About

The primary purpose of 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 Show Boat Cattle Company Llc (private). It impounds the Walnut Creek-tr near Linwood.

The dam stands 32 feet tall and stretches 495 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 4 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 92 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1972, the structure is well into its service life at over 50 years old.

This dam has a significant hazard potential classification, meaning that a failure could cause significant economic damage — flooding roads, bridges, or property downstream — but is not expected to result in loss of life.

At 32 feet, this dam is taller than 76% of dams nationwide.

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