Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-113

Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-113 is an earth dam located in Wapello County, Iowa, built in 2003. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-113

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 90-113 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- Little Soap Creek near Eldon.

The dam stands 26 feet tall and stretches 420 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 6 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 135 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
CountyWapello
Nearest CityEldon
River/StreamTr- Little Soap Creek
Coordinates40.95390, -92.60920

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height26 ft
Dam Height26 ft
Dam Length420 ft
Year Completed2003 (23 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage135 acre-ft
Max Storage135 acre-ft
Normal Storage29 acre-ft
Surface Area6 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 IDIA03845
Federal IDIA03845
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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