Levees / Washington / 5005000022

Cowlitz CDID 1

Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington. On the Columbia River, Cowlitz River. USACE records 39,604 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
39,604
USACE figure
Structures
12,301
in the leveed area
Levee length
19.0
miles
Leveed area
17.78
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5005000022
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
12/05/2016
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Cowlitz CDID 1 (Longview)
Waterway
Columbia River, Cowlitz River
Segments
2
USACE district
Portland
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
10
Congressional district
03
Consequence estimate
$2.60 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 5005000022. 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.