Levees / Washington / 5505000027

Skagit County Dike District No. 3 - Main / Hill Ditch / Fisher RB

Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. On the Skagit River, South Fork Skagit River. USACE records 3,943 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
3,943
USACE figure
Structures
1,591
in the leveed area
Levee length
13.6
miles, plus 0.01 of floodwall
Leveed area
10.23
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5505000027
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
10/15/2013
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Skagit County Dike District No. 3
Waterway
Skagit River, South Fork Skagit River
Segments
3
USACE district
Seattle
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
10
Congressional district
02
Consequence estimate
$603.9 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 5505000027. 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.