Forest City Gun Club Lake Dam

Forest City Gun Club Lake Dam is an earth dam located in Chatham County, Georgia. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Forest City Gun Club Lake Dam

The primary purpose of Forest City Gun Club Lake Dam is recreation. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming. The dam is owned by Forest City Gun Club (private). It impounds the Unknown.

The dam stands 10 feet tall and stretches 1,275 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 38 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 273 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 99 square miles.

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 03/16/2016. That was over 10 years ago.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateGeorgia
CountyChatham
River/StreamUnknown
Coordinates31.97833, -81.09500

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height10 ft
Dam Height10 ft
Dam Length1,275 ft

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage273 acre-ft
Max Storage273 acre-ft
Normal Storage76 acre-ft
Surface Area38 acres
Drainage Area99 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeRecreation
OwnerForest City Gun Club
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Last Inspection03/16/2016
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDGA00928
Federal IDGA00928
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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