Your Dam Opinion Please
Your Dam Opinion Please
(OP)
I’m working on a drainage basin project in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California and I have come across a dam and reservoir that no one seems to know about. It is not on the list kept by the California Division of Dam Safety. Google Earth coordinates for the dam are Lat. 37.116474°, Long. -122.212653°.
There are some residences 2.5 miles downstream in the throat of the canyon at Google Earth coordinates Lat. 37.086769°, Long. -122.237904°.
I have notified the Division of Dam Safety and while I wait for their reply, I would like anyone’s engineering opinion on this. Thanks all.
There are some residences 2.5 miles downstream in the throat of the canyon at Google Earth coordinates Lat. 37.086769°, Long. -122.237904°.
I have notified the Division of Dam Safety and while I wait for their reply, I would like anyone’s engineering opinion on this. Thanks all.





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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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Mike Lambert
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ID: 1663996
Name: Mill Creek 630 Dam
Class: Dam (Definitions)
Citation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dams and Reservoirs List, Washington, DC. 03-Mar-1981. A listing of impounded bodies of water and associated information.
Entry Date: 01-Jul-1994
*Elevation: 1509/460
*Elevations in feet/meters from the National Elevation Dataset
Counties
Sequence County Code State Code Country
1 Santa Cruz 087 California 06 US
Coordinates (One point per USGS topographic map containing the feature, NAD83)
Sequence Latitude(DEC) Longitude(DEC) Latitude(DMS) Longitude(DMS) Map Name
1 37.1166138 -122.2110792 370700N 1221240W Davenport
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Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California
Dam No. 630-000
Name Mill Creek
Owner Private Entity
County Santa Cruz
Stream Mill Creek
Year Built 1889
Capacity (Ac-ft) 223
Res. Area (Acres) 12
Drainage Area (mi^2) 0.94
Crest Elev. (ft) 1487.3
Height (ft) 76
Length (ft) 250
National Type HYDF
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I have the addresses of several of the residences in the canyon downstream. Mill Creek runs by their homes and obviously handles historical flows - the bridge below has not been washed out in years per CALTRANS. Would a dam washout be a possibility? Do I have a moral obligation here? I sure don’t have the budget. I think I’ll e-mail dam safety after I finish here.
Am I over reacting on the safety issue?
Thanks again.
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http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/contact/DSOD_Con...
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I'm also working with Water Quality Control Board and unfortunately there can be some lack of knowledge in some agencies.
Flint.
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I got what I needed so I am finished here.