Levees / California / 5205000462

Elder Creek left bank, Unit 4 - Gerber levee

Gerber, Tehama County, California. On the Elder Creek, Sacramento River. USACE records 1,320 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
1,320
USACE figure
Structures
494
in the leveed area
Levee length
4.6
miles
Leveed area
1.29
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000462
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
12/08/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Las Flores Community Service District, Tehama County Public Works
Waterway
Elder Creek, Sacramento River
Segments
2
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$83.4 million
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 5205000462. 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.