Levees / Washington / 6005000013

West Richland

Richland, Benton County, Washington. On the Yakima. USACE records 118 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
118
USACE figure
Structures
40
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.1
miles
Leveed area
0.18
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
6005000013
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
10/11/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Benton County Diking District #1
Waterway
Yakima
Segments
1
USACE district
Seattle
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
10
Congressional district
04
Consequence estimate
$9.6 million
Flood of record
02/11/1996

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 6005000013. 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.