Levees / California / 5205000221

Kern River right bank - Oildale

Oildale, Kern County, California. On the Kern River. USACE records 4,926 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
4,926
USACE figure
Structures
1,437
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.4
miles
Leveed area
0.75
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000221
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Not Screened
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
09/30/2014
Rehabilitation programme
Active
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
$441.6 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 5205000221. 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.