GREENWOOD, Ind. (WTHR) — A large and growing beaver dam is creating quite a headache in Greenwood.
City officials say a beaver or beavers started building the dam a while back but it has since grown to about 7 feet tall and 30 feet wide in a waterway near Honey Creek Road and Cherry Tree Lane.
“Water is still going to find a way, and so this water is finding its way around this obstruction and then cause more damage,” said Greenwood Stormwater Director Christopher Jones.
The dam is causing water to run off and pool over in certain spots. The waterway drains for several nearby subdivisions. Jones says the water backup is several hundred feet.
The county has hired an animal control company to remove the beavers and destroy the dam.
The beaver(s) will likely be euthanized as they cannot be relocated due concerns the same problem will happen someplace else.