There are currently no active situations or incidents.

Visit the Department of Emergency Management's (DEM) Ready Monterey County webpage for more information.

There are no previous situations or incidents at this time.

Possession of an AG Pass card during a fire, flood, storm, earthquake, explosion or other disaster allows an agriculturalist limited emergency access to areas, that may otherwise be restricted.

This program establishes a voluntary framework for agriculturalists to be able to display an AG Pass card badge to emergency staff at disaster road blocks for limited emergency access onto their property to conduct limited activities such as, caring for agricultural assets.

Visit the AG Pass Program webpage to learn more about the program and its application process.

Once flooding happens, access to your farm may not be an option.
Here are some tasks that you should do today.

Understanding Storms and Flood Risks

Flooding is the accumulation of water where usually none occurs or the overflow of excess water from a stream, river, lake, reservoir, or coastal body onto adjacent floodplains. Floods are natural events that are considered hazards only when people and property are affected.

Be Proactive & Prepare

• Move Equipment: Move to higher ground away from flood prone or inundation prone areas.
• Move Pesticides and Other Chemicals to a Safe Area: It is imperative that you secure above-ground storage tanks and consider storing pesticides away from flood-prone areas to avoid contamination. Other chemical such as fuels or fertilizers should also be secured and stored in safe locations.
  
  When storing pesticides and other chemicals, it is important to continue to follow all regulatory labeling and storing requirements. For example, pesticides must be stored in a locked enclosure and storage areas must be posted with the following:
  
  • Danger.
  • Poison Storage Area.
  • All Unauthorized Persons Keep Out.
  • Keep Door Locked When Not In Use.

Flood Preparedness (fact sheet)
View our Flood Preparedness fact sheet (in English & Spanish) for tasks you should do today – before trouble arises.

• English (PDF).
• Spanish (PDF).

To report a spillage:

• During business hours, call Emergency Response at Environmental Health at 831-755-4505 or 831-755-4511.
• For emergencies after hours, call 911.

Under USDA, the Farm Service Agency oversees disaster assistance for growers. Growers can apply for flood disaster assistance and debris cleanup assistance with the Farm Service Agency (FSA).

The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) can help provide debris cleanup cost assistance on a farm. This is a cost-share program that can cover up to 75% of the cleanup costs. To apply for flood assistance, contact the Emergency Conservation Program at our local FSA office (see below).

• USDA: Disaster Assistance Programs-at-a-Glance (PDF).
• USDA: Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool webpage.
• USDA – FSA: Disaster Assistance Programs webpage.
• USDA – FSA: Offers Disaster Assistance to Farmers and Livestock Producers in California Impacted by Floods webpage.
• USDA: Find/Contact your local USDA Service Center webpage.
• USDA – FSA: Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) webpage.
• USDA – FSA: Disaster Assistance Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) factsheet (webpage).

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) - Monterey County office
Mailing Address:
744 La Guardia St. - Bldg A
Salinas, CA 93905-3354
Phone: (831) 424-7377
Fax: (844) 206-7005

Contact: Vivian Soffa
County Executive Director
Phone: (831) 424-7377
Fax: (844) 206-7005
Email: vivian.soffa@usda.gov

Contact: Amy Catherine Davis
Farm Loan Manager
Phone: (831) 975-7742
Email: amy.davis3@usda.gov

• CDFA - Flood Recovery Resources webpage.
• CDFA - Wildfire Recovery Resources webpage.