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Florence Retarding Dam - Design of Emergency Spillway
Florence, Arizona

Dibble provided survey controls and topographic check for the as-built drawings, developed cross-sections for hydraulic analysis, conducted sediment storage evaluation, and calculated reservoir volume loss due to dam realignment. A model to evaluate the hydrology of the 62.5 square mile watershed upstream of the five-mile dam was facilitated by the use of GIS. The GIS-based hydrologic model was used to generate peak flows for 100-year flood events involving 6-hour and 24-hour duration storms, and for the probable maximum flood (PMF) required for the design of the emergency spillway.

Owner: Florence Area
              Watershed Flood
              Control District