Levees / Iowa / 5105590180

Elkader, IA

Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa. On the Turkey River. USACE records 5 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
5
USACE figure
Structures
2
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.3
miles, plus 0.06 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.03
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5105590180
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
12/05/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Elkader Levee Flood Protection
Waterway
Turkey River
Segments
1
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
02
Consequence estimate
$332,971
Flood of record
05/17/1999

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 5105590180. 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.