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The primary purpose of 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 Schultes, Milo L (private). It impounds the Kansas River-tr near Valencia.

The dam stands 17 feet tall and stretches 290 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 3 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 27 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 0 square miles.

This dam has a significant hazard potential classification, meaning that a failure could cause significant economic damage — flooding roads, bridges, or property downstream — but is not expected to result in loss of life. The most recent inspection on record was 12/10/1992. That was over 33 years ago.

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