Levees / Louisiana / 300005009170

Des Allemends West System

Des Allemands, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. On the Bayou Des Allemends. USACE records 124 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

No Regulatory Flood Hazard Information Published by FEMA
People behind it
124
USACE figure
Structures
52
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.9
miles, plus 0.23 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.07
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
300005009170
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
No Regulatory Flood Hazard Information Published by FEMA
Screening rating (LSAC)
Not Screened
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
Not published
Rehabilitation programme
Not Enrolled
Responsible sponsor
North Lafourche Levee District
Waterway
Bayou Des Allemends
Segments
2
USACE district
New Orleans
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
01, 03
Consequence estimate
$16.8 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.

02

Where it is

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 300005009170. 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.