Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-74

Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-74 is an earth dam located in Monroe County, Iowa, built in 2003. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-74

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-74 is flood risk reduction. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate. The dam is owned by Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Tr- Boyd Branch near Floris.

The dam stands 28 feet tall and stretches 455 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 5 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 118 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2003, the structure is relatively new.

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
CountyMonroe
Nearest CityFloris
River/StreamTr- Boyd Branch
Coordinates40.91400, -92.67690

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height28 ft
Dam Height28 ft
Dam Length455 ft
Year Completed2003 (23 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage118 acre-ft
Max Storage118 acre-ft
Normal Storage26 acre-ft
Surface Area5 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFlood Risk Reduction
OwnerSoap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA03742
Federal IDIA03742
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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