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National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Wood Creek Dam (CT 00486), Dike (CT 01707), Housatonic River Basin, Norfolk, Connecticut. Phase I Inspection Report
The Wood Creek Dam and Dike form a single purpose flood control impoundment. The dam consists of a 1000-ft. long zoned earth embankment and has a grass-covered 230 foot emergency spillway excavated into the left abutment. The principal spillway is of the drop inlet type and discharges through a 36-inch conduit through the center of the dam. The dam, constructed on a previous foundation, has a central impervious core, a chimney drain within the core and a foundation drain under the downstream portion of the embankment. The impoundment has a maximum capacity of 1,550 Acre-Feet. The condition of both the dam and dike is judged to be good. The impoundment has never been substantially filled so the behavior of the structures under full hydrostatic loading conditions is unknown. The future integrity of the dam could be affected by settlement around and under the outlet conduit, the lack of anti-seep collars on the outlet conduit within the impervious core, erosion along the left upstream toe and on the upstream slope of the dam, erosion and sloughing of the left abutment, and the lack of riprap at the downstream end of the dike between the emergency spillway and the dam. The spillway capacity with the water level at the top of the dam is 7,6000 cfs, 130 percent of the routed Test Flood outflow, resulting in a freeboard of 0.8 feet.
National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Wood Creek Dam (CT 00486), Dike (CT 01707), Housatonic River Basin, Norfolk, Connecticut. Phase I Inspection Report
The Wood Creek Dam and Dike form a single purpose flood control impoundment. The dam consists of a 1000-ft. long zoned earth embankment and has a grass-covered 230 foot emergency spillway excavated into the left abutment. The principal spillway is of the drop inlet type and discharges through a 36-inch conduit through the center of the dam. The dam, constructed on a previous foundation, has a central impervious core, a chimney drain within the core and a foundation drain under the downstream portion of the embankment. The impoundment has a maximum capacity of 1,550 Acre-Feet. The condition of both the dam and dike is judged to be good. The impoundment has never been substantially filled so the behavior of the structures under full hydrostatic loading conditions is unknown. The future integrity of the dam could be affected by settlement around and under the outlet conduit, the lack of anti-seep collars on the outlet conduit within the impervious core, erosion along the left upstream toe and on the upstream slope of the dam, erosion and sloughing of the left abutment, and the lack of riprap at the downstream end of the dike between the emergency spillway and the dam. The spillway capacity with the water level at the top of the dam is 7,6000 cfs, 130 percent of the routed Test Flood outflow, resulting in a freeboard of 0.8 feet.
National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Wood Creek Dam (CT 00486), Dike (CT 01707), Housatonic River Basin, Norfolk, Connecticut. Phase I Inspection Report
1981
151 pages
Report
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English