📍 Marysville Ring Levee

infrastructure · Marysville · est. 1875 · still here

A continuous levee system encircling the city of Marysville, protecting it from the Yuba and Feather Rivers. The ring levee system has been constructed, breached, rebuilt, and improved repeatedly since the 1850s. The current system, maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers and local agencies, is one of the most critical pieces of flood infrastructure in the Sacramento Valley.

Stories here

The 1997 New Year's Flood · Arboga Levee Break and the Fight for Modern Flood Protection
The 1986 Linda Levee Failure · When the State Was Found Liable
The Great Flood of 1862 · When the Sacramento Valley Became an Inland Sea

📍 39.1450, -121.5900 · Open in Maps