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"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
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Galleries
Welcome to the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency galleries. Stop in often to watch the galleries expand.
New: 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
Click a screen or text link below to watch.
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
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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
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She Turned Her Back on the River
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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
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Sutter County, 1955: "Here Comes the Flood"
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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
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NEWS, EVENTS, ACTIONS AND LINKS
Civil Design Request for Qualifications
See Documents Page for details.
Spring vote on levee levy likely
By Ben van der Meer / Appeal-Democrat, February 10, 2010
Property owners in much of Sutter and southern Butte counties appear likely to see a mail-ballot election this spring on whether to enact an assessment to strengthen up to 44 miles of Feather River levees.
READ MORE
New Podcast episode!
Vintage radio podcasts from 1955 flood survivors. Marcella Slocum describes a harrowing night clinging to a tree.
CLICK HERE
Media Release available
CLICK HERE
Flood memories captured in a new video
CLICK HERE to watch a video and read the full article on the Appeal-Democrat website.
Follow-up information from Butte Town Hall, sponsored by Supervisor Lambert
Link to FEMA website: Draft Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) and background reports for Butte County communities of Biggs and Gridley.
Voter support critical for levee project
By Ashley Gebb / Appeal-Democrat, September 2, 2009
The Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency presented the Yuba City Council with a progress report Tuesday to discuss the status, options and tentative timeline for levee restoration. One of the strongest points echoed by council and agency members was the need for passing the Proposition 218 benefit assessment vote in May.
READ MORE
The American Red Cross needs your help for its flood relief efforts.
Please donate now.
Visit your local chapter!
Three Rivers Red Cross
2125 East Onstott Rd.
Yuba City CA 95991
(530) 673-1460
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