Pickerel Pond Dam

Pickerel Pond Dam is an earth dam located in Ocean County, New Jersey. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Pickerel Pond Dam

The primary purpose of Pickerel Pond 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 Usaf Amc (federal). It impounds the N Ruckels Branch near Lakehurst Borough.

The dam stands 7 feet tall and stretches 600 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 26 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 200 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 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 03/30/2021.

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Low HazardNot Available ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateNew Jersey
CountyOcean
Nearest CityLakehurst Borough
River/StreamN Ruckels Branch
Coordinates40.01868, -74.39575

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height7 ft
Dam Height7 ft
Dam Length600 ft

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage200 acre-ft
Max Storage200 acre-ft
Normal Storage78 acre-ft
Surface Area26 acres
Drainage Area1 sq mi
Max Discharge41 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerUSAF AMC
Owner TypeFederal
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot Available
Last Inspection03/30/2021
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDNJ00987
Federal IDNJ00987
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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