Levees / Georgia / 5405000001

Augusta Levee

Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), Richmond County, Georgia. On the Savannah River. USACE records 24,569 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
24,569
USACE figure
Structures
6,229
in the leveed area
Levee length
11.3
miles, plus 0.18 of floodwall
Leveed area
22.39
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5405000001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
06/28/2018
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
City of Augusta, GA
Waterway
Savannah River
Segments
1
USACE district
Savannah
USACE division
South Atlantic Division
FEMA region
4
Congressional district
12
Consequence estimate
$3.29 billion
Flood of record
11/29/1948

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 5405000001. 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.