Mill Picayune Watershed Site N-38-1

About Mill Picayune Watershed Site N-38-1

The primary purpose of Mill Picayune Watershed Site N-38-1 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 Shelby County Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-picayune Creek near Woodbine.

The dam stands 32 feet tall and stretches 528 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 4 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 59 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1964, the structure is well into its service life at over 50 years old.

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 10/08/1964. That was over 61 years ago.

At 32 feet, this dam is taller than 76% of dams nationwide.

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