Levees / Texas / 3105000003

Port Arthur Hurricane Flood Protection

Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. On the Gulf of America. USACE records 35,600 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
35,600
USACE figure
Structures
11,439
in the leveed area
Levee length
23.5
miles, plus 5.52 of floodwall
Leveed area
64.72
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3105000003
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Very High
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
05/10/2022
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Jefferson County Drainage District No.7.
Waterway
Gulf of America
Segments
1
USACE district
Galveston
USACE division
Southwestern Division
FEMA region
6
Congressional district
14
Consequence estimate
$1.00 billion
Flood of record
09/13/2008

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 3105000003. 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.