Levees / Texas / 3105000001

Colorado River Flood Protection at Matagorda

Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas. On the Colorado River. USACE records 503 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
503
USACE figure
Structures
609
in the leveed area
Levee length
7.3
miles
Leveed area
2.75
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3105000001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
NA
Inspection date
07/26/2022
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Matagorda Co. Cons.& Recla. Dist.
Waterway
Colorado River
Segments
1
USACE district
Galveston
USACE division
Southwestern Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
22
Consequence estimate
$77.0 million
Flood of record
09/10/1961

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 3105000001. 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.