Levees / Texas / 3105000002

Freeport Hurricane Flood Protection

Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas. On the Gulf of America. USACE records 17,095 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
17,095
USACE figure
Structures
17,572
in the leveed area
Levee length
41.3
miles, plus 2.30 of floodwall
Leveed area
42.95
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3105000002
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Very High
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
02/02/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Velasco Drainage District
Waterway
Gulf of America
Segments
1
USACE district
Galveston
USACE division
Southwestern Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
14
Consequence estimate
$555.0 million
Flood of record
09/12/2008

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 3105000002. 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.