Levees / Texas / 1605679002

Corpus Christi Flood Risk Reduction System

Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. On the Corpus Christi Bay. USACE records 5,331 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
5,331
USACE figure
Structures
534
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.5
miles, plus 2.11 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.72
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
1605679002
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
06/06/2018
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
City of Corpus Christi, Port of Corpus Christi, USACE - Galveston District
Waterway
Corpus Christi Bay
Segments
3
USACE district
Galveston
USACE division
Southwestern Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
27
Consequence estimate
$985.5 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.

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Where it is

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 1605679002. 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.