Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-90b

Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-90b is an earth dam located in Appanoose County, Iowa, built in 2011. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-90b

The primary purpose of Soap Creek Watershed Site 4-90b 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 Ronald Cervetti & Soap Creek Watershed Board (local government). It impounds the Trib To Soap Cr near Selma.

The dam stands 25 feet tall and stretches 385 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 1 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 25 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles. Completed in 2011, 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
CountyAppanoose
Nearest CitySelma
River/StreamTrib To Soap Cr
Coordinates40.87900, -92.67030

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height25 ft
Dam Height25 ft
Dam Length385 ft
Year Completed2011 (15 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage25 acre-ft
Max Storage25 acre-ft
Normal Storage7 acre-ft
Surface Area1 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Max Discharge100 cfs

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFlood Risk Reduction
OwnerRonald Cervetti & Soap Creek Watershed Board
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Rated
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDIA04126
Federal IDIA04126
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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