Levees / Illinois / 5105620001

Galena, IL - Left Bank

Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. On the Galena River. 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
5
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.1
miles
Leveed area
0.06
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5105620001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
11/29/2017
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Galena, IL
Waterway
Galena River
Segments
1
USACE district
Rock Island
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
16
Consequence estimate
$463,628
Flood of record
07/28/2011

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 5105620001. 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.