SPRING LAKE DAM - SC00626-3130


Incident ID SC00626-3130
Dam Name SPRING LAKE DAM
Downstream Hazard Potential L
State SC
Incident Date 09/16/2018
Incident Type Failure
Incident Driver Hydrologic/flooding
Incident Mechanism 1 Overtopping
Incident Mechanism 2 Erosion
Incident Mechanism 3
Incident Description Heavy rainfall and flooding led to overtopping and failure of a low area near the documented auxiliary spillway (located at the left abutment). Both primary spillways appear to be intact. The breach prevented access to the remaining portion of the auxiliary spillway and left abutment.
Named Hydrologic Event Hurricane Florence
EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to Incident No
Fatalities (Number) 0
Number of People Evacuated 0
Number of Habitable Structures Evacuated 0
Number of Habitable Structures Flooded 0
Other Infrastructure Impacts
Economic Damages (in $)
Volume released at failure (ac-ft)
Response State Dam Safety Program performed a full inspection following the breach of this dam. The inspection report will contain a requirement that the Owner hire an engineer and submit either a permit application for repair or removal of the dam.
Additional Remarks or Updates Report on dam failures associated with Hurricane Florence to be released by Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaisance (GEER) group at some point in the future. GEER team field work occurred during month of September 2018.
Incident Time
Incident Duration
Incident Report Produced
Information Sources SC Dam Safety
Owner Type P
Dam Type RE
Primary Purpose(s) R
EAP NR
Year Completed 1958
Year Modified 0
Dam Height 16 ft
Max Storage (ac-ft) 145 ac-ft
Surface Area (acres) 16 acres
River Name BUCKHOLTZ CREEK
Latitude 34.4582
Longitude -79.8616
Regulatory Agency(ies) SC DHEC
NID Number SC00626
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