Download or read book National Dam Safety Program. Spring Lake Dam (MO 31180), Mississippi - Kaskaskia - St. Louis River Basin, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Phase I Inspection Report written by Nathan Wilcoxon and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring Lake Dam is an earthfill structure approximately 21 feet high and 400 feet long at the crest. The appurtenant works consist of a drop-inlet pipe principal spillway and a trapezoidal channel cut into natural ground at the left abutment which acts as an emergency spillway. Our inspection and evaluation indicates that the spillway has not met the criteria set forth in the guidelines for a small size dam in the high hazard potential category. This structure has the capability to hold and pass approximately 40 percent of the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) before overtopping. The dam appeared to be in fair condition. Deficiencies visually observed by the inspection team were: (1) a row of trees (approximately 8) along the upstream face of the dam; (2) a significant potential for restriction to flow into the principal spillway intake; (3) some minor erosion on the downstream face of the dam; (4) the emergency spillway channel is partially obstructed by six steel drums and a fence; and (5) minor seepage into the principal spillway conduit from within the embankment.