National Dam Safety Program. Sunset Lake Dam (MO 30341), Missouri - Kansas City Basin, Cole County, Missouri. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

This dam was classified as a small size dam with a high downstream hazard potential. The dam, in its current configuration, has no credible spillway. Only evaporation and seepage prevent overtopping by every rainstorm occurrence. Removal of the three metal plate stoplogs in the drop inlet spillway would provide approximately 18 inches of freeboard at the normal pool elevation. In that configuration, which is recommended as a minimum, the spillway capacity is seriously inadequate to prevent overtopping and will contain less than 10 percent of the probable maximum flood.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA106200

Entities

People

  • Arthur L. Johnson

Organizations

  • St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Inspection
  • Metal Plates
  • Missouri
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Spillways
  • United States
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering.