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<br />.j:l. <br />w <br /> <br />Table 1. Dam Failures in the United States Resulting in Fatalities <br /> 1960 through May 1996 <br /> , <br />Dam Location Date of Fail- Age of Cause of Failure Dam Volume Re- Warning People at Loss <br /> ure Dam Height leased Time Risk of <br /> (Feet) (AF) (Hours) Life <br />Electric Light Eagleville, 1960 nJa nJa 26 nJa nJa nJa 1 heart <br />Pond New York failure <br />Mohegan Park Norwich, 3/6/63 110 Piping during elevated 20 138 0 500 6 <br /> Connecticut 9:30 p.m. level caused by rain. <br />Little Deer near Hanna, 6/16/63 1 Piping during normal 86 1150 0 50 1 <br />Creek Utah 6:13 a.m. weather. <br />Baldwin Hills Los Angeles, 12/14/63 12 Piping during normal 66 700 1 hour and 16,500 5 <br /> California 3:38 p.m. weather. 18 minutes <br />Swift northwest 6/8/64 49 Overtopping during 157 34,300 unknown unknown 19 <br /> Montana lOa.m. major flood event. <br />Lower Two northwest 6/8/64 51 Embankment washed 36 20,930 unknown unknown 9 <br />Medicine Montana 3:30 p.m. out next to concrete <br /> spillway walls. <br />Lee Lake near East Lee, 3/24/68 3 Piping during normal 25 300 0 80 2 <br /> Massachusetts 1:25 p.m. weather. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />[ <br />