Moose Creek Dam
E486503
Moose Creek Dam is a major flood-control structure on Alaska’s Chena River that protects the city of Fairbanks and surrounding areas from seasonal flooding.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthen dam
ⓘ
flood control dam ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Chena River floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | earth-fill embankment ⓘ |
| designedFor |
ice-jam flood mitigation
ⓘ
seasonal flood control ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoad | yes ⓘ |
| hasEmbankmentMaterial |
earth
ⓘ
gravel ⓘ |
| hasInspection | periodic safety inspections by USACE ⓘ |
| hasOutletWorks | yes ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
about 50 feet
ⓘ
approximately 15 meters ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| length |
about 4.2 miles
ⓘ
approximately 6.8 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty | Fairbanks North Star Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Fairbanks, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWatercourse | Chena River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWithin | Chena River State Recreation Area vicinity ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
USACE Alaska District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Moose Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCommunity | North Pole, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1979 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | federal flood control system in Alaska ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | flood control ⓘ |
| protects |
Fairbanks, Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding areas of Fairbanks ⓘ |
| providesBenefit |
flood damage reduction
ⓘ
protection of infrastructure in Fairbanks ⓘ public safety ⓘ |
| purpose |
to reduce flood risk for Fairbanks
ⓘ
to regulate Chena River flood flows ⓘ |
| regionServed | Interior Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskMitigated | Chena River flooding in Fairbanks ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Chena River basin ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
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