Levees / California / 5205000222

Kern River left bank - Bakersfield

Bakersfield, Kern County, California. On the Kern River. USACE records 66,089 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

See FIRM Panel for more informationFederally built
People behind it
66,089
USACE figure
Structures
11,658
in the leveed area
Levee length
11.1
miles
Leveed area
8.67
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000222
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
See FIRM Panel for more information
Screening rating (LSAC)
Not Screened
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
08/09/2011
Rehabilitation programme
Inactive
Responsible sponsor
City of Bakersfield, Kern County Water Agency
Waterway
Kern River
Segments
1
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
20, 22, 23
Consequence estimate
$13.93 billion
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 5205000222. 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.