"water, water everywhere…."
As mentioned in the previous article of this series, on New Years Day 1853, the water level of the Sacramento River was 22 feet above the low water mark and two feet higher than the great flood of 1850.
By Jan. 2, 1853, floodwaters once again entered the heart of the city.
Frustrations mounted for the city’s “burned out and flooded citizens,” as one local man described the area’s residents.
https://www.valcomnews.com/sacramento-became-%E2%80%9Clevee-city%E2%80%9D-in-1850/