Levees / Pennsylvania / 1305000349

Oswayo Creek Levee

Shinglehouse, McKean County, Pennsylvania. On the Oswayo Creek. USACE records 97 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
97
USACE figure
Structures
59
in the leveed area
Levee length
1.1
miles
Leveed area
0.56
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
1305000349
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
Not published
Waterway
Oswayo Creek
Segments
1
USACE district
Pittsburgh
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
3
Congressional district
15
Consequence estimate
$36.2 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

Pennsylvania
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McKean County, PA
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Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 1305000349. 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.