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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Washington State Department of Ecology,
Dam Safety Section
- Publication_Date: 20060106
- Title: Washington State Dams
- Edition: 1
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital
data
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Dams
- Issue_Identification: Dams in Washington state
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Olympia, Washington
- Publisher: Washington State Department of
Ecology
- Other_Citation_Details: Data base file
- Online_Linkage:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/data/data.htm#d
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- Under state law, the Department of Ecology (Ecology) is
responsible for regulating dams that capture and store at least 10
acre-feet (about 3.2 million gallons) of water or watery materials
such as mine tailings, sewage and manure waste. Ecology's Dam Safety
Office currently oversees about 870 dams across the state. Through
plan reviews and construction inspections, the agency helps ensure
these facilities are properly designed and constructed. To
reasonably secure the safety of human life and property, Ecology
also conducts inspections of existing dams to assure proper
operation and maintenance.
- Purpose: Show locations of dams in Washington State
- Supplemental_Information:
- In Washington State, dam safety concerns were part of the normal
water-rights duties in the state departments of Conservation and
Development and Water Resources. In 1970, dam safety regulations
were transferred to newly-created Department of Ecology. In the
early 1980s, a separate Dam Safety Section was formed to concentrate
on dam issues, primarily in response to the National Dam Safety Act
in 1977. In 1990, Ecology's Dam Safety Office was reorganized and
initiated its first long-range planning for improving dam security
in Washington. The result was the creation of a new law in 1992
(Chapter 173-175 WAC, Dam Safety) and the development of Dam Safety
Guidelines, a multi-volume compendium of design standards,
requirements and technical guidance.
The Dams layer can be viewed in the Facility Site Atlas
application:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/apps/apps.htm.
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- Calendar_Date: 20060106
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.543267
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword: dam
- Theme_Keyword: hydrology
- Theme_Keyword: rivers
- Theme_Keyword: streams
- Theme_Keyword: electricity
- Theme_Keyword: power
- Theme_Keyword: irrigation
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Washington
- Place_Keyword: Pacific
- Place_Keyword: Northwest
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- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Washington State
Department of Ecology, Dam Safety Office
- Contact_Person: Doug Johnson
- Contact_Position: Dam Inspector
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: P. O. Box 47600
- City: Olympia
- State_or_Province: Washington
- Postal_Code: 98504-7600
- Country: United States of America
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: physical address
- Address: 300 Desmond Drive
- City: Olympia
- State_or_Province: Washington
- Postal_Code: 98503-1274
- Country: United States of America
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 407-6623
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 407-6535
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: doug.johnson@ecy.wa.gov
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Washington State Department of
Ecology, Dam Safety Section
- Publication_Date: 20060106
- Title: Dams
- Edition: 2005
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- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Dams
- Issue_Identification: Dams in
Washington state
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- Publication_Place: Olympia, Washington
- Publisher: Washington State Department
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- Contact_Person: Rich Kim
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- Address: PO Box 47600
- City: Olympia
- State_or_Province: Washington
- Postal_Code: 98504-7600
- Country: United States of America
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- Address_Type: physical address
- Address: 300 Desmond Drive
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- State_or_Province: Washington
- Postal_Code: 98503
- Country: United States of America
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- Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
- Attribute_Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: DAM_NM
- Attribute_Definition: Official name of the dam
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ALT_NM
- Attribute_Definition: Reservoir name or common
names in use for dam
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STATE_NR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Department of Ecology Identification Number for the dam -
comprised of county code, WRIA, and file number (OK40-1000)
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FED_NR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Official Federal National Inventory of Dams identification
number
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STR_DS
- Attribute_Definition: Section, Township, Range
where dam is located
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CTY_NM
- Attribute_Definition: County in which the dam is
located
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STRM_NM
- Attribute_Definition:
- Official name of the river or stream on which the dam is
built. If the stream is unnamed, it is identified as a tributary
(Tr) of a named stream. If the dam is located offstream, the
name of the river or stream is entered, plus "offstream."
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: OWN_NM
- Attribute_Definition: Name of the owner of the dam
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: P
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Private
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- Attribute_Label: TYPE_CD
- Attribute_Definition: Code indicating the primary
type of dam
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Rockfill
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Hydroelectric
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Navigation
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supply
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Small
farm pond
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- Attribute_Label: BUILD_DT
- Attribute_Definition: The year in which the dam was
constructed
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LEND_NR
- Attribute_Definition: Crest length along top of dam
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: HT_NR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Vertical distance from the lowest point on the crest of the
dam, to the lowest point in the original streambed
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SPILL_NR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Maximum discharge capacity of the dam's spillway(s) in cubic
feet per second
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STOR_NR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Maximum storage space in reservoir above the dam at dam
crest level, in acre-feet
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retention level, including dead and inactive storage
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- Attribute_Definition:
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level in acres
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- Attribute_Label: DRAIN_NR
- Attribute_Definition: Drainage area above dam in
square miles
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- Attribute_Definition:
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resulting from failure of the dam.
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- City: Olympia
- State_or_Province: Washington
- Postal_Code: 98504-7600
- Country: United States of America
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- Postal_Code: 98503-1274
- Country: United States of America
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