Crawford Creek Subwatershed Site 13g-1

Crawford Creek Subwatershed Site 13g-1 is an earth dam located in Tama County, Iowa, built in 1974. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Crawford Creek Subwatershed Site 13g-1

The primary purpose of Crawford Creek Subwatershed Site 13g-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 Ida County Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-maple River near Danbury.

The dam stands 31 feet tall and stretches 500 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 5 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 73 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1974, 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.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIowa
CountyTama
Nearest CityDanbury
River/StreamTr-maple River
Coordinates42.28050, -92.42930

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height31 ft
Dam Height31 ft
Dam Length500 ft
Year Completed1974 (52 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage73 acre-ft
Max Storage73 acre-ft
Normal Storage34 acre-ft
Surface Area5 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerIda County SWCD
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA01603
Federal IDIA01603
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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