Corps updates dam failure maps for Lane County
EUGENE, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has updated its maps showing where the water would flow and how deep it might get if any of its nine Lane County dams failed.
The Eugene Register-Guard reports that about 300 residents who had asked to see the maps are viewing them in four meetings that are open by invitation only.
There may be additional meetings, corps officials said, but the maps won’t be released generally for reasons that include security against terrorism.
The corps says the maps are tools that local emergency managers can use to draft plans to respond in the highly unlikely event of a dam failure. The maps were given to emergency managers last year.
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