Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure
The Sediment Retention Structure is an earthen dam, 1,887 feet long and 184 feet high, on the North Fork Toutle River in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1989, it is meant to prevent sediment from the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Mount Saint Helens Sediment Retention Structure Dam”
Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure
Latitude
46.36189° or 46° 21′ 43″ north
Longitude
-122.55043° or 122° 33′ 2″ west
Open location code
84RV9C6X+QR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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