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BWEW PA Historic and Breached Dams [Pennsylvania]

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) · 2025 Full Details

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Title
BWEW PA Historic and Breached Dams [Pennsylvania]
Description
This dataset contains historic and breached dam locations within Pennsylvania that are no longer operational. Dataset developed by a joint effort between the Division of Dam Safety and Division of Wetlands, Encroachments, and Training within the PA Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Waterways, Engineering, and Wetlands (BWEW). This dataset contains historic and breached dam locations within Pennsylvania that are no longer operational. The dam locations were extracted from historic 15-minute quadrangle maps with dates ranging from the 1920s thru the 1970s. These quadrangle maps were georeferenced, dam locations extracted via head-up digitizing, and attributes added from Pennsylvania's dam safety inventory system. The assembly of this dataset was made possible by a joint effort between the Division of Dam Safety and Division of Wetlands, Encroachments, and Training within the PA Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Waterways, Engineering, and Wetlands.
Creator
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Publisher
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Date Issued
2025
Access Rights
Public
Format
File
Language
English
Date Added
November 16, 2025

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  • Citation
    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (2025). BWEW PA Historic and Breached Dams [Pennsylvania]. Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA). https://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=1084 (dataset)
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