Halliday Dam

Halliday Dam is an earth dam located in Page County, Iowa, built in 1972. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspection07/13/1965
Height30 ft
Built197254 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 30 ft
30 FT TWO-STORY HOUSEMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

30 ft tall and 443 ft long, taller than 68% 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 Halliday Dam

The primary purpose of Halliday 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 Ralph Halliday (private). It impounds the Tr-nodaway River near Braddyville.

The dam stands 30 feet tall and stretches 443 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 6 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 120 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 square miles. Completed in 1972, 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. The most recent inspection on record was 07/13/1965. That was over 61 years ago.

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Location

StateIowa
CountyPage
Nearest CityBraddyville
River/StreamTr-nodaway River
Coordinates40.59690, -95.05640

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height30 ft
Dam Height30 ft
Dam Length443 ft
Year Completed1972 (54 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage120 acre-ft
Max Storage120 acre-ft
Normal Storage35 acre-ft
Surface Area6 acres
Drainage Area1 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerRalph Halliday
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot assessed
Last Inspection07/13/1965
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA00838
Federal IDIA00838
More InfoState Dam Safety Program