Levees / Mississippi / 5905000047

Big Sand, Yalobusha, Teoc Creek MS

Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. On the Big Sand Creek; Yalobusha River; Teoc Creek. USACE records 312 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
312
USACE figure
Structures
173
in the leveed area
Levee length
16.2
miles
Leveed area
19.90
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5905000047
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
04/22/2014
Rehabilitation programme
NA
Responsible sponsor
USACE - Vicksburg District
Waterway
Big Sand Creek; Yalobusha River; Teoc Creek
Segments
1
USACE district
Vicksburg
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
4
Congressional district
02
Consequence estimate
$64.5 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.

02

Where it is

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 5905000047. 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.