Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-74

Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-74 is an earth dam located in Wapello County, Iowa, built in 2006. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-74

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-74 is flood risk reduction. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate. The dam is owned by Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Tr-brush Creek near Selma.

The dam stands 31 feet tall and stretches 625 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 4 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 83 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2006, the structure is relatively new.

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
CountyWapello
Nearest CitySelma
River/StreamTr-brush Creek
Coordinates40.92250, -92.53890

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height31 ft
Dam Height31 ft
Dam Length625 ft
Year Completed2006 (20 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage83 acre-ft
Max Storage83 acre-ft
Normal Storage23 acre-ft
Surface Area4 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Max Discharge108 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFlood Risk Reduction
OwnerSoap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA04020
Federal IDIA04020
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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