Levees / California / 5205000561

Sacramento River west bank

Meridian, Sutter County, California. On the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal, Colusa Basin Drainage Canal, Sacramento River, Sacramento River. USACE records 10,681 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
10,681
USACE figure
Structures
3,770
in the leveed area
Levee length
119.4
miles
Leveed area
438.28
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000561
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
01/20/2020
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Colusa Basin Drainage District, Levee District 1 - Glenn County, Levee District 2 - Glenn County, RD 0108 - River Farms, RD 0787 - Fair Ranch, Sacramento River West Side Levee District, Sutter Maintenance Yard - DWR
Waterway
Colusa Basin Drainage Canal, Colusa Basin Drainage Canal, Sacramento River, Sacramento River
Segments
8
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01, 04
Consequence estimate
$3.25 billion
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 5205000561. 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.