The Flood Control District periodically makes available soil to further the District's capital program objectives as well as to assist in other's construction projects.  Listed below are the current soil borrow opportunities with links to additional data. 

Please review the information provided, and if you have any additional questions, please contact Paul Detjens at (925) 313-2394, or a .

The Upper Sand Creek Basin (USCB) is located in south Antioch approximately 0.3 miles east of Deer Valley Road and just south of the Kaiser hospital.   A large expansion project is planned for 2013, but for 2012, approximately 125,000 cy of material is available.  The site has been successfully been used as a regional borrow site many times in the past.  Linked below is an overview map, a fact sheet, grading plans, geotechnical borings and analyticals.  If a contractor would like to indicate interest and reserve material for the SR4Bypass Sand Creek Road Interchange Project (bid opening March 27, 2012), please submit a signed FC Permit (see link below) noting the terms of the application.

Overview and location map 
Selected Site Photos
USCB Fact Sheet

Grading Plan north half (Area G1) (3/20: updated to print at true 50 scale at 24x36)
Grading Plan south half (Area G2) (3/20: updated to print at true 50 scale at 24x36)

Geotechnical maps and boring logs (high resolution: 27 Mb)
Geotechnical maps and boring logs (low resolution: 1.5 Mb)
Soil Characterization (Analytical) Report

Flood Control Permit Application (Use this to reserve material)
Insurance Requirements for Flood Control Permit

Lower Sand Creek Basin (LSCB) is located in Brentwood approximately 0.75 miles east of the State Route 4 Bypass Sand Creek interchange.  This site has approximately 60,000 cy of material available.  The District's intends to release this material only after the 2012 material from Upper Sand Creek Basin (see above) is committed.

Location Map
LSCB Fact Sheet

Grading Plan (3/21 cleaner version)
Geotechnical maps and boring logs
Soil Characterization (Analytical) Report

Flood Control Permit Application (Use this to reserve material)

The District's Wildcat Creek Sediment Basin is desilted every 2 to 4 years and the material is stockpiled for future offhaul.  As of 2012, the District has approximately 10,000 cy of material available.  This site it located in North Richmond, in the western portion of Contra Costa County.