• Fire Prevention in Santa Cruz County
• Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
• Local Watershed Plans
• Watsonville Sloughs Hydrology Study
• Santa Cruz County Maps
• Soil Surveys
• Web Links

Fire Prevention in Santa Cruz County

• Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (831) 685-6690

• Ben Lomond Fire Protection District (831) 336-5495

• Bonny Doon Fire and Rescue (831) 426-1561

• Boulder Creek Fire Department (831) 338-7222

• Branciforte Fire Protection District (831) 423-8856

• Central Fire Protection District of Santa Cruz County (831) 479-6842

• Felton Fire Protection District (831) 335-4422

• Pajaro Valley Fire Protection District (831) 722-6188

• Santa Cruz City Fire Department (831) 420-5280

• Santa Cruz County Fire (831) 335-6748

• Scotts Valley Fire Protection District (831) 438-0211

• University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department (831) 459-3473

• Watsonville City Fire Department (831) 768-3200

• Zayante Fire Protection District (831) 335-5100

• Bonny Doon Fire Safe Council (831) 515-8389

• Fire Safe San Mateo County (831) 335-3542

• Santa Clara County Fire Safe Council (408) 975-9591

• Soquel Fire Safe Council (831) 600-8503

• South Skyline Fire Safe Council (408) 867-9422

• Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County (831) 464-2950

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (831) 475-1967

• Animal Services Authority

• CAL FIRE

• CAL FIRE - Ready for Wildfire

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection/Santa Cruz County Fire Department (831) 335-5353

• California Fire Alliance

• California Fire Safe Council

• California Native Plant Society

• Community Emergency Response Team

• Disaster Safety

• National Fire Protection Association

• National Interagency Fire Center

• Red Cross

• Santa Cruz County Planning Department - Environmental Planning

• U.S. Fire Administration

• Wildfire Zone

Integrated Regional Water Management Plan

Local Watershed Plans

"The watershed is defined as a unit of natural or disturbed land on which all the water that falls (or emanates from springs) collects by gravity and fails to evaporate and runs off via a common outlet. The watershed is the basic unit of water supply." - Peter E. Black, Watershed Hydrology, Second Edition, 1996.

There have been seven Watershed Assessment and Enhancement Plans developed for Santa Cruz County, they include:

Lower Pajaro
Aptos Creek
Soquel Creek
Arana Gulch
San Lorenzo River and Scotts Creek

Please note the size of the Adobe Acrobat ".pdf" file you are downloading.

• Arana Gulch Watershed Enhancement Plan (another website)
• Lower Pajaro River Watershed Enhancement Plan - 22 MB
• San Lorenzo River Salmonid Enhancement Plan - 3 MB
• San Vicente Creek Watershed, Plan for Salmonid Recover - 16 MB
• Pinto Lake Watershed,Implementation Strategies for Restoring Water Quality in Pinto Lake

• Aptos Creek Watershed Enhancement Plan - 11 MB
• Appendix A - Aptos Creek Fisheries Habitat Assessment - 2 MB
• Appendix B - Geomorphology & Sediment Source Assessment - 4 MB
• Appendix C - Hydro & Water Quality Final Report - 6 MB
• Appendix D - Aptos Creek Riparian Vegetation Assessment - 3 MB
• Appendix E - Aptos Watershed Large Woody Debris Recruitment Report - 1 MB
• Appendix F - Valencia Culvert Specifications - 4 MB

• Soquel Creek Watershed Assessment and Enhancement Project Plan with Appendixes A and B - 1 MB
• Appendix C1 – Fisheries Assessment - 3 MB
• Appendix C2 – Soquel Creek Salmonid Assessment And Ancement Plan - 3 MB
• Appendix E – Riparian Vegetation Assessment - 4 MB
• Appendix F – Response to Comment Letters - 264 kB

Note: Appendixes D and G of the Soquel Creek Watershed Enhancement Plan (Geomorphology / Hydrology Assessment and Erosion Prevention Plan, respectively) are currently down. We are in the process of restoring these two appendices.

Santa Cruz County Maps

• Santa Cruz County GIS (another website)
• Santa Cruz County Boundary Map - 12 kB
• Santa Cruz Road District Map - 29 kB
• Steelhead and Coho Salmon Distribution Map - 2 MB

Soil Surveys

Soil surveys provide the basic information needed to manage soil sustainability. They also provide information needed to protect water quality, wetlands, and wildlife habitat. Soil surveys are the basis for predicting the behavior of a soil under alternative uses, its potential erosion hazard, potential for ground water contamination, suitability and productivity for cultivated crops, trees, and grasses. Soil surveys are important to planners, engineers, zoning commissions, tax commissioners, homeowners, developers, as well as agricultural producers.

NRCS Soil Survey Report of Santa Cruz County, CA

USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Index

Create your own soil map on the web!

Web Links

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

• National Association of Conservation Districts

• California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

• Resource Conservation District of Monterey County

• San Mateo Resource Conservation District

AGENCIES

• US Environmental Protection Agency

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

• CALFIRE

• California Coastal Commission

• California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey (CGS)

• California Department of Fish & Game

• California Department of Food and Agriculture

• California Department of Water Resources

• California State Agencies Directory

• State Water Resources Control Board

• City of Capitola

• Santa Cruz County Government

ORGANIZATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS

• Soil and Water Conservation Society

• American Farmland Trust

• Sustainable Agriculture Network

• Horses for Clean Water

• Association of California Water Agencies

• Calflora Project

• California Agricultural Technology Institute

• California Certified Organic Farmers

• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

• California Farm Bureau Federation

• California Farm Water Coalition

• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

• California Invasive Plant Council

• California Native Plant Society - CNPS

• Coastal Conservancy

• EnviroHorse

• University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project

• UC Cooperative Extension

• Agriculture Water Quality Alliance

• Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association

• Arana Gulch Watershed Alliance (AGWA)

• Central Coast Agriculture Water Quality Coalition

• Coastal Watershed Council

• Community Alliance with Family Farmers

• Composting in Santa Cruz County

• CSU Monterey Bay: The Watershed Institute EcoCruz

• Ecology Action

• Elkhorn Slough Foundation

• Livestock & Land

• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

• Organic Materials Exchange

• Santa Cruz Sandhills and Sandhills Alliance for Natural Diversity

• Watsonville Wetlands Watch

• Valley Women's Club of San Lorenzo Valley

• Water Conservation Coalition of Santa Cruz County

Watsonville Sloughs Hydrology Study

• Watsonville Sloughs Hydrology Study Final Report