USACE National Levee Database (NLD)
Comprehensive database of over 7,000 levee systems covering 24,000+ miles of levees with condition data, flood risk information, and inspection records
levees.sec.usace.army.mil
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- National (7,000+ levee systems)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
What's inside
- Levee Systems
- Flood Risk
- Infrastructure Condition
- Inspection Records
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Risk
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Response planning
Support evacuation, relief and insurance decisions.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Early warning
Turn forecast ensembles into simple, local alerts.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
NLD REST https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil/api-data
Licence: US federal public domain
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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