The Baltimore District provides water resource planning and engineering design and construction support focused on navigation, flood risk management and environmental restoration. Our work includes construction and operation of dams that support life and property safety, provide recreation, environmental stewardship, and water supply; dredging of major waterways; and construction of local flood risk management projects.
Our civil works boundaries, covering the Chesapeake Bay Basin and the Susquehanna and Potomac river watersheds, extend from Maryland to New York. In total, the district’s responsibilities cover 49,000 square miles in six states and the District of Columbia, two watersheds, and 7,000 miles of coastline. Along these waterways, the Baltimore District operates and maintains 290 miles of federal navigation channels, 148 miles of federally-constructed levees, and 15 federal flood risk management dams and reservoirs.
As a result, the Baltimore District has prevented $16 billion in flood damages, is restoring approximately 600 acres of oyster habitat and is also restoring 1,140 acres of remote islands.
Major projects are highlighted in the below sections. To view all of the district projects, please visit the Baltimore District Fact Sheet portal.