Levees / Texas / 3105000004

Texas City Hurricane Flood Protection

Texas City, Galveston County, Texas. USACE records 15,370 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
15,370
USACE figure
Structures
4,965
in the leveed area
Levee length
20.5
miles, plus 1.35 of floodwall
Leveed area
37.41
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3105000004
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
08/31/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Galveston County, TX
Waterway
Not published
Segments
1
USACE district
Galveston
USACE division
Southwestern Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
14
Consequence estimate
$1.00 billion
Flood of record
09/13/2008

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 3105000004. 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.