LAKE PLACIDA - PA01711-3217


Incident ID PA01711-3217
Dam Name LAKE PLACIDA
Downstream Hazard Potential H
State PA
Incident Date 09/07/2011
Incident Type Non-failure
Incident Driver Hydrologic/flooding
Incident Mechanism 1 Overtopping
Incident Mechanism 2 Erosion
Incident Mechanism 3
Incident Description OVERTOPPING IN TROPICAL STORM CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO EMBANKMENT ON RIGHT & LEFT SIDES OF SPILLWAY.
Named Hydrologic Event TS Lee
EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to Incident No
Fatalities (Number) 0
Number of People Evacuated
Number of Habitable Structures Evacuated
Number of Habitable Structures Flooded
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Economic Damages (in $)
Volume released at failure (ac-ft)
Response REHAB AND LARGER SPILLWAY PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATION REC'D IN 2015.
Additional Remarks or Updates A DAM REHAB PLAN HAD BEEN APPROVED PRIOR TO THE OVERTOPPING EVENT.
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Incident Duration
Incident Report Produced
Information Sources PA Dam Safety
Owner Type P
Dam Type RE
Primary Purpose(s) R
EAP Y
Year Completed 1910
Year Modified 0
Dam Height 6 ft
Max Storage (ac-ft) 18 ac-ft
Surface Area (acres) 3 acres
River Name TR CONOY CREEK
Latitude 40.1531
Longitude -76.5894
Regulatory Agency(ies) PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NID Number PA01711
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