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<br />II-4 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br /> <br />which raises the potential normal maximum water surface by approximately <br />six inches. The outlet from the reservoir is located adjacent to the <br />spillway and consists of a twelve-inch diameter pipe with an Armco <br />slide gate for control. <br />During late 1974 or early 1975, this outlet was plugged by concrete <br />so the reservoir water surface could not be lowered through this outlet. <br />During the May 5-6, 1973 storm, the dam was overtopped along the <br />right abutment area (southeast corner). Based upon comparison between <br />a survey completed in May of 1971 and the mapping accomplished for this <br />study (November 1974), approximately one foot of the dam was lost <br />during the overtopping in 1973. <br />Subsequent to the overtopping of the dam in May 1973, the State <br />Engineer's office sent a letter to J. Shattuck, the present owner of <br />the dam, concerning certain improvements, as shown on the 1958 drawings. <br />Specifically, the improvements specified are: 1) five feet of free- <br />board (spillway crest to the dam crest); 2) crest width to be 14 feet; <br />and 3) spillway width to be 16 feet with 7:1 side slopes. The letter <br />further states that until the dam improvements are completed, the water <br />surface (normal maximum) is restricted to five feet below the lowest <br />point in the dam (crest). <br />Mr. Shattuck replied to the letter indicating that "should I <br />attempt to accomplish this work, several houses along the south shore <br />would be inundated and approximately eleven acres of my land would <br />be flooded". Mr. Shattuck further stated that "if I comply with your <br />letter telling me to drain the lake down to a point five feet below <br />