Salmon River Ice Jam Control Studies

Abstract

The city of Salmon, Idaho, has been affected by flooding resulting from an ice jam on the Salmon River. This ice jam, known as the Deadwater jam, is composed a frazil ice. Environmental and economic constraints require an innovative approach to the control of the frazil ice in this situation. An Ice Control Structure (ICS) should provide enough control of both production and transport of frazil ice to prevent the Deadwater jam from reaching Salmon. Past investigations have indicated that a temporary ICS, or a combination of temporary and permanent structures, might be successful at Salmon. This interim report documents the progress of a study intended to obtain the information necessary to design an ICS upstream from Salmon. Keywords: River ice; Flood control; Winter flooding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA222665

Entities

People

  • Edward P. Foltyn
  • James H. Lever
  • Kathleen D. Axelson
  • Leonard J. Zabilansky
  • Roscoe E. Perham

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cold Regions
  • Dams
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Damage
  • Floods
  • Leading Edges
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Production
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies