Levees / California / 5205000841

RD 0784 - Plumas Lakes Basin

Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. On the Bear River, Clark Lateral, Interceptor Canal, Feather River, Yuba River. USACE records 42,327 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

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People behind it
42,327
USACE figure
Structures
11,942
in the leveed area
Levee length
29.9
miles
Leveed area
40.93
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
5205000841
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
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Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
11/12/2019
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, RD 0784 - Plumas Lake
Waterway
Bear River, Clark Lateral, Interceptor Canal, Feather River, Yuba River
Segments
7
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01, 03
Consequence estimate
$7.42 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 5205000841. 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.