Levee systems in Alabama
14 systems on the federal register, with 12,476 people recorded living behind the 14 of them that publish a population figure.
Systems
14
current records
People behind them
12,476
across 14 systems
Miles of levee
15.1
across 13 systems
Not accredited
36%
5 of 14
01
Every system in Alabama
14 records| System | Location | Accreditation | People | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Creek Levee | Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama | Accredited | 6,932 | 0.96 miles |
| Prattville Continental Gin Levee System | Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama | Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System | 1,391 | 0.83 miles |
| Geneva Levee System | Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama | Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System | 1,291 | 3.03 miles |
| Elba Levee System | Elba, Coffee County, Alabama | Accredited | 920 | 3.09 miles |
| Northport Levee System | Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Accredited | 766 | 2.09 miles |
| Lake Weiss Saddle Dike B & C | Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama | Non-Accredited | 527 | 1.11 miles |
| Hunts Refinery Levee | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Accredited | 326 | 0.87 miles |
| Lake Weiss Saddle Dike A | Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama | Non-Accredited | 251 | 0.69 miles |
| Collinsville Levee System | Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama | Non-Accredited | 29 | 0.37 miles |
| Weiss - Highway 411 Dike | Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama | Non-Accredited | 27 | 0.90 miles |
| Hunts refinery levee 2 | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Accredited | 11 | 0.40 miles |
| Hunts refinery levee 4 | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Non-Accredited | 3 | 0.20 miles |
| Hunts refinery levee 1 | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Accredited | 2 | 0.53 miles |
| Prattville Cotton Mill Protected Area | Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama | Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) System | 0 | Not published |
Source: USACE National Levee Database, refreshed 2026-09-10. Accreditation status describes a system against a design flood event and is not a safety score. What it means.