hen conditions indicate flooding could be expected, Public Works stages sand and sandbags at various locations through-out Sierra County. Residents may self-serve access these materials as needed to reduce impacts of flooding on their property. Filling, transporting, and placing sandbags is a physically demanding activity.
The pre-determined potential locations are:
- Alleghany, at the County Road Shop, 513 Miners Street
- Calpine, at the Post Office parking lot, 103 County Road
- Downieville, at the Yuba Trailhead parking lot behind the Forest Service, 480 Durgan Flat Way
- Goodyears Bar, at the County Road Shop, 150 Goodyears Creek Road - Stocked open 7:00AM - 4:00PM Mon-Thurs closed holidays.
- Loyalton, at the County Road Shop, 1 Garbage Pit Road (Loyalton Dump)
- Pike, at Pike City Firehouse, 100 Pike City Road
- Sierra City, at the Kentucky Mine, 100 Kentucky Mine Road
- Sierraville, at the County Road Shop, 104 Battelle Road
- Verdi, on Dog Valley Road
NOTE: Materials will not always be accessible or available. Enroll in Notifications if you would like to receive emails when up-dates are made to the News Flash Section of the website. Posting a News Flash to the County website is one of the ways notifications of active staging of materials may be provided.