Scs-lower Black Bear Creek Site-16

About Scs-lower Black Bear Creek Site-16

The primary purpose of Scs-lower Black Bear Creek Site-16 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 Pawnee Co Cons Dist (state). It impounds the Tr-pepper Creek near Pawnee.

The dam stands 54 feet tall and stretches 780 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 14 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 1,914 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 3 square miles. Completed in 1974, the structure is well into its service life at over 50 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 01/01/1980. That was over 46 years ago.

At 54 feet, this dam is taller than 94% of dams nationwide.

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