Overcreek Dam

Overcreek Dam
Overcreek Dam is located in South Carolina
Overcreek Dam
Location of Overcreek Dam in South Carolina
CountryUnited States
LocationForest Acres, Richland County, South Carolina
Coordinates34°2′22.26″N 80°57′5.33″W / 34.0395167°N 80.9514806°W / 34.0395167; -80.9514806
StatusBreached
Demolition date5 October 2015
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth-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.