Levees / Kansas / 3605000100

South Topeka Oakland Unit

Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. On the Kansas River. USACE records 12,275 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
12,275
USACE figure
Structures
3,253
in the leveed area
Levee length
11.8
miles, plus 0.53 of floodwall
Leveed area
5.37
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3605000100
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
05/11/2020
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Topeka, Kansas
Waterway
Kansas River
Segments
1
USACE district
Kansas City
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
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Consequence estimate
$1.05 billion
Flood of record
05/15/1993

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 3605000100. 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.