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Lazarus Creek and Del Clark Dedication
Lazarus Creek flood control project in Minnesota |
The recent Lazarus Creek dedication marked the completion of the Lazarus
Creek flood control and Del Clark projects. For the NRCS Minnesota State office
and area office in Marshall, Minnesota, the project dedication meant the
culmination of a lot of hard work over the last several years to make these
projects become reality. Lazarus Creek, a tributary to the Lac qui Parle
River in Yellow Medicine County of western Minnesota, drains to the Minnesota
River and is the site of the Lazarus Creek Floodwater Control Project. The
purpose of this project was to control runoff from a 21 square mile drainage
area west of Canby, Minnesota. The project consisted of an earthen dam with a
maximum height of 62 feet and 1,350 feet in length. A two-
stage outlet works comprised of a 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe on channel
grade and a concrete weir inlet located 40 feet above the pipe and a vegetated,
earthen emergency spillway to prevent dam overtopping. The “dry dam” stores
approximately 1,950 acre-feet of runoff from any 100-year storm event.
The
Del
Clark Lake project was the result of a partnership effort between the Lac
qui Parle -- Yellow Bank Watershed District and NRCS to provide facilities for
people with disabilities access to the lake for fishing.
Your contact is Julie MacSwain,
NRCS public affairs specialist, at 651-602-7859.
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