Waubonsie Cr. Watershed Site 23-1

About Waubonsie Cr. Watershed Site 23-1

The primary purpose of Waubonsie Cr. Watershed Site 23-1 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 Mills County Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-waubonsie Creek near Bartlett.

The dam stands 45 feet tall and stretches 600 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 20 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 349 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1979, the structure is 47 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 03/24/1987. That was over 39 years ago.

At 45 feet, this dam is taller than 91% of dams nationwide.

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