Levees / Illinois / 5105510001

Big Lake D&LD

Bath, Schuyler County, Illinois. On the Illinois River. USACE records 5 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
5
USACE figure
Structures
8
in the leveed area
Levee length
8.3
miles
Leveed area
5.64
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5105510001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
05/12/2012
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Big Lake Drainage and Levee District
Waterway
Illinois River
Segments
2
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
15
Consequence estimate
$1.2 million
Flood of record
04/25/2013

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 5105510001. 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.