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| Title | Dam Safety Incident Report: Benson Creek Flood |
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Dam Safety Incident Report: Benson Creek Flood (Number of pages: 53) (Publication Size: 2147KB)
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| Author(s) | Walther, Marty, P.E. | ||||
| Description | On the evening of Thursday, August 21, 2014, a rainstorm hit the recently-burned Benson Creek watershed causing considerable flood damage. As described in a previous report in this series, a computerized rainfall-runoff model was compiled to estimate what happened at each of the Wenner Lakes dams during this event. This report presents a detailed analysis of runoff volumes and peak flows at various locations in the Benson Creek watershed; dam overtopping at the Chalfa and Rabel dams; spillway erosion at the Hawkins Dam that drained the lake; and estimated flood depths in lower Finley Canyon and in lower Benson Creek. This analysis is limited by the clean-water calculations of the computer model. The effects of debris flows (mudslides) that occurred throughout the watershed are outside the scope of this report. |
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| Keywords | dam safety, incident report |
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