East Fork Pond River Frs No 5a

About East Fork Pond River Frs No 5a

The primary purpose of East Fork Pond River Frs No 5a 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 Christian County Soil Conservation District (local government). It impounds the East Fork Pond River near Bluff Spring-vicinity.

The dam stands 50 feet tall and stretches 1,200 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 99 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 9,630 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 21 square miles. Completed in 1970, 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. The most recent inspection on record was 11/05/2015. That was over 10 years ago.

At 50 feet, this dam is taller than 93% of dams nationwide.

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