Overcreek Dam Explained

Overcreek Dam
Location Map:South Carolina
Coordinates:34.0395°N -80.9515°W
Country:United States
Location:Forest Acres, Richland County, South Carolina
Status:Breached
Demolished:5 October 2015
Dam Type:Earth-fill
Dam Crosses:Rockyford 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]

Notes and References

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