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County presents drainage study for Sanorita (Little Bear) Creek, directs staff to return with costs in 60 days
Summary
Monterey County public works presented results of a drainage study for the Sanorita (Little Bear) Creek watershed, highlighted four sets of project alternatives to reduce flood risk, and the Board directed staff to return in 60 days with refined options and cost estimates.
Monterey County public works staff on April 1 summarized a new drainage study for the Sanorita Creek watershed, which flows through the unincorporated community of Bulsanol and into the city of Selenus. The consultants modeled channel capacity, historic flooding and a range of project alternatives to reduce flood risk.
The study found the creek’s carrying capacity near Roi Road is about "100 cubic feet per second," a threshold the presenter said the channel reaches before overtopping and flooding nearby properties. Staff said repeated flood events (noted in photos from 2014, 2017, 2020/22 and 2025) have damaged pre‑NFIP homes in the study area; the county’s 2002 floodplain management plan previously identified roughly 60 repetitive‑loss properties in the community.
Consultants evaluated four broad…
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