Levees / California / 3805010005

Sweetwater River 2

Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. On the Sweetwater River. USACE records 3,261 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
3,261
USACE figure
Structures
190
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.7
miles
Leveed area
0.59
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3805010005
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
01/28/2015
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
San Diego County Flood Control District
Waterway
Sweetwater River
Segments
1
USACE district
Los Angeles
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
48, 50, 52
Consequence estimate
$325.3 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 3805010005. 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.