INDIAN HEAD LAKE - IN03388-1045


Incident ID IN03388-1045
Dam Name INDIAN HEAD LAKE
Downstream Hazard Potential S
State IN
Incident Date 06/01/2010
Incident Type Non-failure
Incident Driver Hydrologic/flooding
Incident Mechanism 1 Overtopping
Incident Mechanism 2
Incident Mechanism 3
Incident Description A heavy rainfall event overtopped this dam causing heavy damage to the downstream slope.
Named Hydrologic Event
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Additional Remarks or Updates Under the direction of a private engineer, the dam owner, a lake owners association constructed a short term response, a bypass channel to lower the normal level of the impounded water. May 2011 - state decommissioned the dam under emergency order. See attached email for more information.
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Dam Type RE
Primary Purpose(s) R
EAP
Year Completed 1979
Year Modified 0
Dam Height 20 ft
Max Storage (ac-ft) 0 ac-ft
Surface Area (acres) 0 acres
River Name UNNAMED TRIBUTARY WHITE LICK CREEK
Latitude 40
Longitude -86
Regulatory Agency(ies)
NID Number IN03388
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