Blanket Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam

Blanket Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam is an earth dam located in Brown County, Texas, built in 1966. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspectionNot reported
Height37 ft
Built196660 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 37 ft
37 FT TWO-STORY HOUSEMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

37 ft tall and 19,751 ft long, taller than 83% 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 Blanket Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam

The primary purpose of Blanket Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam 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 Brown County;pecan Bayou Swcd (local government). It impounds the Tr-blanket Creek.

The dam stands 37 feet tall and stretches 19,751 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 15 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 924 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 2 square miles. Completed in 1966, 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.

At 37 feet, this dam is taller than 83% of dams nationwide.

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Location

StateTexas
CountyBrown
River/StreamTr-blanket Creek
Coordinates31.79850, -98.75370

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height37 ft
Dam Height37 ft
Dam Length19,751 ft
Year Completed1966 (60 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage924 acre-ft
Max Storage924 acre-ft
Normal Storage72 acre-ft
Surface Area15 acres
Drainage Area2 sq mi
Spillway TypeNone

Ownership & Safety

PurposeFlood Risk Reduction
OwnerBrown County;pecan Bayou Swcd
Owner TypeLocal Government
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot assessed
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDTX02768
Federal IDTX02768
More InfoState Dam Safety Program