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    Connecticut Dams - Public Use

    Metadata Updated: April 26, 2025

    Connecticut Dams is a 1:24,000 scale spatial data developed for use by the Dam Safety Section of the Inland Water Resources Division, Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse, Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut. The Dam Safety Section of the Inland Water Resources Division is charged with the responsibility for administration and enforcement of Connecticut's dam safety laws. The existing statutes require that permits be obtained to construct, repair or alter dams, dikes or similar structures and that existing dams, dikes and similar structures be registered and periodically inspected to assure that their continued operation and use does not constitute a hazard to life, health or property. The dam safety statutes are codified in Section 22a-401 through 22a-411 inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes. Sections 22a-409-1 and 22a-409-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, have been enacted which govern the registration, classification, and inspection of dams. The Connecticut Dams data depict the locations of dams throughout the state of Connecticut. The information may be dated in some instances and is best used in conjunction with other 1:24,000 scale data such as hydrography, drainage basins, and political boundaries. Attribute information includes a unique dam number and dam hazard classification that rates the potential hazard to life and property as defined by Connecticut State Statute (Section 22a-409-1d), in the event of a dam breach. This information is not intended to be used or printed at map scales greater or more detailed than 1:24,000 scale (1 in. = 2,000 ft.).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 26, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Connecticut Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 26, 2025
    Publisher Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0d81bba49a084697bd2fb4e231a4de2f&sublayer=0
    Data First Published 2021-06-28
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-14
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ct.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 67d90c56-3c3f-4f4e-bd4a-43bb51fd98a9
    Harvest Source Id 36c82f29-4f54-495e-a878-2c07320bf10c
    Harvest Source Title Connecticut Data.json
    Homepage URL https://geodata.ct.gov/datasets/CTDEEP::connecticut-dams-public-use
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -73.7206,41.0202,-71.7860,42.0424
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e79075ca67d18ea6e55e3fbdfe5a19e039b4674ae51273130286f4ecef2a2729
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -73.7206, 41.0202, -73.7206, 42.0424, -71.7860, 42.0424, -71.7860, 41.0202, -73.7206, 41.0202}

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