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<br /> <br />Bulletin 160-98 Public Review Draft <br /> <br />Chapter 7. Coastal Regions <br /> <br />Most land area in the North Coast Region is forest or range land. Irrigated agriculture is <br /> <br /> <br />concentrated in the narrow river valleys such as the Russian River in Sonoma County, and on the <br /> <br /> <br />high plateau of the Klamath River basin. The primary crops are pasture, grain, alfalfa, <br /> <br /> <br />winegrapes, truck crops, and nursery stock. Principal cities in the region include Crescent City, <br /> <br />Eureka, Fort Bragg, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Mendocino and Rohnert Park. Table 7-1 shows the 1995 <br /> <br /> <br />population and irrigated crop acreage in the region and 2020 forecasts. <br /> <br /> <br />Most of the region is comprised ofrugged mountains; the dominant topographic features <br /> <br /> <br />are the Klamath Mountains and the Coast Range. Mountain elevations range from 5,000 feet <br /> <br /> <br />along the coast to more than 8,000 feet in the Klamath River watershed. Valley areas include the <br /> <br />high plateau of the Klamath River basin in Modoc County, the Eureka! Arcata area, Hoopa Valley <br /> <br /> <br />in Humboldt County, Anderson Valley, the Ukiah area, Alexander Valley, and the Santa Rosa <br /> <br /> <br />plain. <br /> <br />Precipitation in the region varies depending on location and elevation. In the Modoc <br /> <br /> <br />Plateau of the Klamath River basin, annual precipitation averages 10 inches, while higher <br /> <br />elevation lands of the Smith River basin in Del Norte County average more than 100 inches of <br /> <br /> <br />rain a year. The southern portion of the region is drier; Santa Rosa averages about 29 inches of <br /> <br /> <br />rain annually. <br /> <br />Most land area in the North Coast Region is forest or range land. Irrigated agriculture is <br /> <br />concentrated in the narrow river valleys such as the Russian River in Sonoma County, and on the <br /> <br /> <br />high plateau ofthe Klamath River basin. The primary crops are pasture, grain, alfalfa, <br /> <br /> <br />winegrapes, truck crops, and nursery stock. Principal cities in the region include Crescent City, <br /> <br />Eureka, Fort Bragg, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Mendocino and Rohnert Park. Table 7-1 shows the 1995 <br /> <br /> <br />population and irrigated crop acreage in the region and 2020 forecasts. <br /> <br />Population <br />Irrigated Crop Acres <br /> <br />Table 7-1 . Population and Crop Acreage <br />(in thousands) <br />1995 <br />606 <br />323 <br /> <br />2020 <br />835 <br /> <br />335 <br /> <br />7-4 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />