Dam Failures, Dam Incidents - Association of State Dam Safety ...
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(aka Upper<br />
Stinchomb)<br />
11/24/04 Keith Lake<br />
dam<br />
4/26/05 Simplot<br />
Wastewater<br />
Lagoon #1<br />
7/2/05 Hadlock<br />
Pond dam<br />
7/22/05 Wheeler<br />
Island levee<br />
County,<br />
Georgia<br />
St. Clair<br />
County, near<br />
Odenville,<br />
Alabama<br />
Near<br />
Hermiston, OR<br />
9/05 Levees New Orleans,<br />
LA<br />
10/18/05 Whittenton On Mill R.,<br />
Pond <strong>Dam</strong> Taunton, MA<br />
12/14/05 Taum Sauk Lesterville,<br />
MO<br />
3/14/06 Kaloko<br />
Reservoir<br />
<strong>Dam</strong><br />
0 Decreased property values,<br />
environmental damages,<br />
driveways covered with<br />
mud, ~20% damage to<br />
downstream dam<br />
0 Breach <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>f-channel<br />
reservoir resulted in breach<br />
<strong>of</strong> canal, loss <strong>of</strong> irrigation<br />
water, agricultural lands,<br />
water/mud damage to farm<br />
houses & outbuildings.<br />
NY 0 At least 4 homes destroyed,<br />
~12 w/ moderate to severe<br />
damage, roads washed out,<br />
power outages. > $1M<br />
damages.<br />
dam, lack <strong>of</strong><br />
maintenance,<br />
vegetation on<br />
embankment<br />
Heavy rains<br />
Heavy rain, first<br />
filling, piping,<br />
suspected const.<br />
flaw<br />
flooded part <strong>of</strong> a trailer park. Approximately 20 trailers received<br />
damage; around 20 people rescued by emergency personnel<br />
Lake ~1200 yards long, 450 yds wide, 40’ deep. 60-70’ earth dam.<br />
Downstream homes evacuated. Earth dam. Failure not covered by<br />
media. .<br />
Embk. dam completed 5/05. 220-acre lake, 12-15’ deep. state Rte<br />
149 closed, major link between upstate NY & VT<br />
California 0 20-25' foot breach occurred 7/22 on isolated 1,000 acre Island devoid<br />
<strong>of</strong> any residences or other structures. Waters <strong>of</strong> Honker Bay flooded<br />
land mostly used for hunting.<br />
Island <strong>of</strong><br />
Kauai, Hawaii<br />
>1,000 Hurricane<br />
Katrina<br />
0 ~2,000 evacuated, including<br />
a housing development for<br />
the elderly<br />
0 (3 children critically<br />
injured)<br />
Toops family home<br />
demolished; state highway<br />
washed out; at least 3<br />
trucks swept from road. E<br />
extensive damage to<br />
Johnson's Shut-Ins, the<br />
East Fork <strong>of</strong> the Black River<br />
and the mountainside.<br />
Suspected<br />
instrumentation<br />
failure caused<br />
water to be<br />
pumped into<br />
reservoir.<br />
7 Overtopping,<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> spillway<br />
6/7/06 Geary levee Upper 0 Flooded Highway 140 &<br />
173-year-old wooden dam , ~100’ across, ~12’ high,<br />
In Nov. 2007 the state reached a $180 million settlement with the<br />
utility that owned the reservoir.<br />
Earth dam built in 1890. Storage was about 420 million gallons.<br />
The embankment had a maximum height <strong>of</strong> about 40 ft. <strong>Dam</strong> crest<br />
was about 770’ long & 15’ wide. Failure report:<br />
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/pdf/kaloko/Kaloko-Report.pdf
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