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Re: Help Oklahoma Floods Caused Dam Damage waltmagic #413247 05/29/15 10:34 AM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 101 SE Kansas S snrub
snrub S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 6,088 Likes: 101 SE Kansas	Seeing some fabric down within the dam, it makes me wonder if this has not happened before. The reason I say that is if a person had a breech they might have patched the breech, layered fabric over both the patched area and the adjacent portion of the dam, then covered the fabric with dirt. The thinking being the fabric could tie in the new patch with the old dam and the extra dirt over it would add strength. May not be the case at all, but that is what I thought of when I saw the fabric down within the dam. Looks like something I might have thought of trying to fix a breech. Last edited by snrub; 05/29/15 10:35 AM. John I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine

Re: Help Oklahoma Floods Caused Dam Damage waltmagic #413294 05/29/15 04:03 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 144 Texas M Mike Otto Junior Member
Mike Otto Junior Member M Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 144 Texas	Walt You are starting in the right place---and in the right order BY MAKING A GOOD PLAN. snrub The fabric is still bothering me a little bit also. We know it did not get there by accident.

Re: Help Oklahoma Floods Caused Dam Damage waltmagic #413296 05/29/15 04:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,103 Likes: 24 St Louis, MO area R Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker
Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker R Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,103 Likes: 24 St Louis, MO area	I agree on the fabric, and wonder if it were a patch or if someone thought it would protect the core from roots invading..... EDIT: After looking longer at the picture, I worry a builder may have just pushed trash as fill into the core rather than keeping clean soils/clay in it. Last edited by Rainman; 05/29/15 04:33 PM.

Re: Help Oklahoma Floods Caused Dam Damage waltmagic #413363 05/30/15 07:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 29,788 Likes: 1295 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 29,788 Likes: 1295 Grovertown, Indiana	Originally Posted By: waltmagic I am going to do a lot of reading on here about spillways and emergency spillways. NRCS Booklet on ponds and pond design www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Help Oklahoma Floods Caused Dam Damage waltmagic #413420 05/30/15 04:04 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 144 Texas M Mike Otto Junior Member
Mike Otto Junior Member M Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 144 Texas	If that is trash in the dam like Rex said that could explain why it washed out in the first place. Also that will make it very important to do an extra good job when the work starts---if it is trash you need to get all of it out.