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San Francisco District
of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Provide service to the Army and the Nation by designing, building, operating, maintaining and permitting civil works projects that build the Nation's long term economic might in an environmentally sustainable way.
On order execute Federal Response Plan requirements in support of FEMA.
Great Value to Our Nation
The San Francisco District's missions support the nation by providing services which pay for themselves.
Project costs required to improve navigation in a single harbor, the Port of Oakland for example, return benefits to the economy ten-fold.
Flood control projects, such as those at our lakes and dams, return eight dollars for every one spent.
Civil Works
The San Francisco District's civil works missions include navigation and coastal maintenance and improvements to ports and harbors, regulatory compliance and permit activities, flood control planning activities, emergency management, and mobilization. The district's operation and maintenance program includes dredging projects totaling 4.5 million cubic yards annually, including 1.5 million cubic yards annually in San Francisco Bay navigation channels.
Debris collection in San Francisco Bay, which averages 90 tons per month, is another high visibility mission. The Corps started this work in 1942 after a tragic accident involving a seaplane carrying Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz. While trying to land in the bay, the plane crashed into floating debris and sank, killing the pilot. Nimitz escaped serious injury and shortly thereafter the Corps began its drift collection mission. The Bay Model in Sausalito is a scientific hydraulic tool used by engineers, scientists and planners to analyze, in a laboratory setting, the effects of change on the physical tidal forces of the bay and delta region. The Bay Model Visitor Center, one of only nine Class A Corps centers in the nation, provides public information and education programs focusing on the environmental, historical, and cultural elements of the San Francisco Bay region. It attracts an average of over 150,000 annual visitors. In addition, the District has constructed two multipurpose, flood control reservoirs, Lake Mendocino and Coyote Dam near Ukiah, and Lake Sonoma and Warm Springs Dam near Healdsburg.
Supporting Other Agencies
San Francisco District provides a variety of services to other Federal agencies. Current projects include: design, engineering, environmental work, contracting, permitting and project and construction management.Types of projects currently underway include pier construction, dredging and storm water discharge permitting for the U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Administration.
Environmental Commitment
There are environmental aspects in every project and study undertaken by the District and in each of the hundreds of dredging and development permit decisions made each year by the district engineer. San Francisco District has tens of thousands of acres of valuable wetlands within its jurisdiction. Protecting these wetlands through enforcement of Section 404 (b) (1) of the Clean Water Act, which regulates fill in the waters of the United States, and other laws, is another important part of the District's environmental mission. The District is also a leader in coordinating environmental activities with such agencies as the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, the California Regional State Water Board and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
Emergency Operations
As a part of the Corps' South Pacific Division, the San Francisco District responds to emergencies nationwide.
Our water team supplies emergency drinking water. Our engineers and emergency teams assist with flood fighting, damage assessment, hydrographic surveying, and recovery and repair operations. We have assisted with the New Mexico Firestorm, numerous floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes.
Regulatory
We administer the laws to protect and preserve the waters of the U.S., regulate construction in navigable waters, and placement of fill in wetlands. Our primary goal is to administer the law in the public interest while protecting the aquatic environment from unnecessary harm.
History of San Francisco District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District was established in 1866 with authority for river and harbor work on the Pacific Coast west of the Rocky Mountains.Today the District’s area of responsibility covers approximately 40,000 square miles. Most of the territory parallels the Northern California coastline for approximately 600 miles from the Oregon border to just south of Monterey. The District also has responsibility for the Klamath River Basin in southern Oregon.
Our missions include:
- Emergency Operations
- Environmental Restoration
- Flood Damage Reduction
- Navigation
- Recreation
- Shoreline Protection
- Wetlands Regulation
Our multi-disciplined team of engineers, planners, scientists, and other professionals is also available to support other federal and state customers on a reimbursable basis.
Your Door to the Corps
San Francisco District is your door to an entire world of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers capabilities. Our 300-member team is part of a professional network that is 36,000 strong and covers the globe. Together, we work with local, state and federal agencies, communities and stakeholders to improve infrastructure, water quality, wildlife habitat, and survival/recovery from floods and earthquakes. Through Corps' laboratories and centers of expertise, we create new ways to manage land and facilities, restore the environment, preserve the past, build for the future, and provide water and recreational needs for the community.
WHO WE ARE
