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Jackson Fairgrounds MS

Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. On the Pearl River. USACE records 2,232 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
2,232
USACE figure
Structures
208
in the leveed area
Levee length
2.1
miles
Leveed area
0.89
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5905000002
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
06/20/2012
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Rankin-Hinds Pearl R. Flood&Drain Control Dist.
Waterway
Pearl River
Segments
1
USACE district
Vicksburg
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
4
Congressional district
02, 03
Consequence estimate
$681.6 million
Flood of record
Not published

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 5905000002. 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.