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Inspection Status

Updated May 3, 2013
Levee system Location Maintaining Agency(ies)

Inspect Type

System Rating Rehabilitation and Inspection Program Status Major Issues
Dry Creek Right Bank ** Sacramento/
Del Paso
American River Flood Control District Periodic Minimally Acceptable Active Encroachments
Dry Creek, NEMDC, Arcade Creek ** Sacramento/
Del Paso
American River Flood Control District Periodic Minimally Acceptable Active Encroachments
American River Right Bank, NEMDC ** Sacramento/
Del Paso
American River Flood Control District Periodic Minimally Acceptable Active Encroachments
City of Marysville - System 1 ** Marysville Marysville Levee District Periodic Minimally Acceptable Active Slope Stability
City of Marysville - System 2 ** Marysville Marysville Levee District Periodic Unacceptable Inactive Unaddressed previously noted deficiency
Natomas ** Natomas Reclamation District 1000 Periodic Unacceptable Inactive Erosion/Encroachments
City of Sacramento - American River Left Bank ** Sacramento American River Flood Control District/
City of Sacramento/
DWR (MA9)
Periodic Unacceptable Inactive Encroachments
Duck Creek/ Boggs Tract ** Stockton/Port of Stockton Reclamation District 404 Periodic Unacceptable Inactive Slope Stability/
Encroachments/Erosion/
Animal Control

Feather River Right Bank - Sutter Bypass East Bank Levee System **

Yuba City, Live Oak, Gridley DWR (MA 3, 7 & 16)/
Levee Districts 1 & 9/
Reclamation District 777
Periodic Unacceptable Inactive Slope Stability/
Underseepage Relief Wells/
Depressions & Rutting
San Joaquin River East ** Lathrop, West Manteca Reclamation Districts 0017, 2064, 2075, 2094, 2096 Periodic Reinspection requested Reinspection requested Depressions and Rutting/
Animal Control
Sacramento River West Bank ** Colusa, Glenn LD1, LD2, Maintenance Area 1 & 12, Sac River West Side LD, RD 108, RD 787 Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive

 Encroachments, Animal
 Control, Seepage, Slope
 Stability, Erosion/Bank
 Caving, Cracking 

Bear Creek - Unit 8, West of I-5 ** Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments
West Sacramento
/SacYolo South
West Sacramento Reclamation Districts 0537, 0900, 0765, 0307, 0999, Maintenance Area 04, DWR Periodic Inspections ongoing.    
Bear Creek - Units 12 North Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 acceptable
 Active  Animal Control/Bank Protection
Bear Creek - Units 12 South, 10 & 13 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/Animal Control/Bank Protection
Bear Creek - Units 7 East Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally 
 Acceptable
 Active

 Encroachments/Depress-
ions/Cracking/Animal Control/Bank Protection

Bear Creek - Units 7 West & 21 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/Erosion/
Animal Control/Bank Pro-
tection/Depressions
Bear Creek - Units 7, 22 & 23 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic

