Levees / Massachusetts / 4305000026

Merrimac Riv LB, Beaver Bk LB - Lowell, MA

Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On the Merrimack River. USACE records 2,892 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
2,892
USACE figure
Structures
702
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.9
miles, plus 0.34 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.18
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
4305000026
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
12/20/2010
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Lowell Wastewater Treatment Utility
Waterway
Merrimack River
Segments
1
USACE district
New England
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
1
Congressional district
03
Consequence estimate
$239.5 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 4305000026. 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.