Failure of Dam No. 3 on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek near Saunders, West Virginia on February 26, 1972 (1972) / Chapter Skim
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CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE
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The flows experienced in Buffalo Creek during the flood were 2 to 40 times those which would be produced by a na tur ally occurring 50-year flood. Precipitation occurring in the Buffalo Creek Val ley are a did not exceed 3.7 inches during the 72-hour period immediately preceding the flood.
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The initial control of darns cons tructed with any mat er i a l still lies with th e Public Service Commissio n of West Vir gini a , but as before, the Commi ss ion cannot exe r cise continui ng jurisdiction over such dams once constructed . At the federal le ve l, th e Committ ee on Publ i c Wor ks of the U.S.
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