Flood Management
3310 El Camino Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95821
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 219000
Sacramento, CA 95821-9000
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Announcements
DWR Produces New Advisory Floodplain Maps
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released new advisory floodplain maps for Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley cities and counties.State Flood System Inspection Report for 2007 Released
Each year a report is compiled that documents the results of the Department's Flood Control Project inspections that identify maintenance deficiencies on the system levees. The latest inspection report (PDF: 6.8MB) is avaliable.Proposed Regulations for the Flood Control Subventions Program
The deadline for filing comments on proposed Flood Control Subventions Program regulations governing payment of certain non-federal costs associated with a State-Federal flood control project is 5 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2008. For more information, please see Flood Control Subventions website.Local Agency Reporting Requirements
Additions to the California Water Code include requirements for local levee maintaining agencies (Local Agencies) to submit to DWR, by September 30 each year, specific information relative to the Project Levees they operate and maintain. For more information, see the AB 156 fact sheet. (PDF: 1.7MB)California Data Exchange Center Receives Award
A Special Recognition Award was presented at the 2008 California Extreme Precipitation Symposium to the California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) for providing an invaluable data resource for water management in California for the past 25 years. Access the data resources of CDEC.The Department of Water Resources established the Division of Flood Management in November 1977, though flood forecasting and flood operations have been integral functions of the Department and its preceding agencies for about a century. The Department itself was created following severe flooding across Northern California in December 1955.
Today, the functions of statewide flood forecasting, flood operations, and other key flood emergency response activities are the primary missions of the Division's Hydrology and Flood Operations Office. Other components of the Division include the Delta-Suisun Marsh Office, the Flood Projects Office, the Levee Repairs and Floodplain Management Office, and the Flood Maintenance Office.
The Division of Flood Management, among several others, is carrying out the work of the Department's FloodSAFE California Program which partners with local, regional, state, tribal, and federal officials in creating sustainable, integrated flood management and emergency response systems throughout California.
