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Wolf Creek Dam failure scenario now available
The City of Clarksville’s website now has a link on its front page to a website provided by Austin Peay State University which provides a model of the failure of Wolf Creek Dam. Wolf Creek Dam was finished in 1950 and was one of the first dams built under the flood control act of 1938. The map shows a potential rise of about 15 feet over its normal level.
The map outlines specific areas that would be affected should the dam fail. Nearly the entire area around the Two Rivers Center would be flooded, as would the Clarksville Fairgrounds, Jostens Printing and Publishing, and the new sports center for Clarksville Academy. Land near Big West Fork Creek, the Smith Station area, and several neighborhoods near the Red River would also be affected.
Since the water levels of the dam have been lowered to help reduce stress on the dam, it’s not likely that the Cumberland River would crest over Riverside Drive.
Earlier this year, the United States Corps of Engineers observed increasing seepage around the dam and deemed the dam a “high-risk” for failure.
The website of the map is http://gisweb.apsu.edu/wolfcreek/viewer.htm
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David W. Shelton is a writer, speaker and activist in Clarksville, a former partner of Clarksville Online, and has served on the Clarksville Human Relations Commission. His passions include film and complete equality for all people, and he has worked in various capacities to work toward this goal. He is currently an illustrator, graphic designer, trainer, and is the owner of Imagine Media Solutions. He is an Adobe® Certified Instructor in Photoshop®.
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July 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
It would seem to me that construction of a new dam would be imperative. I guess that would make too much dam sense. Maybe we should replace some of these shortsighted dam politicians.
July 26th, 2007 at 4:49 am
Ain’t that the dam truth!