Gs Dd No 3-19 (john Adams-vermillion Creek))

About Gs Dd No 3-19 (john Adams-vermillion Creek))

The primary purpose of Gs Dd No 3-19 (john Adams-vermillion Creek)) 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 Vermillion Creek Wjd No 70 (do Not Use) (local government). It impounds the Robidoux Creek-tr near Winifred.

The dam stands 36 feet tall and stretches 680 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 3 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 87 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1986, the structure is 40 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 36 feet, this dam is taller than 83% of dams nationwide.

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