Blue Eye Creek W/s Dam Site 1

About Blue Eye Creek W/s Dam Site 1

The primary purpose of Blue Eye Creek W/s Dam Site 1 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 Talladega Co. Commission (local government). It impounds the Tr Blue Eye Creek near Lincoln.

The dam stands 51 feet tall and stretches 983 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 15 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 1,830 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 5 square miles. Completed in 1969, the structure is well into its service life at over 50 years old.

This dam carries a high hazard potential classification, which means that a failure or uncontrolled release of water would likely cause loss of human life. This classification reflects the consequences of failure, not the likelihood — it indicates that people live or work in the area downstream. Notably, no emergency action plan is currently on file for this high-hazard dam. The most recent inspection on record was 03/13/2003. That was 23 years ago — unusually long for a high-hazard dam, which typically requires more frequent inspections.

At 51 feet, this dam is taller than 93% of dams nationwide.

Living Downstream

If you live or work downstream of this dam, consider taking these steps: learn your local evacuation routes, check whether your county emergency management office has a dam failure inundation map, and sign up for local emergency alerts. Alabama is the only state with no dam safety program, so there is no state office to contact about this structure; the federal record above is what exists. ASDSO's page on Alabama explains the gap.

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