Levees / California / 5205001137

Ash Slough right bank

El Nido, Merced County, California. On the Ash Slough, Ash Slough, Deep Slough-Mariposa Slough-Eastside Bypass. USACE records 396 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
396
USACE figure
Structures
79
in the leveed area
Levee length
23.5
miles
Leveed area
41.83
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205001137
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
02/20/2014
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Lower San Joaquin Levee District, Madera County FC and WCA
Waterway
Ash Slough, Ash Slough, Deep Slough-Mariposa Slough-Eastside Bypass
Segments
3
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
13, 16
Consequence estimate
$74.1 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 5205001137. 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.