Barber Motorsports Lake is a dam located in Jefferson County, Alabama. It carries a High hazard potential classification.
Dam profile
NID height · 35 ft35 ft tall and 205 ft long, taller than 80% of U.S. dams with a recorded height. Height is drawn to scale against a two-story house, about 25 ft; the profile is a generic embankment section and the water level is illustrative.
About Barber Motorsports Lake
Barber Motorsports Lake is a dam in Jefferson, Alabama. It impounds the Tr-cahaba River near Leeds.
The dam stands 35 feet tall and stretches 205 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 17 acres, and has a maximum storage capacity of 273 acre-feet.
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.
At 35 feet, this dam is taller than 80% 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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Location
| State | Alabama |
| County | Jefferson |
| Nearest City | Leeds |
| River/Stream | Tr-cahaba River |
| Coordinates | 33.53957, -86.61448 |
Physical Characteristics
| NID Height | 35 ft |
| Dam Height | 35 ft |
| Dam Length | 205 ft |
Storage & Hydraulics
| NID Storage | 273 acre-ft |
| Max Storage | 273 acre-ft |
| Surface Area | 17 acres |
Ownership & Safety
| Owner Type | Not Listed |
| Hazard Classification | High |
| Condition Assessment | Not assessed |
| Emergency Action Plan | No |
Identifiers
| NID ID | AL83484 |
| Federal ID | AL83484 |
| More Info | ASDSO on Alabama (no state dam safety program) |