Levees / New York / 4905000008

Olean, NY - LB

Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. On the Allegheny River, Olean Creek. USACE records 2,924 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
2,924
USACE figure
Structures
787
in the leveed area
Levee length
3.0
miles, plus 0.38 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.80
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
4905000008
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
09/11/2019
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Waterway
Allegheny River, Olean Creek
Segments
1
USACE district
Pittsburgh
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
2
Congressional district
23
Consequence estimate
$205.7 million
Flood of record
06/23/1972

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 4905000008. 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.