Levees / New York / 2305120001

North Elmira

Elmira, Chemung County, New York. On the Chemung River, Diven Creek, Newtown Creek. USACE records 15,555 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
15,555
USACE figure
Structures
4,267
in the leveed area
Levee length
5.2
miles, plus 1.20 of floodwall
Leveed area
2.75
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
2305120001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
04/27/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Erie Railroad, New York State DEC - Region 8
Waterway
Chemung River, Diven Creek, Newtown Creek
Segments
3
USACE district
Baltimore
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
2
Congressional district
23
Consequence estimate
$2.94 billion
Flood of record
06/01/1972

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 2305120001. 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.