hazard risk in 2020.
The number of recorded incident at U.S. dams has been decreasing during the last years, specially during 2020 and 2021, when there was only one recorded incident. The particular incident took place at Hess Creek Dam in Alaska on April 27th of 2020 and had a high hazard level. It was found to be driven by deterioration or poor condition. Around 18 percent of U.S. dams were found to have a high Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020
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ASDSO. (March 25, 2022). Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/
ASDSO. "Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020." Chart. March 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/
ASDSO. (2022). Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/
ASDSO. "Number of Potentially Hazardous Incidents at Dams in The United States from 2010 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/
ASDSO, Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/ (last visited September 29, 2023)
Number of potentially hazardous incidents at dams in the United States from 2010 to 2020 [Graph], ASDSO, March 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/762395/us-dam-incidents/