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ASSESSMENT REPORT
EDGEHILL FARM DAM
WAKE-061
WAKE COUNTY, NC
PREPARED BY:
WITHERSRAVENEL, INC.
FEBRUARY 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A hydraulic capacity analysis was completed for the Edgehill Farm Dam in Wake County, North Carolina.
The purpose of the study was to analyze the existing potential of the dam for overtopping during
predetermined specified rainfall events. The analyses were completed using the United States Army
Corps of Engineers developed software Hydrologic Engineering Center – Hydrologic Modeling System
(HEC‐HMS) in combination with Arc‐GIS to develop required input parameters. The rainfall events
included in the analyses consist of 24‐hour durations with return periods of 25 years, 50 years, 100 years,
200 years, 500 years and 1000 years.
Results of the analyses indicate that this structure overtopped (reservoir water surface elevations exceed
the lowest surveyed top‐of‐dam elevation) for the 500‐year and 1000‐year storm events. The analysis
indicates that the structure was hydraulically adequate for the 25‐year, 50‐year, 100‐year, and 200‐year
events.
Data, input parameters and final results can be found on the attached summary sheets and in the
appendices of this report as well as in the associated electronic file in which all program files are stored.
ELEVATION STORAGE
(ACRE‐FT)ELEVATION STORAGE
(ACRE‐FT)
415.0 0.0 422.0 63.9
415.5 3.2 422.5 69.9
416.0 7.1 423.0 76.1
416.5 11.0 423.5 82.5
417.0 15.1 424.0 89.1
417.5 19.2 424.5 96.0
418.0 23.4 425.0 103.0
418.5 27.7 425.5 110.3
419.0 32.3 426.0 117.8
419.5 37.0 426.5 125.5
420.0 42.0 427.0 133.6
420.5 47.2
421.0 52.5
421.5 58.1
EDGEHILL FARM DAM 1/23/2020
SUMMARY OF HYDRAULIC CAPACITY RESULTS
EDGEHILL FARM DAM; WAKE‐061
ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY: TADD ALEXANDER, WITHERSRAVENEL
24 HOUR ‐ 500 YEAR EVENT, 9.23 INCHES, ELEVATION 418.4 (0.2 FT OVERTOPPING)
24 HOUR ‐ 50 YEAR EVENT, 6.66 INCHES, ELEVATION 417.4 (0.8 FT FREEBOARD)
24 HOUR ‐ 1000 YEAR EVENT, 10 INCHES, ELEVATION 418.7 (0.5 FT OVERTOPPING)
415.00
CONTROL ELEVATIONSPILLWAY
NRCS‐NOAA
17 minutes
WAKE‐061
Twin 36‐inch CPP Barrels
TYPE
Primary
0.15 Sq. Mi.
Rainfall Distribution Methods =
Lag Time =
Curve Number =
Drainage Area =
78
24 HOUR ‐ 25 YEAR EVENT, 5.93 INCHES, ELEVATION 417.1 (1.1 FT FREEBOARD)
24 HOUR ‐ 200 YEAR EVENT, 8.18 INCHES, ELEVATION 418 (0.2 FT FREEBOARD)
24 HOUR ‐ 100 YEAR EVENT, 7.41 INCHES, ELEVATION 417.7 (0.5 FT FREEBOARD)
SUMMARY OF INPUT PARAMETERS
TOP OF DAM ELEVATION = 418.17