Overcreek Dam

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Overcreek Dam
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Location of Overcreek Dam in South Carolina
CountryUnited States
Location Forest Acres, Richland County, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°2′22.26″N80°57′5.33″W / 34.0395167°N 80.9514806°W / 34.0395167; -80.9514806
StatusBreached
Demolition date5 October 2015
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earth-fill
ImpoundsRockyford Creek

The Overcreek Dam was an earth-fill embankment dam on Rockyford Creek, a tributary of Gills Creek, in Forest Acres of Richland County, South Carolina. [1] It was breached by flooding on 5 October 2015, due to record rainfall in South Carolina. [2]

References

  1. "Evacuations Ordered After Upper Rockyford Creek Dam Breach". WSPA. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. "Mandatory evacuation ordered after dam breach in SC". Fox 8. CNN Wire. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.