Levees / Indiana / 1505001180

Newton Levee

Schneider, Lake County, Indiana. On the Kankakee River. USACE records 5 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
5
USACE figure
Structures
3
in the leveed area
Levee length
5.2
miles
Leveed area
3.88
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
1505001180
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Not Screened
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
Not published
Rehabilitation programme
Not Enrolled
Responsible sponsor
Unknown Levee Owner
Waterway
Kankakee River
Segments
1
USACE district
Chicago, Detroit
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
04
Consequence estimate
$1.9 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 1505001180. 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.