Levees / Illinois / 5105590100

Clear Lake & Hager Slough Special DDs

Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois. On the Indian Run Creek, Sangamon River, Sangamon River. USACE records 40 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
40
USACE figure
Structures
45
in the leveed area
Levee length
18.3
miles
Leveed area
21.80
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5105590100
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
07/09/2014
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Clear Lake Special Drainage District, Hager Slough Special Drainage District
Waterway
Indian Run Creek, Sangamon River, Sangamon River
Segments
2
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
15
Consequence estimate
$9.5 million
Flood of record
05/20/1943

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 5105590100. 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.