South Fork Castle Creek; Castle Lake
- Country:
United States
- Subdivision:
Washington, Cowlitz County
- Date of dam:
1980, 5/18
- River or Lake:
South Fork Castle Creek; Castle Lake
- Type of landslide:
Avalanche, debris
- Trigger:
Volcanic eruption
- Landslide volume (cubic meters):
2,800,000,000
- Dam type:
III
- Dam height (meters):
37
- Dam length (meters):
?
- Dam width (meters):
?
- Lake length (meters):
2,000
- Lake volume (cubic meters):
24,000,000
- Time to failure (days):
Did not fail
- Failure mechanism:
-
- Breach dimensions:
-
- Controls:
Spillway constructed
- Dam materials:
Volcanic debris
- References:
Meyer and others, 1986
- Comments:
Has not failed, much ground-water data available
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