Levees / Kentucky / 3905000028

Louisville Metro Levee System

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Jefferson County, Kentucky. On the Ohio River. USACE records 200,934 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
200,934
USACE figure
Structures
89,786
in the leveed area
Levee length
21.0
miles, plus 4.22 of floodwall
Leveed area
76.17
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3905000028
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
High
Inspection rating
NA
Inspection date
11/21/2022
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Louisville
Waterway
Ohio River
Segments
1
USACE district
Louisville
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
4
Congressional district
02, 03
Consequence estimate
$23.77 billion
Flood of record
03/12/1964

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 3905000028. 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.