Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The storm's toll on Sutter County was severe. At 12:04 a.m. on December 24, 1955, a levee on the west bank of the Feather River, at Shanghai Bend, collapsed and a wall of water 21 feet high entered the county, flooding 90 percent of Yuba City and the farmlands in the southern Yuba City basin.
New Bullards Bar Dam was constructed by the Yuba County Water Agency. The agency was created through an act of the state legislature in 1959 specifically to construct a flood control reservoir in response to a flooding event in 1955. The bulk of the financing for the dam came from the issuance of revenue bonds. The dam was completed in 1969.
The Yuba–Sutter area (common name), or Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area ... although the severe flood of 1955 curtailed operations that year.
May 25—The history of Yuba Water Agency and Yuba County is portrayed in a new documentary that premiered Monday night for area officials and others who have worked to help protect the ...
New Bullards Bar Dam was built on the North Yuba River in response to the huge flood of December 1955, [20] which destroyed much of Yuba City. [21] Completed in 1969, the 645 ft (197 m) high concrete arch dam is one of the tallest dams in the United States, replacing and submerging the old Bullards Bar Dam.
17 April 1945 – Inundation of the Wieringermeer, military flooding, to cover the retreat of the German army; Dec 24, 1955 – Just after midnight, a levee on the west bank of the Feather River collapsed just south of Yuba City, Ca., resulting in the drowning of 38 residents. [7]
Yuba City (Maidu: Yubu) [7] [8] is a city in Northern California and the county seat of Sutter County, California, United States. The population was 70,117 at the 2020 census. Yuba City is the principal city of the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Sutter County and Yuba County. The metro area's population is 164,138.
Nov. 16—Former three-term Yuba County Supervisor Don Schrader is jumping back into the political realm with his intent to run for the North Director position on the Yuba Water Agency Board of ...