Levees / California / 5205000264

Merced Stream Group - Owens Creek - Unit 2

Planada, Merced County, California. On the Mariposa Creek, Owens Creek Diverting Canal. USACE records 9 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
9
USACE figure
Structures
3
in the leveed area
Levee length
2.0
miles
Leveed area
0.33
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5205000264
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
01/24/2013
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Merced County Public Works, Merced Irrigation District, Unknown Levee Owner
Waterway
Mariposa Creek, Owens Creek Diverting Canal
Segments
2
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
13, 16
Consequence estimate
$1.3 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 5205000264. 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.