Schwartz Building Site

Schwartz Building Site is an earth dam located in Douglas County, Kansas. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Schwartz Building Site

The primary purpose of Schwartz Building Site 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 Schwartz, Don (private). It impounds the West Fork Tauy Creek-tr near Peoria.

The dam stands 26 feet tall and stretches 840 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 6 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 90 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles.

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. The most recent inspection on record was 04/20/2005. That was over 20 years ago.

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Low Hazard ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateKansas
CountyDouglas
Nearest CityPeoria
River/StreamWest Fork Tauy Creek-tr
Coordinates38.79117, -95.31078

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height26 ft
Dam Height26 ft
Dam Length840 ft

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage90 acre-ft
Max Storage90 acre-ft
Normal Storage36 acre-ft
Surface Area6 acres
Drainage Area0 sq mi
Max Discharge310 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerSCHWARTZ, DON
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Last Inspection04/20/2005
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDKS00576
Federal IDKS00576
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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