Snow Creek North

Snow Creek North is a dam located in Owyhee County, Idaho, built in 1957. It carries a Low hazard potential classification and has a fair condition assessment.

About Snow Creek North

Snow Creek North is a dam in Owyhee, Idaho. The dam is private-owned. It impounds the Unnamed Stream Snow Creek.

The dam stands 13 feet tall and stretches 730 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 115 acres, has a storage capacity of 320 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 5 square miles. Completed in 1957, 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. Its condition is rated fair — the dam has minor deficiencies that are being addressed or do not pose an immediate safety threat. The most recent inspection on record was 10/07/2014. That was over 11 years ago.

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Low HazardFair ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIdaho
CountyOwyhee
River/StreamUnnamed Stream Snow Creek
Coordinates42.11950, -115.97340

Physical Characteristics

NID Height13 ft
Dam Height13 ft
Dam Length730 ft
Year Completed1957 (69 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage320 acre-ft
Normal Storage320 acre-ft
Surface Area115 acres
Drainage Area5 sq mi
Max Discharge200 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeOther
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentFair
Last Inspection10/07/2014
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDID00084
Federal IDID00084
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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