Levees / California / 5305000039

San Lorenzo River - Upper LB

Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California. On the San Lorenzo River. USACE records 729 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

A99USACE oversight
People behind it
729
USACE figure
Structures
105
in the leveed area
Levee length
0.5
miles, plus 0.02 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.07
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5305000039
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
A99
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
08/29/2018
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Santa Cruz PWD
Waterway
San Lorenzo River
Segments
1
USACE district
San Francisco
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
19, 20
Consequence estimate
$59.7 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 5305000039. 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.