Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-114c

Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-114c is an earth dam located in Monroe County, Iowa, built in 2005. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-114c

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 68-114c 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 Selma.

The dam stands 34 feet tall and stretches 250 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 2 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 68 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2005, 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.

At 34 feet, this dam is taller than 80% of dams nationwide.

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Low HazardNot Rated ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateIowa
CountyMonroe
Nearest CitySelma
River/StreamTr- Boyd Branch
Coordinates40.90220, -92.65530

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height34 ft
Dam Height34 ft
Dam Length250 ft
Year Completed2005 (21 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage68 acre-ft
Max Storage68 acre-ft
Normal Storage19 acre-ft
Surface Area2 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 IDIA03968
Federal IDIA03968
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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