Recreation Dams in Delaware

Delaware has 35 recreation dams, of which 23 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Carousel Pond Dam	New Castle	36	High	Satisfactory
2	Silver Lake Dam - Middletown	New Castle	18	High	Fair	1931
3	Silver Lake Dam - Dover	Kent	17	High	Fair	1944
4	Wiggins Mill Pond Dam	New Castle	17	High	Not assessed	1965
5	Diamond Pond Dam	Sussex	17	Low	Not assessed
6	Killen Pond Dam	Kent	16	Low	Not assessed	1969
7	Lake Como Dam	Kent	15	High	Fair	1938
8	Voshell Pond Dam	Kent	14	High	Not assessed	1969
9	Noxontown Pond Dam	New Castle	14	Low	Not assessed	1966
10	Marshall Millpond Dam	Sussex	14	Significant	Fair
11	Williams Pond Dam	Sussex	14	High	Fair	1956
12	Trap Pond Dam	Sussex	14	High	Fair	1938
13	Wyoming Lake Dam	Kent	13	High	Fair	1925
14	Sunset Lake Dam	New Castle	13	High	Not assessed	1900
15	Betts Pond Main Dam	Sussex	13	High	Fair
16	Red Mill Pond Dam	Sussex	12	High	Fair	1925
17	Trussams Pond Dam	Sussex	12	Significant	Fair
18	Swiggetts Pond Dam	Sussex	12	High	Fair
19	Reynolds Pond	Sussex	11	High	Fair
20	Shoals Branch Dam	Sussex	11	High	Poor
21	Collins Pond Dam	Sussex	11	Significant	Fair	1922
22	Fleetwood Pond Dam	Sussex	11	High	Fair	1968
23	Cubbage Pond Dam	Sussex	11	High	Fair	1880
24	Lums Pond Dam	New Castle	10	Low	Not assessed
25	Clendaniel Pond Dam	Sussex	10	High	Not assessed	1810
26	Morris Millpond Dam	Sussex	10	Significant	Not assessed	1929
27	Goslee Mill Pond Dam	Sussex	10	Significant	Not assessed
28	Betts Pond Route 113 Dam	Sussex	10	High	Fair
29	Burton Pond Dam	Sussex	10	High	Satisfactory
30	Duck Creek Pond Dam	Kent	9	High	Not assessed
31	Brandywine Creek Dam No. 9	New Castle	9	Low	Not assessed	1800
32	Wheatley Pond Dam	Kent	8	High	Fair
33	Shallcross Lake Dam	New Castle	8	Low	Not assessed
34	Cartanza/ez Farms Dam	Kent	7	High	Not assessed
35	Gordons Pond Dam	Sussex	7	Low	Not assessed	1967

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