Our mission is to provide quality, responsive engineering services to the nation including:
- Planning, designing, building and operating water resources and other civil works projects (Navigation, Flood Control, Environmental Protection, Disaster Response, etc.)
- Designing and managing the construction of military facilities for the Army and Air Force. (Military Construction)
- Providing design and construction management support for other Defense and federal agencies. (Interagency and International Services)
- Today, as always, we stand ready... engineers, scientists, real estate specialists and administrators alike to meet national security, emergency and other national requirements.
The
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is made up of approximately
34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. Our military and
civilian engineers, scientists and other specialists work hand
in hand as leaders
in engineering and environmental matters. Our diverse workforce
of biologists, engineers, geologists, hydrologists, natural resource
managers and other
professionals meets the demands of changing times and requirements
as a vital part of America's Army.
The
Sacramento District was formed in October 1929, before that it
was part of the San Francisco District, formed in 1866. Its boundaries
included the rivers and waterways within areas drained by the
Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers above their confluence at the
head of Suisun Bay. It was entirely within the State of California,
from the Sierra Nevada on the east and Oregon border on the north
to the Tehachapi Mountains on the south.
Military construction
responsibilities were added to the district in 1941 and again
in 1943, the civil boundaries were expanded to include the area
of the former Salt Lake City District. In 1968, the Sacramento
District became the second largest in the contiguous United States
when territory was transferred from the Los Angeles District.
Added were all of Utah, except the southwest corner, Colorado
from the Continental Divide west, the southwest corner of Wyoming,
northeast corner of Arizona and the northwest corner of New Mexico
for a total of 290,000 square miles.
Approximately 1,000 military and civilian employees work in the Sacramento
District today. It is one of the largest districts in the Corps, covering all
or part of nine western states.
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