Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure

The Sediment Retention Structure is an earthen dam, 1,888 feet long and 184 feet high, on the in the U.S. state of . Completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1989, it is meant to prevent sediment from the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
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  • 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
way 697312192
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q2885370
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