Levees / Louisiana / 1605245004

Ormond Levee

Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. On the Cross Bayou Canal. USACE records 5,552 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

A99Federally built
People behind it
5,552
USACE figure
Structures
1,911
in the leveed area
Levee length
4.4
miles
Leveed area
1.32
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
1605245004
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
A99
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
Not published
Rehabilitation programme
Not Enrolled
Responsible sponsor
St. Charles Parish
Waterway
Cross Bayou Canal
Segments
1
USACE district
New Orleans
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$416.6 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 1605245004. 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.