National Dam Inspection Program. Hosensock Dam. NDI Number PA-00672. DER Number 54-168. SCS Number PA-424. Delaware River Basin. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report.
Abstract
The Hosensock Dam is a zoned earthfill dam designed by the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service for flood control purposes. The principal features of the dam include the embankment, a concrete drop inlet type primary spillway and an emergency spillway section at the right abutment. The emergency spillway is constructed as an earth structure with the overflow section about six feet lower than the crest of the main embankment. The embankment crest design elevation is 1126 and its length is 795 feet from the left abutment to the emergency spillway. The height of the dam is 35 feet above the streambed. A two foot thick blanket drain is located under the downstream slope of the embankment. This blanket is composed of a filter material and is about 450 feet by 40 feet in plan dimension. The primary spillway is a reinforced concrete riser located at the upstream toe of the embankment near the center of the dam.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072803