Levees / Iowa / 4705000160

Hamburg - Main Ditch 6 LB

Hamburg, Fremont County, Iowa. On the Main Ditch Number 6. USACE records 174 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

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People behind it
174
USACE figure
Structures
172
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.6
miles
Leveed area
1.82
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
4705000160
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
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Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
04/24/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Hamburg, Iowa, Unknown Levee Owner
Waterway
Main Ditch Number 6
Segments
2
USACE district
Omaha
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
04, 06
Consequence estimate
$53.7 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.

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Where it is

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 4705000160. 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.