"Lake Meridian" Sutter Buttes, photographed during the 1997 flood. That's not an inland sea, it's farm land, businesses and homes. Click the photo above for a full-size view. Photo: Ken Calhoun "Then and Now" Click the photo above for a full-size view: Downtown Yuba City on Christmas Eve, 1955, and how it looks today. Photo Collage: Art101

Welcome to the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency galleries. Stop in often to watch the galleries expand.

Podcasts

CLICK HERE to visit the new Podcasts page. Listen to podcasts about the 1955 Christmas Eve Sutter County flood.

SLIDE SHOW

Flood photos from 1940 to 1997

The 1955 Sutter County flooding resulted in 38 deaths, 160 hospitalized, 3,227 injuries, 23,000 forced from their homes, 467 homes destroyed, 5,745 homes damaged, 185 farm buildings destroyed, and another 2,770 farm buildings damaged.

Total damage to private and public property was estimated at about $65 million out of total assessed property of $200 million.

If one-third of the total assessed value of Sutter County properties were damaged in the same manner today, the value would be in excess of $2.5 billion.

Image Credits: Sutter County Information Office, Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County, Sutter Country Library, Charles Smith, Roberta Fletcher.

VIDEOS

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Sutter County Floods

Produced by Sutter County Public Information Officer Chuck Smith, this 91/2-minute video is a montage of pictures from flood events in Sutter County over the past 105 years. The video is available at both YouTube and a section of Appeal-Democrat.com where readers can submit videos.

Read the complete article | Watch on YouTube

A Mouseketeer Christmas Party In Yuba City

Watch this video for moving archival footage. Following the Yuba City flood on Christmas Eve, 1955, the Mouseketeers threw a Christmas Party for the kids of Yuba City. Produced by Sutter County Public Information Officer Chuck Smith. Watch on YouTube

She Turned Her Back on the River

Marcella Slocum describes how she did not believe Yuba City would flood and narrowly escaped death when it did by climbing into a tree. Interviewed by Dutch Klemp of KUBA radio in Yuba City in early 1956, as part of the series, "What About The Flood?" Where were you on Christmas Eve, 1955? Produced by Sutter County Public Information Officer Chuck Smith. Watch on YouTube

Sutter County, 1955: "Here Comes the Flood"

Video collage produced by Art101.com with photos courtesy of Sutter County Library, The Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County and Ken Calhoun. Watch on YouTube