Levees / Illinois / 3905500001

Russell-Allison-Ambraw Levee System

Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois. On the Embarras River, Wabash River, Wabash River and Embarras. USACE records 642 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemFederally built
People behind it
642
USACE figure
Structures
378
in the leveed area
Levee length
22.6
miles, plus 0.01 of floodwall
Leveed area
64.65
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3905500001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
08/29/2022
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Russell-Allison-Ambraw Levee Drainage District
Waterway
Embarras River, Wabash River, Wabash River and Embarras
Segments
1
USACE district
Louisville
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
12
Consequence estimate
$191.5 million
Flood of record
03/29/1913

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 3905500001. 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.