Video

Video by Joseph Bruton, John Prettyman

Hamilton City Levee Project (B-roll)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

June 6, 2023 | 5:13

Aerial video shows the current progress on the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Hamilton City, California, June 6, 2023 (No Audio).

Hamilton City is a small Northern California town that has been evacuated during high-water events five times since 1983. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project has completed 6.8 miles of levee improvements to reduce this flood risk and will also restore approximately 1,400 acres of native habitat.

Learn more: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Hamilton-City/

(Aerial imagery captured by John Prettyman and J. Paul Bruton, remote pilots with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Aviation Section.)

0:00 Phase 1 Levee (South of County Road 23)
1:14 Phase 1 Revegetation (South of County Road 23)
2:02 Phase 1 Levee (South of County Road 23)
2:46 Phase 1 Revegetation (North of County Road 23)
3:19 Phase 1 Levee (North of County Road 23)
3:54 Phase 2B Levee
4:44 Phase 2A Levee Rip Rap