US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Page Author: NWS Internet Services Team Disclaimer Information Quality Credits 1982 Santa Cruz received 25 inches of rain in 36 hours. The Lower Feather River is confined by a system of levees, and flooding and flood management are longstanding management issues for this reach of the river.

Flooding caused 18 deaths and $350 million in damages.
The Feather river is just one of the spawning habitats for Chinook salmon and steelhead, but the recent Oroville flooding … 1986 Napa and Feather River flooding killed 14 and

Other important management issues are protection and improvement Severe flooding killed 36 and caused $1.2 billion in damages.
Feather River Coordinated Resource Management Program Established in 1985, the FRCRM currently has 24 signatory partners collaboratively working toward watershed improvement in the Upper Feather River Watershed.