Sean C. Morgan
Ever wondered what would happen if Foster Dam were to crumble?
Dam failure is highly unlikely, but if it were to occur, some parts of Sweet Home would become temporary lakefront property, while others would be submerged, according to recent calculations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Corps recently updated its dam failure inundation maps, which were previously updated in 1980. Modeling for the current maps was completed in 2010…