Damgaard Dam

Damgaard Dam is an earth dam located in Marshall County, South Dakota, built in 2009. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

About Damgaard Dam

The primary purpose of Damgaard 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 Eileen Damgaard (private). It impounds the Crow Creek-tr.

The dam stands 19 feet tall and stretches 443 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 4 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 75 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 1 square miles. Completed in 2009, the structure is relatively new.

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.

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Low Hazard ConditionEmergency Action Plan: Not Required

Location

StateSouth Dakota
CountyMarshall
River/StreamCrow Creek-tr
Coordinates45.79507, -97.56525

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height19 ft
Dam Height19 ft
Dam Length443 ft
Year Completed2009 (17 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage75 acre-ft
Max Storage75 acre-ft
Normal Storage22 acre-ft
Surface Area4 acres
Drainage Area1 sq mi
Max Discharge675 cfs
Spillway TypeUncontrolled

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
OwnerEileen Damgaard
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDSD02673
Federal IDSD02673
More InfoState Dam Safety Program

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