Orestimba Creek Feasibility Study - Stanislaus County

Economics Appendix – Draft Report - Orestimba Creek Feasibility Study, Stanislaus County, California – September 2012
Table 9
Without Project Damages by Event
Agricultural Equipment Loss by Flood Event
October, 2011 Price Levels
------------------------ Flood Frequency-------------------------
EQUIPMENT LOSSES 5 10 20 50 100 200 500
FRUITS AND NUTS 52,237 85,478 103,880 114,342 119,165 123,024 127,661
FIELD CROPS 56,202 128,706 179,626 232,560 254,942 276,830 294,348
PASTURE & ALFALFA 21,951 90,599 116,357 147,380 159,449 174,717 192,942
RICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRUCK CROPS 40,774 50,616 61,978 73,036 85,462 94,088 103,512
VINE CROPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER 104,006 126,426 142,690 120,194 164,540 170,164 174,762
TOTAL 275,170 481,825 604,531 687,512 783,558 838,823 893,225
* Seventy-five percent of the Pasture and Alfalfa Class is assumed to be used for alfalfa hay and equipment is
appropriately adjusted.
From discussions with local farmers, most of the commodities grown in the study are sold or
stored in an area outside of the inundation area. The exception to this is the hay that is stored for
use by area livestock. For purposes of this analysis it is assumed that the hay, when cut, is
stacked at the edge of the field. Accordingly, the hay is accumulated from its first cutting at the
beginning of May to its last cutting at the end of October. It is expected that the hay is used up
proportionately during the five-month period of November through March of the following year.
Using these assumptions, the annual storage at risk per acre is computed below in Table 10.
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