Levees / Colorado / 2205000016

Colorado Springs, Templeton Gap Floodway, S Levee

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. On the Templeton Gap Floodway. USACE records 7,994 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
7,994
USACE figure
Structures
3,695
in the leveed area
Levee length
2.0
miles
Leveed area
2.38
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
2205000016
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
04/26/2011
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Colorado Springs
Waterway
Templeton Gap Floodway
Segments
1
USACE district
Albuquerque
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
8
Congressional district
05
Consequence estimate
$1.13 billion
Flood of record
01/01/1994

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 2205000016. 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.