Levees in Yuba County are much stronger today – more than ever before, thanks to major improvements by Yuba Water and our local, state and federal partners. Today, our urban levees are designed to meet or exceed a 100- or 200-year level of protection, but what does that even mean, really? It’s important to understand that a “100-year flood” doesn’t happen just once every 100 years – it actually means there’s a 1% chance of it occurring in any given year. That means you could go 50 years without