Levees / Iowa / 5105050001

Clinton, IA

Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. On the Mississippi River, Mississippi River/Joyce Slough, Mississippi River/Turtle Creek. USACE records 14,500 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
14,500
USACE figure
Structures
4,300
in the leveed area
Levee length
7.6
miles, plus 0.55 of floodwall
Leveed area
3.14
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5105050001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
11/28/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Clinton, IA, Iowa Department of Transportation
Waterway
Mississippi River, Mississippi River/Joyce Slough, Mississippi River/Turtle Creek
Segments
3
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
7
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$2.15 billion
Flood of record
04/23/2001

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 5105050001. 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.