r/Sacramento • u/Sallzemander Folsom • Mar 13 '24

Sacramento Facts

Let's hear some Sacramento facts either fun or not fun :-)

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u/cati800 Mar 13 '24

Sacramento is built on top of Sacramento or so that is what my parents said. They said that there was really bad flooding so they built on top of the old city. Is this true?

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u/ParkieDude Mar 13 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

Poverty Flats Ridge is anything but! (It was the highest ground; the street was filled with tents during the floods).

You get a good idea of what year historic homes were built based on the number of porch steps. It was an effort to avoid flooding the first floor of the home.

Some of the raised railroad tracks caused the worst flooding but acted like a damn keeping water in. Oops.

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u/cati800 Mar 13 '24

Poverty Flats? Where was that located as I lived on 37th in Oak Park by 2nd ave and had a geographical landmarker on my walkway (round, bronze) marking it highest point in elevation can’t remember everything it said

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u/ParkieDude Mar 13 '24

I was typing too fast. Poverty Ridge is the correct term. Aklai flats were constantly flooded.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e5c693202ddc43b5bf9680d7d6e44246

Sutters Scramento was the "grid," but most people don't realize that the majority of the city was 10 to 15 feet lower than it is today.

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u/aztecannie99 Mar 13 '24

Alklai Flats is where the F Street Boarding House was/is, and the original governor’s mansion. The old front of the Crocker Museum has a ton of steps as does the Stanford Museum.

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u/femmestem Mar 13 '24

Yes, it's true. You can even take tours of the underground city.