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Delhi Dam, also known as Hartwick Dam, is an embankment dam on the Maquoketa River 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of Delhi, Iowa that created Lake Delhi. The dam was over-topped and subsequently failed on July 24, 2010 after a period of heavy rain. It was rebuilt in 2016. The dam and lake are part of the Turtle Creek Recreation Area, and is ...
There are four small dams on the river: Delhi Dam (the USGS terms it, Hartwick Dam) impounds 400-acre (1.6 km 2) Lake Delhi downriver from Manchester in Delaware County. [7] [8] On Saturday July 24, 2010, the dam at Lake Delhi failed due to heavy rains and the rapid rise of the Maquoketa River. [9]
The Delhi Dam on the river in Delhi's southwest created Hartwick Lake. A portion of the dam failed on July 24, 2010, flooding areas downstream. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.02 square miles (2.64 km 2), of which 0.97 square miles (2.51 km 2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2) is water ...
Taken Oct. 13, 2022, near the Pit River Bridge, the photo shows the lake when it was 32% full. Another photo, taken in the same area on May 9, shows the results of two wet winters.
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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Iowa.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
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At 9 a.m. Friday, town officials notified the Rutherford County Emergency Management office about the pending dam failure, saying water from the lake was expected to top the dam before 10 a.m.