Levees / California / 5205000921

RD 1001 - Bear River and Yankee Slough

Wheatland, Sutter County, California. On the Bear River, Yankee Slough. USACE records 242 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

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People behind it
242
USACE figure
Structures
134
in the leveed area
Levee length
16.2
miles
Leveed area
9.69
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5205000921
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
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Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
02/17/2012
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, RD 1001 - Nicolaus, Unknown Levee Owner
Waterway
Bear River, Yankee Slough
Segments
3
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01, 03
Consequence estimate
$37.5 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 5205000921. 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.