Levees / California / 5205000041

Bear Creek - Units 7 west and 21

Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. On the Bear Creek, Bear Creek-Paddy Creek, Disapointment Slough. USACE records 14,588 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
14,588
USACE figure
Structures
4,918
in the leveed area
Levee length
11.1
miles, plus 2.14 of floodwall
Leveed area
9.76
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000041
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
07/31/2013
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Brannan-Andrus Levee Maintenance District, CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency, San Joaquin County Public Works
Waterway
Bear Creek, Bear Creek-Paddy Creek, Disapointment Slough
Segments
3
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
09
Consequence estimate
$1.25 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 5205000041. 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.