Levees / Louisiana / 4405000513

Larose/Golden Meadow Polder

Galliano, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. On the Gulf of America. USACE records 2,295 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

A99USACE oversight
People behind it
2,295
USACE figure
Structures
1,563
in the leveed area
Levee length
46.8
miles, plus 1.67 of floodwall
Leveed area
62.46
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
4405000513
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
A99
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
07/21/2014
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
South Lafourche Levee District
Waterway
Gulf of America
Segments
1
USACE district
New Orleans
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$129.9 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 4405000513. 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.