chance of occurring but serves to cap the magnitude of the situation.  Any water shortage will likely be much less than that represented by the severity.

 

 

The values represented in the table below are based entirely on historical data and mathematical relationships that may not necessarily fit every irrigation district’s situation.  How well the predictions reflect a particular irrigation district’s situation should be evaluated by consulting with the District Manager.  These estimates are merely a guide for risk management planning and should not be used for any purpose other than risk management planning.

 

Table shows the canal predictions of water shortage for each month . The first column is the prediction of whether a shortage will occur. The next column has the predicted severity of the shortage. 

Canals that irrigate  less than 2000 acres or canals that are part of larger systems are not predicted, look at the larger system if possible.

Monthly data will be added as the streamflow predictions are published, usually by the 10th of the month.

 

Water District 1 (Upper Snake above Twin Falls)

Boise Basin

Other Districts

 

 

 

District 1 Upper Snake

January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
A & B Irrigation 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Aberdeen 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Blackfoot 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Burgess 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Butte & Market Lake 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Consolidated Farmers 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Corbett 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Danskin 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
E. Labelle 15% 0 % 14 % 0 % 15 % 0 % 15% 0%
Egin 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Enterprise (Falls R) 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Enterprise (Snake R) 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Falls Irrg AF 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%

 Irrigation District

January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
Falls River 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Farmers Friend  (Snake R) 3 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 1% 0%
Farmers Friend   (Teton R) 21 % 0 % 14 % 0 % 17 % 0 % 16% 0%
Farmers Own 16 % 13 % 3 % 0 % 6 % 0 % 3% 0%
Gooding  Res #2 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Great Western & Porter 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Harrison 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Idaho 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Independent 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Island 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Island Ward 2 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Kennedy 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Lenroot 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%

 Irrigation District 

January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
Marysville 2 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Milner Low Lift 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Minidoka N&S 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
New Lava Side 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Osgood 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Parks & Lewisville 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Peoples 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Reid 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Rexburg 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Rigby 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Riverside 25 % 0 % 25 % 0 % 25 % 0 % 25% 0%
Rudy 0 % 0 % 2 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Salem Union 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%

  Irrigation District

January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
Snake River Valley 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
St. Anthony Union 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Sunnydell 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Teton 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Teton Island 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Texas 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Twin Falls N 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Twin Falls S 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Twin Groves 4 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 1% 0%
W. Labelle & Long Island 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Watson 17 % 0 % 16% 0 % 16 % 0 % 16% 0%
Wilford 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Woodville 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Yellowstone 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%


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Boise Basin Data
Irrigation District January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
Ballentyne 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Boise City 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Boise Valley 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Bubb 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Canyon County 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Capitol View 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Davis 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Eagle Island Canals 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Eureka #1 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Farmers Union 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Little Pioneer 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Middleton 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
New Dry Creek 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
 Irrigation District January, 2006 February, 2006 March, 2006 April, 2006
Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity Probability of a Shortage Severity
New Union 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
New York 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Phyllis 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Ridenbaugh 61 % 8 % 40 % 0 % 53 % 1 % 41% 0%
Rossi Mill 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Sebree 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Settlers 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%
Thurman Mill 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0% 0%

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The estimated probability of a water shortage and associated severity are based on historical non-drought year irrigation district water usage.  As such, the effects of irrigation district drought mitigation measures are not reflected in the values shown in the tables.  An irrigation district may reduce water delivery rates once the district’s natural flow water right is cutoff and they begin drawing on their storage water account. This in effect forces conservation of the irrigation district’s water supply and extends the length of the irrigation season to every water user’s benefit.  Purchasing storage water from the rental pool or other water users is also a mitigation measure not reflected in the values show in the table below.  Thus, the effect of water supply shortage may be much less than indicated by the values in the tables if district wide drought mitigation measures are taken.