National Dam Safety Program. Lake Ames Dam (NJ00337), Passaic River Basin, Hibernia Brook, Morris County, New Jersey. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

This dam was inspected on 6 November 1979, by Anderson-Nichols and Co., Inc., under contract to the State of New Jersey. The State, under agreement with the U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, had this inspection performed in accordance with the National Dam Inspection Act, Public Law 92-367. Lake Ames Dam, initially listed as a high hazard potential structure but reduced to a significant hazard potential structure as a result of this inspection, is judged to be in poor overall condition. The dam's two spillways are considered inadequate because a flow equivalent to 19 percent of the Spillway Design Flood - SDF - would cause the dam to be overtopped. (The SDF, in this instance, is one half of the Probable Maximum Flood.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087538

Entities

People

  • Warren A. Guinan

Organizations

  • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Laser Peening
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • New Jersey
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Retaining Walls
  • Two Dimensional
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems
  • Water Resources

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  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.