Crooked Creek Watershed Site 11-c

Crooked Creek Watershed Site 11-c is an earth dam located in Cass County, Iowa, built in 1971. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Crooked Creek Watershed Site 11-c

The primary purpose of Crooked Creek Watershed Site 11-c is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The dam maintains a small impoundment used for fire suppression, livestock watering, or as a fish pond. The dam is owned by Cass County Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-crooked Creek near Atlantic.

The dam stands 35 feet tall and stretches 630 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 5 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 95 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1971, 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.

At 35 feet, this dam is taller than 82% of dams nationwide.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIowa
CountyCass
Nearest CityAtlantic
River/StreamTr-crooked Creek
Coordinates41.46600, -94.83940

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height35 ft
Dam Height35 ft
Dam Length630 ft
Year Completed1971 (55 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage95 acre-ft
Max Storage95 acre-ft
Normal Storage41 acre-ft
Surface Area5 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerCass County SWCD
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA00155
Federal IDIA00155
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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