Levees / Illinois / 5605140001

Eldred and Spankey Levee System

Eldred, Greene County, Illinois. On the Cole Creek, Illinois River, Macoupin Creek, Cole Creek, Macoupin 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
17
in the leveed area
Levee length
21.2
miles
Leveed area
17.03
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5605140001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
02/02/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Eldred Drainage & Levee District, Spankey Drainage & Levee District
Waterway
Cole Creek, Illinois River, Macoupin Creek, Cole Creek, Macoupin Creek
Segments
2
USACE district
St. Louis
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
15
Consequence estimate
$3.5 million
Flood of record
08/03/1993

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 5605140001. 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.