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Kelly Barnes Dam Flood of November 6, 1977, near Toccoa, Georgia

Resource Type
Webpages
Reference Title
Kelly Barnes Dam Flood of November 6, 1977, near Toccoa, Georgia
Author/Presenter
Sanders, C.L.
Sauer, V.B.
Organization/Agency
U.S. Geological Survey
Year
2010
Date
05/28/2010
Topic Location
Georgia
Abstract/Additional Information

The Kelly Barnes Dam on Toccoa Creek near Toccoa, Ga., failed at approximately 1:30 a.m., November 6, 1977, after a period of intensive rain. Thirty-nine people were killed and damages were estimated at $2.8 million by the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Roland Serabia and Carl Badger, oral commun., 1978).

Immediately after the flood, hydrologists of the U.S. Geological Survey obtained hydrologic information to document the disaster and to test the Survey's dam-break model procedures.

URL(s)
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha613/