Putnam Memorial Pond Dam removal Redding January 2018

2. Notice of Scoping for Putnam Memorial Pond Dam Removal

Municipality where proposed project might be located: Redding

Project Location: Park is located at 499 Black Rock Turnpike, Redding. Pond is located off of Route 107 (Putnam Park Road) within the boundaries of the park.

Project Description: The Putnam Memorial Dam consists of a 55-foot dry stone masonry structure with a concrete cap and a possible concrete facing on the upstream face of the stone masonry.  The concrete spillway is about 8.2 feet long, located 4.3 feet from the right edge of the dam, and discharges to an unnamed tributary to the Little River.  The dam crest is topped by a concrete slab 3 feet wide.  The spillway is topped with a concrete slab 4 feet wide that projects beyond the downstream face of the dam. 

The downstream stone masonry face is in disrepair.  A valve operator and 6-inch outlet pipe were observed in the channel downstream of the dam.  A stone culvert is located downstream of the dam below an internal park roadway.  This dam is a candidate for breaching in the existing location.

Project objectives include:

- Eliminating a public safety risk and liability.

- Eliminating costs associated with maintenance, inspection and repair of a state-owned dam.  The State has limited resources to maintain this structure.

- Restoring natural riverine functions (e.g. sediment transport, restoration of floodplain functions and values, maintenance of normal thermal regimes, re-establishment of natural riverine vegetative communities).

Project Location Map: Putnam Memorial Park Pond Dam, Route 107, Redding.

                               Pictures and aerial photo of Putnam Memorial Park Pond Dam.

Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on:  March 6, 2018.

Any person can ask the sponsoring agency to hold a Public Scoping Meeting by sending such a request to the address below.  If a meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a Public Scoping Meeting.  Such requests must be made by February 16, 2018.

Written comments and/or requests for a Public Scoping Meeting should be sent to:

If you have questions about the public meeting, or other questions about the scoping for this project, contact: