Flood Mitigation and Drought
Resiliency Projects at McKay
Point
“Projects at McKay Point”
March 2022
Project Site Plan
Background
• Partnership: Tulare Irrigation District and Consolidated Peoples Ditch Company
• Location: Seaborn Property (old Santa Fe Aggregate mining operation)
• Approximately 260 acres
• Mining operations have ended (Lease ends April 2022)
• Property purchased by Partners in December 2020
• Goals & Objectives:
• Develop a reservoir to store Kaweah River water for reregulation and flood control
• Enhance local habitat potential by developing a Habitat Restoration Zone Project Site Plan
Total Storage: approx. 8,000 AF
Intake Capacity: 250 CFS Total
Return Capacity:
• 150 CFS above McKay Point
• 100 CFS to St. Johns River
Habitat Potential
• Riparian
• Wetlands
• Upland Wetlands
• Wet Meadow
Flood Reduction
Zones
• Removes 250 CFS from the St. Johns River
• Lowers river levels from 333.2’ to 333.1’
• Total Area Removed from 100-year Flood
Zone: 174.6 acres
• At average of 7 homes per acre = 1,222
homes mitigated
Flood Reduction Zones
Engineer's Estimate
Schedule
• Q2 2022 begin RFQ for Engineering/Enviro Consultants
• Q3 2022 Award Engineering/Enviro Consultants Contracts and begin work
• Q2 2024 complete Engineering/Enviro Work and bid construction • Q2 2024 begin construction
• Q1 2026 complete construction