North Pigeon Cr Watershed Site 4-1

About North Pigeon Cr Watershed Site 4-1

The primary purpose of North Pigeon Cr Watershed Site 4-1 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 West Pottawattamie County Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-pigeon Creek near Crescent.

The dam stands 57 feet tall and stretches 1,104 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 11 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 302 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. The most recent inspection on record was 12/06/1960. That was over 65 years ago.

At 57 feet, this dam is taller than 95% of all dams in the United States.

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