VILAS POOL DAM - NH00009-3439


Incident ID NH00009-3439
Dam Name VILAS POOL DAM
Downstream Hazard Potential S
State NH
Incident Date 07/29/2021
Incident Type Non-failure
Incident Driver Hydrologic/flooding
Incident Mechanism 1 High Reservoir Level
Incident Mechanism 2 Overtopping
Incident Mechanism 3 Insufficient Spillway Capacity
Incident Description Left abutment wall overtopped during excess rainfall event and flowed down state road. Down slope flood waters re-entered the downstream channel and eroded the roadway and bank.
Named Hydrologic Event
EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to Incident Unknown
Fatalities (Number)
Number of People Evacuated Unknown
Number of Habitable Structures Evacuated Unknown
Number of Habitable Structures Flooded Unknown
Other Infrastructure Impacts Roads
Economic Damages (in $) Unknown
Volume released at failure (ac-ft)
Response
Additional Remarks or Updates NH Route 123A flooded, undermined, and collapsed. NHDOT is working to repair road and with the Town (owner) potential solutions to prevent overtopping of the abutment wall in the future.
Incident Time
Incident Duration 2 days
Incident Report Produced Unknown
Information Sources NHDES DAM BUREAU
Owner Type L
Dam Type CN
Primary Purpose(s) R
EAP Y
Year Completed 1925
Year Modified 0
Dam Height 31 ft
Max Storage (ac-ft) 72 ac-ft
Surface Area (acres) 6 acres
River Name COLD RIVER
Latitude 43.1536
Longitude -72.3488
Regulatory Agency(ies) NHDES DAM BUREAU
NID Number NH00009
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