California's Risk for Floods--Some Factoids
By Gary A. Patton
Executive Director
Planning and Conservation League
Why are we so anxious to get a strong flood policy package signed into law this year? Check out these startling flood factoids about the risks that California faces!
Part IV: Flood by the numbers
1: Ranking of Sacramento’s flood risk compared to other metropolitan areas in the U.S.
1 in 4: Chances of a home in a 100 year floodplain flooding within the term of a 30 year mortgage.
High: Rating of the flood risk at the main PCL Office (1107 9th St., Sacramento, CA 95814).
