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[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92% of the La Jolla Reservation land.  Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92% of the La Jolla Reservation land.  Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92% of the La Jolla Reservation land.  Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92% of the La Jolla Reservation land. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighter from the Navajo Nation works with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92% of the La Jolla Reservation land.  Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Wildfires] Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 -- La Jolla Indian Reservation...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding - Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains forty days after the levee was detonated to reduce the flood risk to Cairo, Illinois. FEMA is in the area to assist with the recovery from the flooding.  Jace Anderson/FEMA

Flooding - Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains fo...

The original database describes this as: Title: Birds Point Levee Production Date: 06/05/2011 Caption: Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains forty days after the levee was detonated to red... More

Flooding - Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains forty days after the levee was detonated to reduce the flood risk to Cairo, Illinois. FEMA is in the area to assist with the recovery from the flooding.  Jace Anderson/FEMA

Flooding - Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains fo...

The original database describes this as: Title: Birds Point Levee Production Date: 06/05/2011 Caption: Birds Point, Mo. , June 5, 2011 -- This all that remains forty days after the levee was detonated to red... More

(Left to right) Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army

(Left to right) Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army

(Left to right) Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Mike Abernathy, Nashville District Real Estate chief; Bob Sneed, Nashville District Water Management Section ... More

Long Beach, N.Y., April 22, 2013 -- Many homeowners have decided to elevate their homes to avoid future floods. Advisory Based Flood Elevations were released earlier this year to provide the best available data about flood risk

Long Beach, N.Y., April 22, 2013 -- Many homeowners have decided to el...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Andre R Aragon City/State: Long Beach, NY Keywords: House Elevation Long Beach ^ Long Beach ^ house elevati... More

Workers install new deck grating at the Summersville

Workers install new deck grating at the Summersville

Workers install new deck grating at the Summersville Dam project.

Army Corps, new inter-agency team start work on innovative online flood mapping tool for DC

Army Corps, new inter-agency team start work on innovative online floo...

Inter-agency members of the newly-formed Washington D.C. Silver Jackets meet at Fort McNair to discuss leveraging resources to identify and implement solutions to reduce flood risk in the district, Aug. 27, 201... More

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan talks to members of

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan talks to members of

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan talks to members of the Tennessee Silver Jackets charter group at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center during the Tennessee Silver Jackets Charter Signing Ceremony Sept. ... More

Looking west towards the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway,

Looking west towards the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway,

Looking west towards the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway, Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020.

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More

The Lower Chain of Wetlands, looking northwest toward

The Lower Chain of Wetlands, looking northwest toward

The Lower Chain of Wetlands, looking northwest toward downtown Dallas, during construction in 2008. The wetlands were then at flood stage; the adjacent Trinity River is at the lower right. The new Corps of Engi... More

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Flood Risk Management Program director, presents a multicolored umbrella Aug. 16, 2011 to Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville... More

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, speaks during a ceremony at England Park in Nashville, Tenn., where officials unveiled a high water mark sign. It is the fir... More

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical engineer, installs a sling to support a 43-ton intake gate at the Summersville Dam project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District hosted guests to the Tennessee Silver Jackets Charter Signing Ceremony Sept. 23, 2014, at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center. Silver Jackets is an... More

Brig. Gen. D. Peter Helmlinger is the commander of

Brig. Gen. D. Peter Helmlinger is the commander of

Brig. Gen. D. Peter Helmlinger is the commander of the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which maintains oversight for water management responsibilities for the Mainstem Dams on the Missouri R... More

Dike 8 with construction vehicles staged to begin work

Dike 8 with construction vehicles staged to begin work

Dike 8 with construction vehicles staged to begin work on the Folsom Dam Raise Project, Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further reduce flood risk in the Greater Sacramento region.

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More

Karen Durham-Aguilera, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Karen Durham-Aguilera, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Karen Durham-Aguilera, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers director of Contingency Operations, gives national and international senior leadership perspective on flood risk management and its changing culture during th... More

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical

Scott Kinzel, a USACE Huntington District mechanical engineer, installs a sling to support a 43-ton intake gate at the Summersville Dam project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District hosted guests to the Tennessee Silver Jackets Charter Signing Ceremony Sept. 23, 2014, at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center. Silver Jackets is an ... More

Representative Doris Matsui, California’s 6th District,

Representative Doris Matsui, California’s 6th District,

Representative Doris Matsui, California’s 6th District, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further reduce flood... More

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More

Dr. Sandra Knight, deputy assistant administrator for

Dr. Sandra Knight, deputy assistant administrator for

Dr. Sandra Knight, deputy assistant administrator for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Mitigation Directorate, discusses the national context of flood risk management and the critical role it plays ... More

Clarence Taylor, a maintenance mechanic with the U.S.

