Levees / Kentucky / 3905000035

Sturgis Levee System

Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky. On the Tradewater River and Ohio River. USACE records 1,837 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
1,837
USACE figure
Structures
1,339
in the leveed area
Levee length
3.9
miles, plus 0.09 of floodwall
Leveed area
1.40
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3905000035
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
Not published
Inspection date
06/16/2025
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Sturgis
Waterway
Tradewater River and Ohio River
Segments
1
USACE district
Louisville
USACE division
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
FEMA region
4
Congressional district
01
Consequence estimate
$242.3 million
Flood of record
03/11/1997

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 3905000035. 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.