Bryant Pond Dam is an earthfill and rockfill dam with a concrete core-wall. The earthfill extends along the upstream side of the core-wall and the rockfill extends along the downstream side. The dam, including the main and auxiliary spillways, is 425 feet long. The design height is 19 feet. The main spillway is located near the left abutment of the dam. It is a series of concrete slabs forming a cascade to the natural stream. Other than its exterior lines and grades, details of the main spillway are unknown. The main spillway crest is 40 feet long and 5 feet below the design top of the dam. The auxiliary spillway was designed to be a 175-foot long by 2-foot deep notch in the concrete core-wall. It was constructed 200 feet long. The auxiliary spillway was designed to allow water to flow over the rockfill on the downstream slope of the embankment. The outlet works is located directly to the right of the main spillway. It consists of two 2-foot square concrete conduits with concrete sluice gates at the upstream end. The various features of the dam, as designed, are shown on the Plates at the end of the report. The existing features are shown in Appendix D. (Author).

Harris Pond Dam is a combination earth, concrete and masonry structure approximately 10 feet high and 135 feet long, including spillway. It is located on Roaring Brook Creek in Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The overall appearance of the facility suggests it to be in good condition. The only deficiency noted by the inspection team that requires immediate remedial attention was the areas exhibiting concrete deterioration. Flashboards (reportedly removed during significant storms) were observed in-place across the service spillway. Although generally considered undesirable, they appear, in this particular case, to be of little significance relative to the safe operation of Harris Pond Dam.

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Based on visual inspection, Acre Pond Dam is judged to be in fair structural condition. In the absence of an adequate spillway, the dam is subject to frequent overtopping. Based on the location of the downstream dwellings and the fact that a few lives could be lost should the dam fail, the dam is classified as a significant hazard dam. Since the spillway cannot pass the 100- year flood without overtopping the dam, the spillway is rated as inadequate. Although there is some seepage thru the dam, there is no evidence of structural instability. There is no formal inspection and maintenance program or warning system and evacuation plan in effect at Acre Pond Dam. The dam is not properly maintained.

The Dam Inspection Act, Public Law 92-367, authorized the Secretary of the Army, through the Corps of Engineers, to initiate a program of inspection of dams throughout the United States. The purpose of the inspection is to determine if the dam constitutes a hazard to human life or property.

Bear Creek Lake Dam is a rock filled timber crib structure approximately 325 feet long and 17 feet high at its maximum section. An ungated drop spillway with an 158-foot long sharp crested weir is located approximately 60 feet from the right abutment (looking downstream). The 80 acre lake is used for recreation by the residents of Bear Creek Village. It is unknown when the dam was constructed. In the state inspection report of April, 1915 it is stated, 'This dam was constructed a great many years ago, but it has been repaired from time to time, so that more than likely none of the original structure is now in existence.' Examination of the results of the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis indicate that the drop spillway is capable of passing 11 percent of the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) without overtopping of the embankment. Failure of the dam would significantly increase the hazard to loss of life downstream of the dam. Therefore, the capacity of the drop spillway is classified as 'seriously inadequate.' The dam is considered to be 'unsafe (non-emergency).'