Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-113

Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-113 is an earth dam located in Appanoose County, Iowa, built in 1992. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-113

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-113 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 Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Tr-south Soap Creek near Selma.

The dam stands 33 feet tall and stretches 526 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 8 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 259 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1992, the structure is 34 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.

At 33 feet, this dam is taller than 78% of dams nationwide.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIowa
CountyAppanoose
Nearest CitySelma
River/StreamTr-south Soap Creek
Coordinates40.82000, -92.65000

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height33 ft
Dam Height33 ft
Dam Length526 ft
Year Completed1992 (34 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage259 acre-ft
Max Storage259 acre-ft
Normal Storage48 acre-ft
Surface Area8 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerSoap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA02595
Federal IDIA02595
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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