National Dam Inspection Program. Shaver Creek Dam. NDS ID Number PA-577. DER ID Number 31-72. Susquehanna River Basin. Shaver Creek, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report,
Abstract
Shaver Creek Dam is a homogeneous earthfill dam. The embankment is 540 feet long and approximately 46 feet high. The upstream slope is 2.75H:1V and covered with riprap. The downstream slope is 2.5H:1V and covered with grasses. The crest width is 15 feet. The embankment has a select impervious core with random materials on the upstream and downstream sides of the core. A rock toe is present at the downstream end of the embankment. The cutoff trench is 12 feet wide and is excavated to firm rock. The spillway is located on the left abutment and consists of a concrete lined chute. The concrete weir is 1 foot wide and 52 feet long. The right side of the spillway has a 10 foot high concrete retaining wall extending 55 feet downstream of the concrete weir. Beyond the concrete retaining wall and on the left side of the spillway is a concrete paved chute with 2H:1V side slopes. The spillway exit channel is approximately 115 feet long and discharges into a 50 foot long stilling basin. The reservoir can be drained through a 4 foot by 4 foot concrete box culvert. The box culvert ends downstream at a concrete endwall. Flow through the 4 foot by 4 foot box is controlled by a sluice gate which is connected to a stem through the control tower.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072958
Entities
People
- Kuany-hwei Chuang
- R. Jeffrey Kimball