Levees / Iowa / 5105920003

Waterloo, IA - East and Evansdale, IA

Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. On the Cedar River, Cedar River, Elk Run. USACE records 14,405 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
14,405
USACE figure
Structures
5,729
in the leveed area
Levee length
9.5
miles, plus 1.55 of floodwall
Leveed area
6.42
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5105920003
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
05/05/2010
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Evansdale, IA, City of Waterloo
Waterway
Cedar River, Cedar River, Elk Run
Segments
3
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
02
Consequence estimate
$1.43 billion
Flood of record
06/11/2008

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 5105920003. 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.