Yearns Dam

Yearns Dam is an earth dam located in Schuyler County, Missouri, built in 1999. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspection11/01/1999
Height28 ft
Built199927 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 28 ft
28 FT TWO-STORY HOUSEMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

28 ft tall and 250 ft long, taller than 62% of U.S. dams with a recorded height. Height is drawn to scale against a two-story house, about 25 ft; the profile is a generic embankment section and the water level is illustrative.

About Yearns Dam

The primary purpose of Yearns Dam 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 Eugene Yearns (private). It impounds the Tr-south Fork Middle Fabius near Fabius.

The dam stands 28 feet tall and stretches 250 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 14 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 24 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 717 square miles. Completed in 1999, the structure is 27 years old.

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 11/01/1999. That was over 26 years ago.

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Location

StateMissouri
CountySchuyler
Nearest CityFabius
River/StreamTr-south Fork Middle Fabius
Coordinates40.42205, -92.42602

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height28 ft
Dam Height25 ft
Dam Length250 ft
Year Completed1999 (27 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage24 acre-ft
Max Storage24 acre-ft
Normal Storage16 acre-ft
Surface Area14 acres
Drainage Area717 sq mi
Max Discharge16 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerEugene Yearns
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot assessed
Last Inspection11/01/1999
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDMO50985
Federal IDMO50985
More InfoState Dam Safety Program