Quanah Country Club North Lake Dam

Quanah Country Club North Lake Dam is an earth dam located in Hardeman County, Texas, built in 1960. It carries a Low hazard potential classification.

Hazard potentialLowFailure would cause limited damage
ConditionNot assessed
Emergency action planNot reported
Last inspectionNot reported
Height25 ft
Built196066 years ago

Dam profile

NID height · 25 ft
25 FT TWO-STORY HOUSEMEDIAN U.S. DAM · 24 FT

25 ft tall and 750 ft long, taller than 50% 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 Quanah Country Club North Lake Dam

The primary purpose of Quanah Country Club North Lake Dam is recreation. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming. The dam is owned by Quanah Country Club (private). It impounds the Tr-groesbeck Creek.

The dam stands 25 feet tall and stretches 750 feet across, and has a maximum storage capacity of 180 acre-feet. Completed in 1960, 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.

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Location

StateTexas
CountyHardeman
River/StreamTr-groesbeck Creek
Coordinates34.33892, -99.71430

Physical Characteristics

Dam TypeEarth
NID Height25 ft
Dam Height25 ft
Dam Length750 ft
Year Completed1960 (66 years old)

Storage & Hydraulics

NID Storage180 acre-ft
Max Storage180 acre-ft
Normal Storage108 acre-ft
Spillway TypeNone

Ownership & Safety

PurposeRecreation
OwnerQuanah Country Club
Owner TypePrivate
Hazard ClassificationLow
Condition AssessmentNot assessed
Emergency Action PlanNot Required

Identifiers

NID IDTX05257
Federal IDTX05257
More InfoState Dam Safety Program