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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.
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 ).
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Rockdale, Iowa; S. St. Francis Dam; Silver Lake Dam (Michigan) South Fork Dam; Spencer Dam; Sweetwater Dam;
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
Red Rock Dam (Iowa) S. Saylorville Lake; Sundown Lake This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota ...
Lock and Dam No. 15 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River.It spans the river between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa.Lock and Dam 15 is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates.
Scores of small dams broke in the 2015 rain bomb, with the failures showing how even small dam breaks can swamp areas below. To stay safe in the case of an emergency, Stenson said to listen to ...