Fill Dams / Barrages en Remblai
Failures in operation by overtopping / Ruptures en service par submersion
>30 m
150 built before 1930 / 150 construits avant 1930
2800 built after 1930 / 2800 construits après 1930
Name of Dam
Nom du Barrage |
Country
Pays |
Year of Failure
Année de Rupture |
Year of Completion
Année d'Achèvement |
Height
Hauteur (m) |
Length
Longueur (m) |
Volume of Reservoir
Volume de Retenue (hm3)
>10hm3| |
Fill
Remblai |
Number of victims
Nombre de victimes |
| Torside |
GB |
1855 |
1854 |
31 |
270 |
6.7 |
E |
S |
| Walnut Grove |
USA |
1890 |
1888 |
33 |
120 |
11 |
R |
129 |
| Sweetwater |
USA |
1916 |
1911 |
35 |
200 |
54 |
E |
/ |
| Lower Otay |
USA |
1916 |
1901 |
46 |
170 |
52 |
R |
30 |
| Graham Lake |
USA |
1923 |
1922 |
34 |
330 |
220 |
/ |
/ |
| Kaddam |
India |
1959 |
1957 |
40 |
/ |
215 |
E |
G |
| Rincon (X) |
Paraguay |
1959 |
1945 |
50 |
1100 |
9000 |
/ |
/ |
| Swift |
USA |
1964 |
1914 |
57 |
225 |
37 |
E/R |
19 |
| Dantiwada |
India |
1973 |
1969 |
61 |
137 |
460 |
E |
/ |
| Euclides da Cunha |
Brazil |
1977 |
1960 |
61 |
312 |
13 |
E |
G |
| Sales de Oliveira |
Brazil |
1977 |
1958 |
40 |
660 |
25 |
E |
U |
| Tous |
Spain |
1982 |
1980 |
77 |
780 |
50 |
R |
G 20 |
E = Earthfill / Terre
R = Rockfill / Enrochement
U = Failure of Upstream Dam / Rupture de barrage amont
G = Jamming of Gates / Non-fonctionnement des vannes
S = Spillway defect / Défaillance du déversoir
Fill Dams / Barrages en Remblai
Failures in operation by overtopping / Ruptures en service par submersion
<30 m
2000 built before 1930 / 2000 construits avant 1930
7000 built after 1930 / 7000 construits après 1930
Name of Dam
Nom du Barrage |
Country
Pays |
Year of Failure
Année de Rupture |
Year of Completion
Année d'Achèvement |
Height
Hauteur (m) |
Length
Longueur (m) |
Volume of Reservoir
Volume de Retenue (hm3)
>10hm3| |
Fill
Remblai |
Number of victims
Nombre de victimes |
| Blackbrook I |
GB |
1799 |
1797 |
28 |
160 |
0.2 |
E |
/ |
| Killington |
GB |
1836 |
1820 |
18 |
250 |
3.4 |
E |
/ |
| Tabia |
Algeria |
1865 |
/ |
25 |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
| Iruhaike |
Japan |
1868 |
1633 |
28 |
700 |
18 |
E |
1200 |
| South Fork |
USA |
1889 |
1852 |
21 |
/ |
18 |
E/R |
2200 |
| Johnstown |
USA |
1889 |
1842 |
22 |
/ |
19 |
/ |
G |
| Chambers Lake |
USA |
1891 |
1885 |
15 |
213 |
/ |
E |
S |
| Lake Vera |
USA |
1905 |
1880 |
15 |
51 |
/ |
R |
/ |
| Chambers Lake II |
USA |
