Levees / Iowa / 5105590001

Elkport, IA

Elkport, Clayton County, Iowa. On the Elk Creek. USACE records 20 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
20
USACE figure
Structures
9
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.6
miles
Leveed area
0.06
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5105590001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
12/24/2016
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
Elkport Local Flood Protection Project, Private Landowner
Waterway
Elk Creek
Segments
3
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
02
Consequence estimate
$8.4 million
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 5105590001. 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.