Levees / California / 5205000922

RD 1001 - Nicolaus, Feather River

Nicolaus, Sutter County, California. On the Bear River, Bear River, Yankee Slough, Coon Creek Interceptor, Feather River, Natomas Cross Canal. USACE records 1,490 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
1,490
USACE figure
Structures
668
in the leveed area
Levee length
30.2
miles, plus 0.04 of floodwall
Leveed area
53.95
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5205000922
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
U
Inspection date
03/02/2012
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
CA Department of Water Resources, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, RD 1001 - Nicolaus
Waterway
Bear River, Bear River, Yankee Slough, Coon Creek Interceptor, Feather River, Natomas Cross Canal
Segments
5
USACE district
Sacramento
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$202.8 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 5205000922. 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.