California coverage · Region

Central Valley

Where the water budget is the design constraint.

6
county guides
1–2 ft
contours, on demand
58 / 58
CA counties served

Designing in the Central Valley

Valley projects are shaped by heat and water rather than by slope. Reference evapotranspiration here is the highest in the state, which moves the MWELO water budget from a compliance checkbox to the thing that decides how much lawn a design can carry — and makes the turf-replacement rebate worth real money. Flat sites still need grade: drainage on a half-percent fall is a contour problem, and the 1–2 ft interval is what makes it legible.

6 counties, guide by guide

Each guide states exactly what resolves in that county, every layer cited to its source.

Setbacks, town by town

1 Central Valley jurisdictions have their setback table transcribed from the adopted code.

drawn on the plan  ·  cited on the export, review pending

Fire, in the Central Valley

Most valley-floor parcels sit outside mapped hazard zones. Lekua checks the parcel against the current CAL FIRE maps rather than assuming either way, and draws defensible-space rings only where they apply — which on the foothill edge, they do.

Water districts & rebates

Lawn-replacement rebate estimates are matched to the district serving the parcel. Across the Central Valley that means Regional Water Authority (Be Water Smart) · City of Sacramento Utilities · Sacramento County Water Agency · Cal Water — Stockton District · City of Fresno Public Utilities · City of Clovis Public Utilities · Cal Water — Bakersfield District · City of Tulare (Water Department) · California Water Service — Visalia District · City of West Sacramento · City of Woodland.

Start with a Central Valley address

Free to search. The county, the jurisdiction and the zone all resolve from the parcel.

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