Case Study
Wickiup Dam - La Pine, Oregon
ickiup Dam is a zoned, rolled earthfill embankment with a main river embankment section height of 100 feet and a crest elevation of 4,347 feet. The main embankment transitions into a 3-mile-long, 40- foot high dike section on the left abutment. The dam is founded on bedrock while the left abut- ment dike is founded on deep and bedded fluvio- lacustrine deposits. Problem Analysis of the foundation materials in the left abutment dike indicated tha