Levees / Washington / 5505000018

Startup Authorized Primary

Startup, Snohomish County, Washington. On the Skykomish River. USACE records 538 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
538
USACE figure
Structures
251
in the leveed area
Levee length
2.8
miles
Leveed area
1.16
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
5505000018
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
12/15/2021
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
Snohomish County, Unknown Levee Owner
Waterway
Skykomish River
Segments
2
USACE district
Seattle
USACE division
Northwestern Division
FEMA region
10
Congressional district
01, 08
Consequence estimate
$122.7 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 5505000018. 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.