Watershed Rehabilitation - Switzler Creek Watershed Dam Site #7

Introduction

This dam rehabilitation project will create or save jobs, protect lives, property, and local water supplies, and put the dam in compliance with current safety standards.

Project Description

• Location: Osage County, 2nd Congressional District
• Federal Funding: $1,135,000
• Sponsor Funding: $343,000

This project will rehabilitate the dam's deteriorating principal spillway and remove sediment from its nearly-full sediment pool. The project will extend the dam's life for an additional 50 to 100 years.

Partners

• USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Switzler Creek Watershed Joint District No. 63
• Osage County Conservation District
• City of Burlingame

Benefits

Rehabilitation of this dam will protect from floods the 150 people who live in its 5-square-mile drainage area, residents of the City of Burlingame, and travelers along Kansas Highway 56. Homes, agricultural lands, railroads, highways, and bridges will also be protected.

Economic Opportunities

This rehabilitation project will create or save jobs and provide nearly $50,000 in annual flood damage reduction benefits.

Statewide Perspective

In 2007, small watershed dams in Kansas provided $44.6 million in annual benefits, including reductions in soil erosion and protection of water supplies, agricultural land, roads, and bridges.

The information on this page may also be downloaded (requires Adobe Reader).

Fact Sheet - Reinvesting in Switzler Creek Watershed Dam Site #7, Kansas (PDF; 289 KB)

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Last Modified: 05/29/2009