Levees / California / 5305000024

Pajaro River Downstream - RB

Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. On the Corralitos Creek, Pajaro River. USACE records 11,252 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
11,252
USACE figure
Structures
3,080
in the leveed area
Levee length
8.5
miles
Leveed area
3.99
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5305000024
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
09/05/2019
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency (PRFMA)
Waterway
Corralitos Creek, Pajaro River
Segments
1
USACE district
San Francisco
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
18, 19
Consequence estimate
$1.64 billion
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 5305000024. 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.