Levees / California / 5205000101

Cordova Meadows - American River left bank

Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California. On the American River. USACE records 3,326 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemFederally built
People behind it
3,326
USACE figure
Structures
814
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.0
miles
Leveed area
0.34
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5205000101
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
08/08/2014
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
County of Sacramento, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
Waterway
American River
Segments
1
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
06
Consequence estimate
$449.6 million
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 5205000101. 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.