Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-70

Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-70 is an earth dam located in Wapello County, Iowa, built in 2007. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-70

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-70 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 Scott Proctor & Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Trib To Brush Creek near Selma.

The dam stands 25 feet tall and stretches 365 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 3 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 48 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2007, 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/StreamTrib To Brush Creek
Coordinates40.91560, -92.52610

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height25 ft
Dam Height25 ft
Dam Length365 ft
Year Completed2007 (19 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage48 acre-ft
Max Storage48 acre-ft
Normal Storage13 acre-ft
Surface Area3 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFlood Risk Reduction
OwnerScott Proctor & Soap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA04105
Federal IDIA04105
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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