Maximum inundation limits resulting from hypothetical dam failure of the Lago El Guineo Dam, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, under a 24-hour 100-year recurrence rainfall event- polygon shapefile

Publication Date

2016

Time Period

2016

Gómez-Fragoso, Julieta, and Torres-Sierra, Heriberto, 2016, Spatial Data for Dam failure analysis for the Lago El Guineo Dam, Orocovis, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F72V2D7Q.

The National Dam Safety Program and the Puerto Rico Inspection and Regulation of Dams and Reservoirs Program require each dam owner to prepare an Emergency Action Plan (EAP). The EAP requires hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of the dam to assess the potential downstream hazard to human life and property. To fulfill this need, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of the Lago El Guineo Dam in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). This spatial dataset resulted from the study. The purpose is to provide access to the shapefile as a data release.

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