Levees / Missouri / 4005000021

Little River Drainage District Levee of Missouri System

Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. On the Castor River Diversion Channel. USACE records 21,768 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

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People behind it
21,768
USACE figure
Structures
15,672
in the leveed area
Levee length
19.3
miles
Leveed area
1018.00
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
4005000021
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
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Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
NA
Inspection date
11/16/2021
Rehabilitation programme
NA
Responsible sponsor
Little River DD, USACE - Memphis District
Waterway
Castor River Diversion Channel
Segments
1
USACE district
Memphis
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
01, 08
Consequence estimate
$931.9 million
Flood of record
08/07/1993

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 4005000021. 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.