Levees / California / 3805010023

Whitewater River/Chino Canyon 1

Palm Springs, Riverside County, California. On the Chino Creek, Whitewater River, Whitewater River, Chino Creek. USACE records 33,122 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
33,122
USACE figure
Structures
15,714
in the leveed area
Levee length
10.0
miles
Leveed area
15.86
square miles
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The federal record

System ID
3805010023
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Moderate
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
05/11/2010
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Palm Springs Public Works, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Waterway
Chino Creek, Whitewater River, Whitewater River, Chino Creek
Segments
4
USACE district
Los Angeles
USACE division
South Pacific Division
FEMA region
9
Congressional district
25, 36, 41
Consequence estimate
$7.39 billion
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 3805010023. 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.