Levees / New York / 2305170001

Northwest Hornell

Hornell, Steuben County, New York. On the Canacadee Creek, Canisteo River. USACE records 1,887 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
1,887
USACE figure
Structures
775
in the leveed area
Levee length
2.0
miles, plus 0.71 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.63
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
2305170001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
09/15/2021
Rehabilitation programme
NA
Responsible sponsor
USACE - Baltimore District
Waterway
Canacadee Creek, Canisteo River
Segments
1
USACE district
Baltimore
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
2
Congressional district
23
Consequence estimate
$186.0 million
Flood of record
06/01/1972

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 2305170001. 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.