SCOTTPONDDAMSALMONJUMPPOOLIMPROVEMENT:

HelpingLakeChamplainSteelheadandAtlanticSalmongettotheirNativeSpawningGroundsonLewisCreek

CHARLOTTE,VERMONT
ThisprojectwasfundedbyagrantfromUSFishandWildlifeServicetotheWinooskiNaturalResourcesConservationDistrict. TheConservationDistrict
managedtheproject,USFishandWildlifeprovidedtechnicalsupport,andMilone&MacBroomperformedtheprojectdesign.We wouldliketothankthe
landownerforgrantingaccesstotheprojectsite,theLewisCreekAssociationforsupportingrestorationworkinthewatershed, andtheVermont
DepartmentofFish&Wildlifeforprovidingtechnicalassistance.

ScottPond
Dam

Originaljump
notch

ScottPondDamonLewisCreek
Charlotte,Vermont
Lowflow(~17cubicfeetpersecond)
Source:TerryDinnan,8/5/2011

TheScottPondDamonLewisCreekwasbuiltin1980bytheStateofVermonttoprovideabarriertosea
lamprey.Thedamisnowprivatelyowned.Thegoalofthisprojectwastoimprovetheexistingjumppoolto
allowLakeChamplainsteelheadandAtlanticsalmontojumpoverthedamwhilemaintainingthedams
functionasabarriertosealamprey.
Thisprojectincludedresearchonfishpassagecriteria;fishpassage,
damsafety,andconstructiondesign;bidmanagement;and
constructionoversight.Theprojectobjectivesincluded:
Creatingsmoothanduniformflowapproachingthejumppool
thatcontainedasubmergedstandingwaveforliftattheproper
leapinglocationforthefishpassagedesignflow;
Achievingajumpheightof3to4feet;
Elevation(feetNAVD88)

Creatingapooldepthof4to5feet(~1.25xfallheightaccording
toStuart,1962);
Achievingthefishpassagehydrauliccriteria(velocity~6feetper
second,maximumdrop~1foot,andminimumdepth~0.7feet
(Bates&Kirn,2009));
Maintainingalampreybarrier;and
Protectingthedamfromdamages.

MainChannelDistance(feet)

Steelheadjumpingcharacteristics(BonnevillePowerAuthority,1985)
superimposedonthesurveyedchannelbottomandthemodeledwater
surfaceofthefishpassagedesignflow.

Sketchofsalmonjumprequirementsandthrustoffof
standingwave(Stuart,1962).
AmericanCouncilofEngineeringCompanies
VermontSection
2015EngineeringExcellenceAwards
EntryCategoryD:WaterResources

ProfileofLewisCreekfromhydraulicmodelshowingjumpheightsand
pooldepthsforfishpassageflows.

ConstructionCompletedSeptember2014.

ScottPondDamProjectImprovesSalmonPassageinLewis
CreekWatershed
TheCharlotteNews,September25,2014

Steelheadreportedtohavejumpedoverthedamduringthe
2015fishmigration.

HydrologyandHydraulicstoMapFloodplainsalongWinooskiRiver