Weather Central

Sandbags

During heavy forecasted storms, the City of Galt establishes a self service sand bag station for it's residents.  The location is in front of the Parks and Recreation Corporation Yard at 550 Elm Avenue.  If you have questions about this, please contact our Public Works Department at (209)366-7260.

For people located outside of the City of Galt, links for other sand bag sites are listed below:

• Sacramento County Storm Ready - Sand Bag Information 
• San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Service Sandbag Sites

Instructions for protecting structures with sandbags

• How to build a sandbag barrier(California Department of Water Resources)
• Sandbagging for flood protection (a service of North Dakota State University)

Stream, River and Weather Related Links

• Weather Forecast & Preparation
• National Weather Service Forecast for Galt   (RSS Feed)
• National Weather Service Main Page 
• Sacramento County Storm Ready Website
• CA Department of Water Resources Winter Preparedness Document 
  
• River, Stream & Reservoir Levels
• CA Department of Water Resources - River & Stream Levels 
• CA Department of Water Resources - Reservoir Levels
• Sacramento County Stream and River Levels
• San Joaquin County OES River & Dam Status
• National Weather Service River Forecast
• CA Department of Water Resources - Lower Sacramento River Forecast
• CA Department of Water Resources - San Joaquin River Forecast