Levees / California / 5205000393

American River FCD - American R right bank, NEMDC

Arden-Arcade, Sacramento County, California. On the American River, Arcade Creek, Natomas East Main Drainage Canal. USACE records 69,305 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
69,305
USACE figure
Structures
12,597
in the leveed area
Levee length
13.7
miles, plus 0.84 of floodwall
Leveed area
10.35
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000393
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Very High
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
02/08/2010
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
American River Flood Control District, CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
Waterway
American River, Arcade Creek, Natomas East Main Drainage Canal
Segments
4
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
06, 07
Consequence estimate
$2.02 billion
Flood of record
Not published

What this page does not tell you

It does not say whether any particular address is protected. A FEMA accreditation status describes this system measured against a design flood event, and USACE states that the database may not represent the totality of levees in the United States. If you need to know what applies to a specific property, your local floodplain administrator holds that answer. How to read an accreditation status.

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Where it is

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 5205000393. Refreshed 2026-09-10. Values are reproduced as published. USACE updates the database irregularly and without a change feed, so the refresh date above is the age of what you are reading.