Bleakley Lake Dam

Bleakley Lake Dam is an earth dam located in Paulding County, Georgia. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Bleakley Lake Dam

The primary purpose of Bleakley Lake Dam is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The dam maintains a small impoundment used for fire suppression, livestock watering, or as a fish pond. The dam is owned by Dorothy A. Bleakley Living Trust (private). It impounds the Name Unknown near Dallas.

The dam stands 20 feet tall and stretches 570 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 13 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 159 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 220 square miles.

This dam has a low hazard potential classification, meaning that failure would cause minimal damage, limited primarily to the dam owner's property, with no expected loss of life. The most recent inspection on record was 07/18/2018.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateGeorgia
CountyPaulding
Nearest CityDallas
River/StreamName Unknown
Coordinates33.88878, -84.82639

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height20 ft
Dam Height20 ft
Dam Length570 ft

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage159 acre-ft
Max Storage159 acre-ft
Normal Storage100 acre-ft
Surface Area13 acres
Drainage Area220 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerDorothy A. Bleakley Living Trust
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Last Inspection07/18/2018
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDGA00014
Federal IDGA00014
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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