Levees / Connecticut / 4305000033

Naug Riv RB-Southend Ans&Derb/Hous Riv LB Derby CT

Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. On the Housatonic River, Naugatuck River, Naugatuck River. USACE records 694 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
694
USACE figure
Structures
111
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.7
miles, plus 0.22 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.35
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
4305000033
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
08/19/2011
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
City of Ansonia, CT, City of Derby, CT
Waterway
Housatonic River, Naugatuck River, Naugatuck River
Segments
2
USACE district
New England
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
1
Congressional district
03
Consequence estimate
$123.0 million
Flood of record
08/01/1955

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 4305000033. 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.