Levees / California / 5205000461

Elder Creek left bank, Unit 4 east

Gerber, Tehama County, California. On the Elder Creek. USACE records 10 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
10
USACE figure
Structures
3
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.8
miles
Leveed area
0.63
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5205000461
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
12/07/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Tehama County Public Works
Waterway
Elder Creek
Segments
1
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$357,894
Flood of record
01/05/1965

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 5205000461. 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.