National Dam Safety Program. Lake Serene Dam (MO 30542), Mississippi - Kaskaskia - St. Louis Basin, Franklin County, Missouri. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

Lake Serene Dam is an earthfill structure approximately 37 ft high and 1200 ft long at the crest. The appurtenant works consist of a rock cut spillway with a concrete weir control structure located at the south abutment, and a 12-in. diameter siphon pipe located near the north end of the dam. Our inspection and evaluation indicates that the spillway does not meet the criteria set forth in the guidelines for a dam having the above size and hazard potential. The spillway will pass 27 percent of the Probable Maximum Flood without overtopping. Deficiencies visually observed by the inspection team were: (1) erosion at the contacts of the dam with the north and south abutments; (2) tree and brush growth on downstream face of dam; (3) animal burrows on face of dam; (4) concrete debris on dam face near spillway; and (5) debris in spillway outlet channel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA105352

Entities

People

  • Dave Daniels
  • Gene Wertepny
  • Steve Brady
  • Tom Beckley

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Inspection
  • Materials
  • Missouri
  • Safety
  • Spillways
  • United States
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems

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  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.