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  • March

    Heavy equipment on a dike overlooking a lake

    Flood Control Partnerships for a Safer Sacramento

    In December 1861, as the Civil War raged in the Eastern United States, the young city of Sacramento, California, was fighting its own battle—with raging flood waters. The city’s fight to stay dry continues to the present day, spearheaded by a variety of federal, state, and local agencies.

  • August

    U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCommand Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones talks with 1LT William Mengon about the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway during a visit on Aug. 17, 2016. Jones visited Sacramento District projects at Folsom as well as Englebright and Black Butte Lakes during his two-day visit.

    Command Sergeant Major tours Sacramento District

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sergeant Major Antoio S. Jones visited the Sacramento District for the first time August 16-17. Jones’ itinerary included visits to two district-operated reservoirs, Black Butte Lake and Englebright Lake as well as the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project. j
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District contractors prepare to place some of the 293,000 cubic yards of concrete that now line the Joint Federal Project at Folsom Lake, California. (Photo by Rick Brown)

    JFP engineers crush it!

    Construction on the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway, also known as the Joint Federal Project, will be wrapping up soon – the project is scheduled for completion by October 2017. But how do those living in the Sacramento region know that the project will withstand the test of time as advertised?

  • March

    Shauna England Weinmann (right) and Richard Marmolejo with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District oversee painting of one of three Tainter gates March 3, 2015, at the district's 52-year-old dam at New Hogan Lake in Valley Springs, California. A $6.7 million project will replace nearly every moving part except the large, curved panels of the Tainter gates themselves— including additions such as environmentally-friendly paint and lighting, new water seals, and an electric hoist system.

    New gates for Corps' New Hogan Dam spillway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is in the process of refurbishing three Tainter gates at New Hogan Dam in Valley Springs, California.

  • September

    Construction continues on the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway control structure in Folsom, Calif., shown Sept. 10, 2013. The Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project is a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area and improve Folsom Dam’s safety.

    Inside the construction of Folsom Dam’s second dam

    In California’s Sacramento Valley, residents are watching Folsom Dam's new auxiliary spillway project transform from rock and dirt into a massive, life-saving flood risk reduction project.

  • January

    Sacramento District commander Col. Bill Leady shows off a 1/240-scale model of the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway in Folsom, Calif., during a site visit in May 2012. The Corps uses models created with a 3-D printer to help show team members, community leaders and the public how projects will look and operate.

    Honey, I Shrunk the Dam!

    Thanks to 3-D printing technology, Sacramento District projects are being shrunk into handheld models in a matter of hours to help team members visualize and explain their work like never before.

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