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8/4/2011 9:51:21 AM
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3/26/2007 10:27:56 PM
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Loan Projects
Contract/PO #
C153854
Contractor Name
Leroux Creek Water Users Association
Contract Type
Loan
Water District
40
County
Delta
Loan Projects - Doc Type
Feasibility Study
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<br />!!t1 J(t/'o/ <br /> <br />'1'12LS1~/ L~tvttP <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Carl Smith Dam <br /> <br />Date of construction: 1965 <br /> <br />I3w4th <br /> <br />. <br />l..s <br /> <br />/7()'uJ/~ e~ <br /> <br />Date offailure: May 2, 1998 at approximately 5:30 PM <br /> <br />Probable cause of failure: Sliding of the dam embankment. The upper end of the slide intercepted the upstream <br />face of the dam below the water level. Approximately 500 acre-feet evacuated. <br /> <br />Peak flow measured 23 miles downstream; Approximately 2500 cfs. <br /> <br />Damages: The dam itself was breached. About 10 headgates were washed out or damaged. About 40 head of sheep <br />were killed. One residence was flooded with slow moving water. (There was no loss of human life. Because of the <br />time of year, the cabins and trailers below the dam were not occupied, and the area downstream was not in use by <br />campers and fishermen. The dam breached at a spot that missed a trailer that is located just below the dam.) <br /> <br />Owner: The Leroux Creek Water User's Association <br /> <br />Location of Dam: Delta County, on Leroux Creek, which is on the south slope of the Grand Mesa, near Hotchkiss. <br />Section 35, Tl2S, R93W. <br /> <br />Hazard Classification: Class I (loss of human life expected in the event of a failure.) <br /> <br />Maximum dam height: 55 feet <br /> <br />Normal capacity of the reservoir: 700 acre-feet <br /> <br />Dam length: 2300 feet. <br /> <br />0: mydocslCarl Smith Dam <br />
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