1907 |
1885 |
15 |
240 |
10 |
E |
S |
| Wisconsin |
USA |
1911 |
1909 |
18 |
80 |
24 |
R |
0 |
| Hebron II |
USA |
1914 |
1913 |
17 |
1120 |
x |
E |
/ |
| Lookout Shoals |
USA |
1916 |
1915 |
25 |
830 |
49 |
E |
/ |
| Mammoth |
USA |
1917 |
1916 |
23 |
/ |
13 |
E |
S 1 |
| Oversholser |
USA |
1923 |
1920 |
16 |
247 |
18 |
R |
/ |
| Oklahoma |
USA |
1923 |
1920 |
16 |
365 |
26 |
/ |
/ |
| Scott Falls |
Canada |
1923 |
1921 |
15 |
250 |
11 |
R |
U |
| Mac Mahon |
USA |
1925 |
1924 |
17 |
137 |
0.1 |
E |
/ |
| Dykstra |
USA |
1926 |
1903 |
15 |
/ |
/ |
R |
/ |
| Balsam |
USA |
1929 |
1927 |
18 |
91 |
? |
E |
/ |
| Briseis |
Australia |
1929 |
1926 |
17 |
137 |
1 |
R |
11 |
| Wagner Creek |
USA |
1938 |
1912 |
15 |
98 |
0.7 |
E |
1 |
| Heiwaike |
Japan |
1951 |
1949 |
22 |
82 |
0.2 |
E |
100 |
| Ashizawa |
Japan |
1956 |
1912 |
15 |
/ |
/ |
E |
/ |
| Kaila |
India |
1959 |
1955 |
26 |
213 |
14 |
E |
S |
| Kharagpur |
India |
1961 |
1956 |
24 |
/ |
55 |
E |
/ |
| Ogayarindo |
Japan |
1963 |
1944 |
24 |
100 |
0.16 |
E |
/ |
| Cazadero |
USA |
1965 |
1906 |
21 |
55 |
16 |
R |
/ |
| Ovcar Banja |
Yugoslav |
1965 |
1952 |
27 |
/ |
3 |
E |
G |
| Wesley E Seale |
USA |
1965 |
1958 |
25 |
1804 |
374 |
/ |
G |
| Pardo |
Argentina |
1970 |
1949 |
15 |
60 |
0.1 |
R |
25 |
| Lake Barcroft |
USA |
1972 |
1913 |
21 |
62 |
3 |
E |
0 |
| Whitewater Brook |
USA |
1972 |
1949 |
19 |
137 |
0.5 |
E |
/ |
| Lower Idaho |
USA |
1976 |
1914 |
15 |
275 |
/ |
/ |
U |
| Bolan |
Pakistan |
1976 |
1960 |
19 |
530 |
89 |
E/R |
20 |
| Dhanibara |
India |
1976 |
1975 |
20 |
/ |
61 |
E |
/ |
| La Paz |
Mexico |
1976 |
/ |
10 |
1600 |
x |
/ |
80 |
| Machu |
India |
1979 |
1972 |
26 |
3900 |
101 |
E |
G 2000 |
| Gotvan |
Iran |
1980 |
1977 |
22 |
710 |
x |
/ |
200 |
| Dibbis (X) |
Irak |
1984 |
1966 |
17 |
650 |
50 |
/ |
/ |
| Noppikoski |
Sweden |
1985 |
1967 |
19 |
175 |
0.7 |
E |
G 0 |
| Spitskop |
SA |
1988 |
1975 |
17 |
760 |
61 |
E |
0 |
| Bagaudo |
Nigeria |
1988 |
1970 |
20 |
2100 |
22 |
E |
/ |
| Tierpoort Dam (X) |
S. Africa |
1988 |
1923 |
20 |
116 |
33 |
/ |
/ |
| Mitti (X) |
India |
1988 |
1982 |
17 |
900 |
19 |
E |
0 |
| Belci |
Romania |
1991 |
1982 |
18 |
420 |
12 |
E |
G 20 |
G = Gates Jamming / Non-fonctionnement des vannes
U = Upstream dam Failure / Rupture de barrage amont
S = Spillway defect / Défaillance du déversoir
E = Earthfill / Terre
R = Rockfill / Enrochement
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