Elm Fork Ws Scs Site 6e Dam

About Elm Fork Ws Scs Site 6e Dam

The primary purpose of Elm Fork Ws Scs Site 6e Dam 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 Cooke County;muenster Water District;upper Elm Red Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-brushy Elm Creek near Muenster.

The dam stands 33 feet tall and stretches 950 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 9 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 580 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 square miles. Completed in 1958, 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 03/04/1981. That was over 45 years ago.

At 33 feet, this dam is taller than 78% of dams nationwide.

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