Levees / Illinois / 5605390001

Scott County Drainage & Levee District System

Valley City, Scott County, Illinois. On the Illinois River. USACE records 51 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Non-Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
51
USACE figure
Structures
40
in the leveed area
Levee length
12.9
miles
Leveed area
17.38
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5605390001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Non-Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
07/27/2022
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Scott County Drainage & Levee District
Waterway
Illinois River
Segments
1
USACE district
St. Louis
USACE division
Mississippi Valley Division
FEMA region
5
Congressional district
15
Consequence estimate
$4.1 million
Flood of record
05/26/1943

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 5605390001. 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.