Flood Control Dams in Arizona

Arizona has 98 flood control dams, of which 63 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	New Waddell Dam	Maricopa	440	High	Not Available	1992
2	Alamo Dam	Mohave	283	High	Not Available	1968
3	Painted Rock Dam - Saddle Dike 1	Maricopa	181	High	Not Available	1960
4	Whitlow Ranch Dam - Saddle Dike 1	Pinal	149	High	Not Available	1959
5	Cave Creek	Maricopa	120	Low	Not Rated	1923
6	Cave Buttes	Maricopa	118	High	Satisfactory	1980
7	Schoens	Navajo	118	High	Satisfactory	1988
8	Inlet Control Structure	Pinal	116	Significant	Satisfactory	2008
9	Gold Gulch 1a	Gila	106	Significant	Satisfactory	1995
10	Lone Pine	Navajo	98	Low	Satisfactory	1936
11	Adobe	Maricopa	89	High	Satisfactory	1982
12	Billingsley Dam	Graham	76	High	Fair	1976
13	Lee	Graham	71	High	Satisfactory	1981
14	Foote Wash	Graham	67	High	Satisfactory	1977
15	Chesley-wamslee	Graham	65	High	Satisfactory	1975
16	Slack	Gila	60	Low	Not Rated	1995
17	North Heights (no. 11)	Maricopa	59	High	Satisfactory	1976
18	Railroad Embankment	Yavapai	58	Low	Not Rated	1929
19	Sunridge Canyon (no. 7)	Maricopa	56	High	Satisfactory	1972
20	Indian Farms	Graham	55	High	Satisfactory	1981
21	White Tanks #3	Maricopa	55	High	Satisfactory	1956
22	Sunnycove	Maricopa	51	High	Satisfactory	1975
23	Creighton Detention Dam	Cochise	50	Significant	Fair	1956
24	Upper Centennial Control Structure	La Paz	50	Low	Not Rated	1956
25	Fredonia	Coconino	49	High	Poor	1973
26	Howard	Graham	49	High	Fair	1975
27	Grant Morris	Graham	49	High	Satisfactory	1975
28	Hesperus Wash (no. 36)	Maricopa	49	High	Satisfactory	1973
29	Harquahala Frs	Maricopa	49	High	Satisfactory	1982
30	Buckeye Frs #1	Maricopa	49	High	Poor	1974
31	Stockton Wash Retarding	Graham	48	High	Poor	1964
32	No Name Wash	Graham	48	High	Satisfactory	1977
33	Frye Creek Retarding	Graham	48	High	Satisfactory	1962
34	Casandro Wash	Maricopa	47	High	Satisfactory	1996
35	Signal Butte Frs	Maricopa	45	High	Satisfactory	1988
36	Mineral Park Flood Control Basin	Mohave	43	Low	Not Rated	1995
37	Dreamy Draw	Maricopa	42	High	Satisfactory	1973
38	Aspen (no. 6)	Maricopa	42	High	Satisfactory	1973
39	Powerline	Pinal	42	High	Fair	1967
40	Canyon Diablo	Coconino	40	Low	Poor	1966
41	Tufa Stone	Gila	39	High	Unsatisfactory	1944
42	Stoneridge (no. 19)	Maricopa	38	High	Satisfactory	1973
43	West Park	Maricopa	38	High	Satisfactory	1974
44	Apache Junction Frs	Pinal	38	High	Satisfactory	1988
45	Ryan Detention Dam	Graham	37	Low	Fair	1967
46	One Eleven Detention Dam	Graham	37	Low	Fair	1968
47	Guadalupe	Maricopa	37	High	Satisfactory	1975
48	Golden Eagle Park (no. 4)	Maricopa	37	High	Satisfactory	1973
49	New River Dam - Dike No. 1	Maricopa	36	High		1986
50	Leach Flood #1	Pima	36	High	Satisfactory	1965
51	Hx Detention Dam	Graham	35	Low	Fair	1956
52	Graveyard Wash	Graham	35	High	Fair	1962
53	Mcmicken	Maricopa	35	High	Fair	1956
54	Millett Swale	Navajo	35	High	Poor	1958
55	Rittenhouse	Pinal	35	High	Satisfactory	1969
56	Freeman Wash Retarding	Graham	34	High	Fair	1963
57	Buckeye Frs #3	Maricopa	34	High	Satisfactory	1975
58	Phoenix Cement Dam #1	Yavapai	34	Low	Not Rated	1989
59	East Park	Maricopa	33	High	Satisfactory	1974
60	Window Rock	McKinley	33	High	Satisfactory	1936
61	West Doubtful Detention Dam	Cochise	32	Low	Fair	1968
62	Central Detention	Graham	32	High	Poor	1948
63	Sunset	Maricopa	32	High	Satisfactory	1977
64	North Mountain Flood Detention #3	Maricopa	32	High	Satisfactory	1975
65	San Simon Barrier Structure Detention Dam	Graham	31	Low	Not Rated	1980
66	Saddleback Frs	Maricopa	31	High	Fair	1982
67	Phoenix Detention Basin #7	Maricopa	31	High	Satisfactory	1978
68	Crosby Tank Detention Dam	Mohave	31	Low	Poor	1959
69	Judy Wash Retarding Dam	Graham	30	Significant	Fair	1957
70	Round Mountain Detention Dam 2	Greenlee	30	Low	Fair	1954
71	White Tanks #4	Maricopa	30	High	Satisfactory	1956
72	Menager's	Pima	30	High	Unsatisfactory	1927
73	Grayhorse Detention Dam	Greenlee	28	Low	Fair	1956
74	Vineyard Road	Pinal	28	High	Satisfactory	1967
75	Spook Hill	Maricopa	27	High	Satisfactory	1979
76	Oso Largo Dam	Graham	26	Low	Unsatisfactory	1971
77	Sands Draw Basin Detention Dam	Graham	26	Low	Poor	1972
78	Buckeye Frs #2	Maricopa	26	High	Satisfactory	1975
79	Olga Detention Dam	Cochise	25	Low	Poor	1940
80	Creosote Detention Dam	Graham	25	Low	Poor	1981
81	Olney Draw Detention Dam	Greenlee	25	Low	Fair	1953
82	Cove Detention Dam	Graham	24	Low	Poor	1969
83	South Well Detention Dam	Graham	24	Low	Not Rated	1981
84	Magma Retarding	Pinal	23	High	Satisfactory	1964
85	Round Mountain Detention Dam 1	Greenlee	22	Low	Fair	1954
86	Flat Top Detention Dam	Mohave	22	Low	Not Rated	1962
87	Florence Retarding	Pinal	21	High	Satisfactory	1965
88	Reservoir Dike	Graham	20	Low	Not Rated	1975
89	Ortega Lake Retention	Apache	19	Low	Not Rated	1987
90	Halfway Detention Dam	Graham	18	Low	Fair	1940
91	Park Avenue Detention Basin Complex	Pima	18	High	Satisfactory	2008
92	Red Mountain Freeway Levee	Maricopa	16	High	Satisfactory	2008
93	Little Ortega Dam	Apache	12	Low	Not Rated
94	Navajo Trail	Coconino	10	High	Not Rated
95	Charley Day Spring	Coconino	10	High	Satisfactory	1940
96	Tat Momolikot - Cemetery Dike	Pinal	9	Undetermined	Not Rated	1974
97	North Ponding Dam	Navajo	8	High	Fair	1977
98	White Road Basin	Pinal	8	Low	Not Rated	1995

← All dams in Arizona · Flood Control Dams nationwide