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March 31, 2015

Owners of 370 homes built into Ohio dam worry after Corps reports that it could fail

  • State officials committed to building a new dam between the existing one and the water at an estimated cost of up to $150 million.
    • By KANTELE FRANKO
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Jay LaPrete [enlarge]
    J-me Braig in front of her home on the dam in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. The 180-year-old earthen dam is deteriorating. The state sold parts of it for private use in 1895, and chunks have been carved away to make house foundations, run utility lines, and add docks and patios.

    BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio — J-me Braig smiles fondly as she talks about the six generations of her family that have loved Buckeye Lake. She's in good spirits, considering a recent report warned that the 4.1-mile earthen dam into which her home is built could fail catastrophically and flood neighborhoods behind it, threatening 3,000 people.


     
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