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The primary purpose of 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 Rathbun Trust No 1, Delores C (private). It impounds the Ash Creek-tr.

The dam stands 24 feet tall and stretches 765 feet across, has a maximum storage capacity of 291 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 2 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 03/12/2003. That was over 23 years ago.

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