Phase 1 Inspection Report: National Dam Safety Program. Mississippi -St. Francis Basin. Nims Lake Dam, Washington County, Missouri

Author

Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Chicago, Illinois

Abstract

This report presents the results of field inspection and evaluation of Nims Lake Dam, Missouri Inventory Number 30064.

It was prepared under the National Program of Inspection of Non-Federal Dams.

This dam has been classified as unsafe, non-emergency by the St. Louis District as a result of the application of the following criteria:

a. Spillway will not pass 50 percent of the Probable Maximum Flood without overtopping the dam.

b. Overtopping of the dam could result in failure of the dam.

c. Dam failure significantly increases the hazard to loss of life downstream.

Recommended Citation

Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Chicago, Illinois, "Phase 1 Inspection Report: National Dam Safety Program. Mississippi -St. Francis Basin. Nims Lake Dam, Washington County, Missouri" (1980). Missouri Dam Safety Inspection Reports. 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/dam-reports/9

Comments

Date of inspection: 07-08 Aug 1980

Geographic Coverage

Washington County, Missouri

Electronic OCLC #

1019904133

Print OCLC #

227505212

Report Number

Missouri Inventory No. 30064

Document Type

Technical Report

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1980, United States Army, All rights reserved.