Flood Control Dams in Arkansas

Arkansas has 179 flood control dams, of which 41 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	Bull Shoals Dam	Baxter	282	High	Not Available	1951
2	Norfork Dam	Baxter	248	High	Not Available	1944
3	Degray Dam - Saddle Dike	Clark	243	High	Not Available	1969
4	Blakely Mountain Dam	Garland	240	High	Not Available	1953
5	Beaver Dam - Saddle Dike 3	Carroll	229	High	Not Available	1963
6	Narrows Dam	Pike	196	High	Not Available	1950
7	Gillham Dam	Howard	160	High	Not Available	1975
8	Dequeen Dam	Sevier	160	High	Not Available	1977
9	Dierks Dam	Sevier	153	High	Not Available	1975
10	Blue Mountain Dam	Yell	115	High	Not Available	1947
11	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 3	Perry	105	Significant	Poor	1981
12	Nimrod Dam	Perry	103	High	Not Available	1942
13	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 5	Perry	99	Low	Poor	1997
14	Degray Dam	Clark	98	High	Not Available	1969
15	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 2	Perry	97	Undetermined	Not Rated
16	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 11	Pope	96	Significant	Fair	1964
17	Millwood Dam - Okay Levee	Howard	91	High	Not Available	1966
18	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 4	Perry	90	Low	Satisfactory	1981
19	Ward Lake Dam	Polk	85	High	Satisfactory	1946
20	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 6	Perry	80	Low	Satisfactory	1978
21	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 12	Conway	76	Low	Satisfactory	1965
22	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 1	Perry	75	Low	Poor	1976
23	Cooper Creek Wid Site 2	Lawrence	74	Low	Satisfactory	1967
24	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 06	Conway	73	Low	Satisfactory	1963
25	Poteau River Wid Site 06	Washington	73	Significant	Fair	1966
26	Greers Ferry Dam - Saddle Dike 2	Cleburne	72	High	Not Available	1962
27	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 18	Franklin	71	Low	Satisfactory	1967
28	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 17	Franklin	70	Low	Satisfactory	1956
29	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 03	Franklin	70	Low	Satisfactory	1965
30	Upper Petit Jean Wid Site 5	Scott	68	High	Fair	1986
31	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 08	Pope	67	High	Poor	1964
32	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 05	Franklin	66	Low	Satisfactory	1963
33	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 09	Franklin	65	Low	Satisfactory	1965
34	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 03	Logan	65	Significant	Fair	1955
35	North Fork Of S Fork Site 3	Montgomery	65	Significant	Satisfactory	1986
36	Cooper Creek Wid Site 1	Lawrence	64	Low	Satisfactory	1968
37	Mountain Brook Dam	Benton	60	Low	Satisfactory	1997
38	Poteau River Wid Site 16	Scott	60	Low	Satisfactory	1973
39	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 02	Logan	59	High	Poor	1954
40	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 04	Logan	59	Low	Satisfactory	1956
41	E Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 02	Van Buren	59	Low	Satisfactory	1967
42	Dogwood Canyon Lake Dam	Carroll	58	Low	Not Rated
43	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 15	Conway	58	Low	Satisfactory	1964
44	Poteau River Wid Site 14	Scott	58	Low	Poor	1971
45	Des Arc Bayou Wid Site 2	White	58	Low	Satisfactory	1983
46	Flat Rock Creek Site 1	Crawford	57	High	Satisfactory	1982
47	Cedar-piney Creeks Watershed Site 2	Yell	57	High	Fair	1986
48	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 10	Pope	56	Low	Satisfactory	1964
49	South Fourche Lafave Wid Site 8	Perry	55	Low	Satisfactory	1986
50	Cedar-piney Creeks Watershed Site 3	Yell	55	High	Satisfactory	1994
51	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 19	Franklin	54	Significant	Fair	1965
52	E Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 04	Conway	53	Significant	Fair	1967
53	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 20	Franklin	53	Low	Satisfactory	1956
54	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 05	Logan	53	Low	Satisfactory	1963
55	Fourche Creek Wid Site 14	Randolph	53	Low	Fair	1994
56	Poteau River Wid Site 11	Scott	53	Low	Satisfactory	1969
57	Bono Lake Dam	Craighead	52	High	Fair	2009
58	Cooper Creek Wid Site 5	Lawrence	51	Low	Satisfactory	1970
59	E Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 08	Conway	50	Significant	Satisfactory	1967
60	Cooper Creek Wid Site 4	Lawrence	50	High	Fair	1969
61	Muddy Fork Site 3	Washington	50	High	Fair	1975
62	E Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 01	Johnson	49	Low	Satisfactory	1965
63	Fourche Creek Wid Site 16	Randolph	49	Significant	Fair	1974
64	Poteau River Wid Site 08	Scott	49	High	Poor	1971
65	Tupelo Bayou Site 1	Faulkner	48	Low	Satisfactory	1974
66	Cooper Creek Wid Site 3	Lawrence	48	Low	Satisfactory	1968
67	Fourche Creek Wid Site 15	Randolph	48	Low	Fair	1987
68	Poteau River Wid Site 13	Scott	48	Low	Satisfactory	1978
69	North Fork Ozan Wid Site 3	Hempstead	47	High	Satisfactory	1974
70	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 01	Johnson	46	Low	Satisfactory	1964
71	Flat Creek Ag&f Site 3	Lawrence	46	Significant	Poor	1962
72	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 10	Logan	46	Significant	Satisfactory	1954
73	Poteau River Wid Site 09	Scott	46	Low	Satisfactory	1967
74	Poteau River Wid Site 02	Scott	46	Significant	Satisfactory	1965
75	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 09	Logan	45	Low	Satisfactory	1954
76	Poteau River Wid Site 18	Scott	45	Low	Satisfactory	1977
77	Caney Creek Wid Site 7	White	45	Low	Satisfactory	1962
78	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 02	Johnson	44	Low	Satisfactory	1964
79	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 11	Hempstead	43	Low	Satisfactory	1995
80	Upper Tri-county Wid Site 14a	Sharp	43	Low	Satisfactory	1983
81	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 16	Hempstead	42	Low	Satisfactory	1991
82	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 16	Logan	42	Low	Satisfactory	1965
83	Fourche Creek Wid Site 17	Randolph	42	Significant	Fair	1976
84	Poteau River Wid Site 01	Scott	42	Significant	Satisfactory	1965
85	Cooper Creek Wid Site 6	Lawrence	40	Low	Not Rated	1972
86	Dardanelle Lock And Dam - Russellville Dike	Pope	40	High	Not Available	1964
87	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 20	Hempstead	39	Low	Satisfactory	1990
88	Upper Tri-county Wid Site 15	Lawrence	39	Low	Fair	1985
89	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 06	Logan	39	Significant	Fair	1954
90	Gillham Lake Dam	Sevier	39	Low	Not Rated	1900
91	W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 07	Conway	38	High	Satisfactory	1963
92	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 13	Franklin	38	Low	Satisfactory	1955
93	North Fork Ozan Wid Site 2	Pike	38	Significant	Fair	1969
94	Poteau River Wid Site 07	Scott	38	High	Fair	1966
95	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 12	Hempstead	37	Low	Satisfactory	2006
96	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 19	Hempstead	37	Low	Satisfactory	1991
97	Ozan Creek Swcd Site 17	Hempstead	37	Low	Satisfactory	1993
98	Sixmile Creek Wid Site 12	Logan	37	Significant	Satisfactory	1955
99	Fourche Creek Wid Site 18	Randolph	37	Significant	Poor	1976
100	Bailey Branch Site 1	Yell	37	Low	Satisfactory	1969

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