Clarence Taylor, a maintenance mechanic with the U.S.

Clarence Taylor, a maintenance mechanic with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District, removes sludge from a gate at the Summersville Dam project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District hosted guests to the Tennessee Silver Jackets Charter Signing Ceremony Sept. 23, 2014, at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center. Silver Jackets is an... More

The Honorable Brenda Burman with the Bureau of Reclamation,

The Honorable Brenda Burman with the Bureau of Reclamation,

The Honorable Brenda Burman with the Bureau of Reclamation, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further reduce f... More

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More

Jennifer Dunn, Silver Jackets program manager for the

Jennifer Dunn, Silver Jackets program manager for the

Jennifer Dunn, Silver Jackets program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources, participates at the Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop, Aug. 16, 2011, at the Ren... More

This "High Water Mark" sign was unveiled May 2, 2013

This "High Water Mark" sign was unveiled May 2, 2013

This "High Water Mark" sign was unveiled May 2, 2013 at England Park in Nashville, Tenn., to draw attention to flood risk and make citizens aware of where waters rose during the May 2010 flood. (USACE photo by ... More

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carries out is reducing the risk of flooding. Completed in 1967, The Summersville Dam is designed to do just that. Like all critical infrastru... More

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center to form a group partnership to help reduce flood reduction Sept. 23, 2014. Silver Jackets is an innovative program tha... More

Mr. Bill Edgar, Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Mr. Bill Edgar, Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Mr. Bill Edgar, Central Valley Flood Protection Board President, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further red... More

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall

Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National

Alex Dornstauder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Flood Risk Management Program director, leads a plenary presentation and discussion about driving down risk through shared responsibility during the Flood... More

People participate in a moment of silence at the beginning

People participate in a moment of silence at the beginning

People participate in a moment of silence at the beginning of a ceremony to unveil a high water mark sign May 2, 2013, at England Park in Nashville, Tenn. Officials posted the sign to draw attention to flood ri... More

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps

One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carries out is reducing the risk of flooding. Completed in 1967, The Summersville Dam is designed to do just that. Like all critical infrastru... More

Ms. Karla Nemeth with the California Department of

Ms. Karla Nemeth with the California Department of

Ms. Karla Nemeth with the California Department of Water Resources, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further ... More

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple (Right), acting

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple (Right), acting

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple (Right), acting chief of engineers and acting commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks during the Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop, Aug... More

Photographed is an intake gate at the Summersville

Photographed is an intake gate at the Summersville

Photographed is an intake gate at the Summersville Dam. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Supervisor Patrick Kennedy with the Sacramento Area

Supervisor Patrick Kennedy with the Sacramento Area

Supervisor Patrick Kennedy with the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help fu... More

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple, acting chief of

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple, acting chief of

Maj. Gen. Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple, acting chief of engineers and acting commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks during the Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop Aug. 17, at ... More

C.J. Hamilton, assistant operations manager for the

C.J. Hamilton, assistant operations manager for the

C.J. Hamilton, assistant operations manager for the Huntington District's Kanawha Area Office, shows where the Summersville Lake normal winter pool level of 1575 feet above mean sea level would appear on a gaug... More

Speakers and guests break ground on the Folsom Dam

Speakers and guests break ground on the Folsom Dam

Speakers and guests break ground on the Folsom Dam Raise Project at the Folsom Point Boat Launch near Dike 8, Jan. 21, 2020. From left: City of Folsom mayor Sarah Aquino, Sacramento Flood Control Agency Supervi... More

Maj. Gen. William T. Grisoli, deputy commanding general

Maj. Gen. William T. Grisoli, deputy commanding general

Maj. Gen. William T. Grisoli, deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil and Emergency Operations, speaks during the Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop Aug. 16, at the Renais... More

Workers conduct routine maintenance at the Summersville

Workers conduct routine maintenance at the Summersville

Workers conduct routine maintenance at the Summersville Dam project.

Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento

Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento

Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project wi... More

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, welcomes participants at the Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets Workshop Aug. 16, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel an... More

Representative Ami Bera, California’s 7th District,

Representative Ami Bera, California’s 7th District,

Representative Ami Bera, California’s 7th District, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further reduce flood... More