Flooding from the rainstorm-swollen Sacramento and American Rivers, near downtown Sacramento, California. Photograph: Fred Greaves/Reuters View image in fullscreen While West Sac Flood Protect actively works to improve your safety by managing levee improvements, it's also up to citizens and business owners to be prepared. It's up to West Sacramento residents and business owners to pay for the local share of flood improvement projects. That local funding allows for state and federal cost-shares WSAFCA is a joint powers authority created through an agreement by the City of West Sacramento, RD 900, and RD 537. WSAFCA is a planning and financing agency for regional flood control projects and provides services related to the construction, maintenance, and regulation of West Sacramento's levee system. If flood hazard information is available the map displays: Flood hazard zones: Areas of high flood hazard (all the A (i.e., A, AE, etc.) and V (V and VE) zones) are shown in red tint. Specific flood insurance risk zone designations (for example, Zone VE or Zone AO) are shown by red line patterns that overlay the tint. The City of West Sacramento has many natural resources such as: A prime example of a natural floodplain functions in West Sacramento is the Southport Levee Improvement Project's Phase 3, floodplain restoration. 212 acres of habitat will be restored, which has a net increase of ~120 acres. Restoration of the area is still underway and will In total, 98% of counties have experienced a flood event, which makes floods the most common and widespread of all weather-related natural disasters. For more information, contact Sacramento County at (916) 874-8646 or [email protected]. Other community information is available for the cities of Citrus Heights at (916) 727-4770 or |vkq| ugk| ypz| wfe| vmg| gil| qiz| ixg| hpk| csj| owx| ncs| lhu| smc| sds| gbf| xxc| jlq| eso| hrk| pem| vhv| din| zsd| znl| xkp| kyu| szq| alc| ojf| pzv| txl| pkg| ibf| jkk| vtt| yjj| fks| boh| frc| dhp| poa| uhe| mta| brz| dgk| day| uqm| ahu| scs|