 Minimally 
 acceptable

 Active  Encroachments/Erosion/
Animal Control/Bank Pro-
tection/Cracking
Bear Creek - Units 8, 10 & 11 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 Acceptable
 Active  Encroachments/Depres-
sions/AnimalControl/Bank
Protection
Bear Creek - Units 8, 24, 26 & 9 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 Acceptable
 Active  Encroachments/ Animal Control/Bank Protection/
Cracking/Depressions
Bear Creek - Units 8, 25 & 27 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/ Erosion/ Animal Control/ Depressions
Mormon Slough - Calaveras, Divert Canal Left Bank Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/ Erosion/ Animal Control/ Bank Protection
Mormon Slough - Diverting Canal Right Bank Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 Acceptable
 Active  Encroachments/ Animal Control/ Bank Protection/ Depressions
Mormon Slough Left Bank Along RR tracks - Unit 16 Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 Acceptable
 Active Encroachments/  Depressions
Mormon Slough Right Bank - Unit 15 east Stockton San Joaquin County Periodic  Minimally
 Acceptable
 Active  Encroachments/ Animal Control/ Slope Stability
Mormon Slough - Calaveras R Right Bank - RD 2074 Stockton San Joaquin County and RD2074 Periodic  Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/ Erosion/ Animal Control
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Unit 1 Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments/ Animal Control
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Units 2 north and 3 Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Animal Control/ Encroachments
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Unit 3 east, Sycamore rt Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments/ Animal Control
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Units 2 south and 4 Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments/ Animal Control
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Unit 4 east, Sycamore left Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments/ Animal Control
Chico Creek-Mud Creek - Unit 5, diversion levee Chico Butte County Public Works Periodic Inspection to be scheduled.  Inactive Erosion/ Bank Caving/ Animal Control
Elder Creek left bank, Unit 4 east Gerber Tehama County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/ Erosion/ Bank Caving
Elder Creek left bank, Unit 4 - Gerber levee Gerber Tehama County Public Works, Las Flores Community Services District Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive  Encroachments/ Erosion/ Bank Caving
Elder Creek right bank, Unit 5 Gerber Tehama County Public Works Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive  
MA 13 Unit 1 - Cherokee Canal right bank Richvale DWR Periodic Inspection to be scheduled.    
MA 13 Unit 2 north - Cherokee Canal left bank Biggs/rural DWR Periodic Inspection to be scheduled.    
MA 13 Unit 2 south - Cherokee Canal left bank Biggs/rural DWR Periodic Inspection to be scheduled.    
Sacramento River East Levee - LD 3 Glenn County Butte City DWR, LD3 - Glenn County Periodic Inspection to be scheduled.    
Green Valley Creek - left bank - Solano County Solano County   Routine Unacceptable Inactive Obstructions, vegetation, encroachments, flap gates, flap & pinch valves
Green Valley Creek - right bank - Solano County Solano County   Routine Unacceptable Inactive Erosion/bank caving, and encroachments
Kern River - left bank - Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA  City of Bakersfield Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Animal control, encroachments and unwanted vegetation
Kern River - right bank - Oildale Bakersfield, CA  City of   Bakersfield Routine Minimally acceptable  Active Encroachments and unwanted vegetation.
Big Wash Levee - Beaver County, UT Milford, UT  Beaver County Routine Unacceptable Inactive Encroachments
Knights Landing U2 - Yolo Bypass - Service Area 6 Knights Landing KLRDD, Yolo County, DWR Routine Unacceptable Inactive Encroachments, erosion
North Fork Feather River at Chester - east levee Chester Plumas County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
North Fork Feather River at Chester - west levee Chester Plumas County Routine Minimally Acceptable Active  
Pit River at Alturas - left bank levees Alturas  Modoc County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Animal Control
Pit River at Alturas - right bank - E of town Alturas  Modoc County Routine Unacceptable Inactive Encroachments
Pit River at Alturas - right bank - SW of town Alturas  Modoc County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Animal Control
RD 0524 and RD 0544 - Roberts Island Stockton/Rural  RD 524, RD544 Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Vegetation, Encroachments, Erosion, Animal Control
RD 1500 and Tisdale Bypass - Sutter Basin South Robbins  RD1500 Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, Erosion, Animal Control
RD 1001 - Nicolaus, Feather River Nicolaus, Verona  RD1001 Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Vegetation, Encroachments, Slope Stability, Animal Control
Redmond Channel - Sevier County, UT Redmond  Sevier County Routine Minimally Acceptable  Active  
Reese River at Battle Mountain, NV Battle Mountain  Lander County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
Brannan-Andrus Isleton Brannan-Andrus Levee Maintaining District, RD 556 Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, slope stability, depressions, animal control
Plumas Lakes Basin ** Plumas Lakes Basin Olivehurst  RD 784 Periodic Minimally Acceptable  Active Encroachments
Best Slough & Dry Creek ** Rural / Yuba County  RD 784,
 RD 814
Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, erosion, animal control
Middle Creek - U1 Left Bank Clear Lake  Lake County, 
 DWR (MA 17)
Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
Middle Creek - U1 North Clear Lake  Lake County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
Middle Creek - U1 South Clear Lake  Lake County, 
 DWR (MA 17)
Routine Minimally Acceptable  Active Unwanted vegegation, encroachments, culverts/pipes, pump station records
Middle Creek - U1 U5 Clear Lake  Lake County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
Middle Creek - U2 U3 Clear Lake  Lake County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments
Middle Creek - U2 North Clear Lake  Lake County Routine Minimally Acceptable  Active Encroachments, unwanted vegetation
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 17, 23, Fresno River Rural / Madera County Lower San Joaquin Levee District, Madera County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, slope stablility, erosion, animal control, seepage
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 1, 4, 6, 12 Rural / Madera County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, erosion, animal control
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 1, 5, 7, 22  Rural / Merced County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Erosion, settlement, depressions, animal control
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 1, 6, 11 Rural / Merced County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Minimally Acceptable  Active Encroachments, unwanted vegetation, depressions
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 2, 25  Rural / Merced County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Erosion/bank caving
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 3, 6, 18 Rural / Madera and Merced counties Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, animal control
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 5, 13 Ash Slough Right Bank Rural / Madera and Merced counties Lower San Joaquin Levee District, Madera County Routine Unaccptable  Inactive Encroachments, erosion, animal control, foundation of concrete structures
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 5, 16,  Berenda Slough and Fresno River Rural / Madera County Lower San Joaquin Levee District, Madera County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, slope stability, animal control, erosion
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 5, 8, 9, 22 Rural / Merced County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, slope stability, animal control, erosion
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 5, 10, 22 Rural / Merced County Lower San Joaquin Levee District Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Erosion, depressions, animal control
Lower San Joaquin Levee District Units 5, 14, 15 Ash and Berenda Sloughs Rural / Madera County Lower San Joaquin Levee District, Madera County Routine Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, animal control, erosion
Butte Creek - Right Bank Rural / Butte & Glenn County DWR (MA 5) Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, animal control, erosion
Butte Creek - Left Bank Rural / Butte & Glenn County DWR (MA 5) Periodic Unacceptable  Inactive Encroachments, animal control, erosion

**Inspected by Corps-contracted engineering firms, using funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

DWR = California Department of Water Resources
MA = Maintenance Area
LD = Levee District
RD = Reclamation District