Rolling Hills Refuge

Rolling Hills Refuge is an earth dam located in Saline County, Kansas, built in 2004. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Rolling Hills Refuge

The primary purpose of Rolling Hills Refuge 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 Rolling Hill Refuge Wildlife (private). It impounds the Mulberry Creek-tr.

The dam stands 22 feet tall and stretches 470 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 5 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 54 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2004, 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. The most recent inspection on record was 10/30/2006. That was over 19 years ago.

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Low Hazard ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateKansas
CountySaline
River/StreamMulberry Creek-tr
Coordinates38.85538, -97.76251

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height22 ft
Dam Height22 ft
Dam Length470 ft
Year Completed2004 (22 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage54 acre-ft
Max Storage54 acre-ft
Normal Storage33 acre-ft
Surface Area5 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Max Discharge50 cfs

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerROLLING HILL REFUGE WILDLIFE
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Last Inspection10/30/2006
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDKS09032
Federal IDKS09032
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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