Levees / Arizona / 1905064046

East Maricopa Floodway (EMF) Levee Left

Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona. On the Roosevelt Irrigation District Canal. USACE records 5,210 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemFederally built
People behind it
5,210
USACE figure
Structures
1,360
in the leveed area
Levee length
3.5
miles
Leveed area
0.96
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
1905064046
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
08/01/2018
Rehabilitation programme
Not Enrolled
Responsible sponsor
Maricopa County, AZ, Flood Control District
Waterway
Roosevelt Irrigation District Canal
Segments
1
USACE district
Los Angeles
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
05
Consequence estimate
$828.7 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 1905064046. 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.