Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-88

Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-88 is an earth dam located in Appanoose County, Iowa, built in 1992. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-88

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-88 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 Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Tr- North Soap Creek near Floris.

The dam stands 29 feet tall and stretches 336 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 1 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 17 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 1992, the structure is 34 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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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIowa
CountyAppanoose
Nearest CityFloris
River/StreamTr- North Soap Creek
Coordinates40.89500, -92.68230

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height29 ft
Dam Height29 ft
Dam Length336 ft
Year Completed1992 (34 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage17 acre-ft
Max Storage17 acre-ft
Normal Storage4 acre-ft
Surface Area1 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerSoap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA03004
Federal IDIA03004
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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