Crooked Creek Watershed Site 5-c

Crooked Creek Watershed Site 5-c is an earth dam located in Cass County, Iowa, built in 1971. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspectionNot reported
Height29 ft
Built197155 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 29 ft
29 FT TWO-STORY HOUSEMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

29 ft tall and 493 ft long, taller than 65% 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 Crooked Creek Watershed Site 5-c

The primary purpose of Crooked Creek Watershed Site 5-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 29 feet tall and stretches 493 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 3 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 50 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.

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Location

StateIowa
CountyCass
Nearest CityAtlantic
River/StreamTr-crooked Creek
Coordinates41.49230, -94.75670

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height29 ft
Dam Height29 ft
Dam Length493 ft
Year Completed1971 (55 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage50 acre-ft
Max Storage50 acre-ft
Normal Storage14 acre-ft
Surface Area3 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 assessed
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA00156
Federal IDIA00156
More InfoState Dam Safety Program