Covering The Creek

The Flood of 1962, aka, the Columbus Day Flood, had a huge impact on the creeks throughout the San Francisco East Bay, managed by Alameda County Flood Control District. What is most important to know is that the bulk of the land in the East Bay is actually "flood plains" for the many creeks that ran here. So when floods hit, naturally the waters moved into the creeks' flood plains, now occupied by homes and businesses, streets and forms of transportation. When a series of storms caused flooding in 1962, Alameda County Flood Control determined to bury the bulk of these water bodies below ground in culverts. This led to greater ecological degradation and a wholesale shift in the ecology and experience of living int the East Bay, including Temescal Creek where you are now standing. This lot is a pathway to the area of land behind these homes for Flood Control to have access to the buried creek.