Weatherly/haight Dam

Weatherly/haight Dam is an earth dam located in Harrison County, Iowa, built in 1967. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspectionNot reported
Height57 ft
Built196759 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 57 ft
57 FT TEN-STORY BUILDINGMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

57 ft tall and 622 ft long, taller than 94% of U.S. dams with a recorded height. Height is drawn to scale against a ten-story building, about 100 ft; the profile is a generic embankment section and the water level is illustrative.

About Weatherly/haight Dam

The primary purpose of Weatherly/haight Dam 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 C Weatherly and M&f Haight (private). It impounds the Tr-boyer River near Loveland.

The dam stands 57 feet tall and stretches 622 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 6 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 168 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 square miles. Completed in 1967, 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 57 feet, this dam is taller than 94% of dams nationwide.

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Location

StateIowa
CountyHarrison
Nearest CityLoveland
River/StreamTr-boyer River
Coordinates41.51680, -95.87330

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height57 ft
Dam Height57 ft
Dam Length622 ft
Year Completed1967 (59 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage168 acre-ft
Max Storage168 acre-ft
Normal Storage96 acre-ft
Surface Area6 acres
Drainage Area1 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerC Weatherly and M&f Haight
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot assessed
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA00454
Federal IDIA00454
More InfoState Dam Safety Program