Lower Brushy Creek Ws Scs Site 23 Dam

About Lower Brushy Creek Ws Scs Site 23 Dam

The primary purpose of Lower Brushy Creek Ws Scs Site 23 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 Lower Brushy Creek Wcid;taylor Swcd (local government). It impounds the Long Branch.

The dam stands 30 feet tall and stretches 1,400 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 30 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 1,025 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 square miles. Completed in 1961, 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. Its condition is rated fair — the dam has minor deficiencies that are being addressed or do not pose an immediate safety threat. An emergency action plan is in place for this dam. The most recent inspection on record was 03/29/2022.

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