[californiadisasters] Flood Emergency Declared Over Weakened Stanislaus Co. Levee

Flood emergency declared over Stanislaus County weakened levee

By Garth Stapley
Modesto Bee

Tuesday, Apr. 05, 2011

MODESTO -- Alarmed at a weakened levee on the San Joaquin River, Stanislaus County supervisors on Tuesday declared a state of flood emergency.

Damages "could run into millions of dollars," County Chief Executive Officer Rick Robinson said, and the declaration could clear the way for state and federal financial relief if Gov. Jerry Brown agrees.

The levee was not identified in a nonagendized item that supervisors agreed to hear because of its urgent nature, but Supervisor Jim DeMartini said it's near Gomes Lake. The area north of Crows Landing Road and west of Carpenter Road normally is dry-to-marshy, but swells into a larger body of water during wet seasons.

Rising water has eroded eight feet into the levee; with 30 feet of earth remaining, it's probably not an "imminent threat" but must be closely watched, Robinson said. A breach would threaten 7,000 acres of farmland and 10,000 head of dairy cattle.

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