 Photo depicting flooding in the Woodland area in the spring of 1999. |
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Cache Creek Settling Basin
The Cache Creek Settling Basin was designed to capture sediment carried in water flowing down Cache Creek. However, the basin effects how flood water behaves and flood management strategy in Yolo County. Click on the links below for more information on the history, benefits and difficulties that the Cache Creek Settling Basin presents.
Floodplain Interrupted: The Story of the Cache Creek Settling Basin: Water Engineer Fran Borcalli presents a brief overview of the settling basin.
Cache Creek Flooding: Dr. Bill Marble, Chair of the Water Resources Association and Woodland City Councilmember discusses the evolution of the settling basin and how it effects area flooding in this editorial piece.
Cache Creek Settling Basin PowerPoint Presentation: This presentation was shown at the Cache Creek Settling Basin Symposium on June 22, 2009. (PDF format, 3.71MB)
Seeking Solutions: floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program
The Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District (YCFC&WCD), City of Woodland, and Yolo County created a two-year pilot program, floodSAFE Yolo. This joint venture seeks effective solutions to the seasonal flooding of Cache Creek and the localized floodplain that impacts all three jurisdictions in different ways. The floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program coordinates the flood management efforts associated with Cache Creek Integrated Action and the Yolo County Sloughs, Canals & Creeks Management Program identified in the Yolo County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP).
The YCFC&WCD is taking a leadership role in the jointly-funded $600,000 effort. Program manager and water engineer, Fran Borcalli is overseeing the new division dedicated to flood and storm issues and flood control planning activities. In addition to working on flood control solutions, developing a sustainable funding mechanism is a priority so that the collaborative efforts for flood control management will continue after the 2-year pilot program ends.
The floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program emerged from the Yolo County IRWMP in response to citizens' concerns related to public safety and property damage associated with flooding from Cache Creek. The YCFC&WCD is the lead partner identified in a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Woodland and the County of Yolo to develop and implement the floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program. Click here to view the Program's organizational links
The program's main objective is to minimize the threat of damage to property from flooding and to improve preparedness and response in the event of a flood. The floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program takes a holistic approach; broadly considering policies regarding land use and habitat enhancement as well as building and maintaining physical structures such as levees and bypasses. Click here for more information about the Work Plan
Click here to view maps of Cache Creek flooding events
Yolo County, the City of Woodland and the District are pleased to present the first Annual Report for the floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program. The floodSAFE Yolo Pilot Program is an effort to meet the challenge of protecting property during a flood event, while maintaining the benefits that flooding brings to our soils.
Click here to view the report (9.8MB)
