Levees / Illinois / 3905000025

Golconda Levee System

Golconda, Pope County, Illinois. On the Ohio River. USACE records 330 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

No Regulatory Flood Hazard Information Published by FEMAUSACE oversight
People behind it
330
USACE figure
Structures
203
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.8
miles, plus 0.20 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.12
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
3905000025
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
No Regulatory Flood Hazard Information Published by FEMA
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
09/09/2024
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Golconda
Waterway
Ohio River
Segments
1
USACE district
Louisville
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
12
Consequence estimate
$100.8 million
Flood of record
05/06/2011

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

Illinois
All levee systems in this state
Pope County, IL
All levee systems in this county

Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 3905000025. 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.