Levees / Pennsylvania / 2305410001

Duryea Flood Protection Project

Duryea, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. On the Lackawanna River. USACE records 1,385 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemFederally built
People behind it
1,385
USACE figure
Structures
562
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.9
miles, plus 0.21 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.22
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
2305410001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Not Screened
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
06/05/2009
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Borough of Duryea
Waterway
Lackawanna River
Segments
1
USACE district
Baltimore
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
3
Congressional district
08
Consequence estimate
$267.2 million
Flood of record
08/01/1955

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 2305410001. 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.