Flood Control Dams in Florida

Florida has 154 flood control dams, of which 32 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	S-155/l-112	Hillsborough	66	High	Not Rated	1981
2	S-160	Hillsborough	62	Low	Not Rated	1968
3	Structure 164	Osceola	54	High	Fair	1969
4	S-49	St. Lucie	53	Significant	Not Rated	1960
5	Inglis Main Dam & Spillway	Citrus	43	High	Satisfactory	1968
6	Edward Medard Reservoir Dam	Hillsborough	42	High	Satisfactory	1977
7	S-50	St. Lucie	42	Significant	Not Rated	1961
8	S-65	Osceola	40	Significant	Satisfactory	1964
9	St. Lucie Lock And Dam	Martin	39	Significant	Not Available	1950
10	Ortona Lock And Dam	Glades	38	Low	Not Available	1937
11	S-159 Upper	Hillsborough	38	High	Satisfactory	1980
12	G-54	Broward	37	Significant	Not Rated	1917
13	Herbert Hoover Dike - Ciz D	Glades	35	High		1965
14	S-65a	Osceola	35	Low	Not Rated	1967
15	Un-named Dam	Clay	34	Low	Not Rated
16	S-163	Hillsborough	33	High	Satisfactory	1972
17	P-5	Polk	33	Significant	Not Rated	1964
18	Inglis Lock	Levy	32	High	Fair
19	S-179	Miami-Dade	32	Low	Not Rated	1967
20	W.p. Franklin Lock And Dam	Lee	31	Low	Not Available	1965
21	Lake Fretwell Dam	Duval	30	Low	Fair
22	S-63	Osceola	30	Low	Not Rated	1966
23	S-99	St. Lucie	30	Significant	Not Rated	1961
24	S-70	Glades	29	Low	Not Rated	1961
25	Control Structure 5	Orange	29	High	Satisfactory	1970
26	Un-named Dam (sum01)	Sumter	29	Low	Not Rated
27	Control Structure 6	Orange	28	Low	Not Rated	1973
28	Control Structure 7	Orange	26	Low	Not Rated	1973
29	Control Structure 3	Orange	26	High	Satisfactory	1965
30	Corbett Levee	Palm Beach	26	Low	Not Rated
31	S-41	Palm Beach	26	Significant	Not Rated	1965
32	S-46	Palm Beach	26	Significant	Not Rated	1958
33	G78 Control Structure	St. Lucie	26	High	Not Rated	1958
34	S-36	Broward	25	Low	Not Rated	1954
35	S-26	Miami-Dade	25	Significant	Not Rated	1974
36	S-194	Miami-Dade	24	Significant	Not Rated	1979
37	Structure 551	Pinellas	24	Low	Not Rated	1970
38	G103 Control Structure	Polk	24	Low	Not Rated	1965
39	S-176	Miami-Dade	23	Low	Not Rated	1967
40	S-166	Miami-Dade	23	Low	Not Rated	1967
41	S-22	Miami-Dade	23	Low	Not Rated	1956
42	S-60	Osceola	23	Significant	Satisfactory	1966
43	Meadow View Lake Dam	Polk	23	High	Poor
44	Swfwmd Structure P-8 (hamilton) Water Conservation	Polk	23	High	Fair	1965
45	G79 Control Structure	St. Lucie	23	High	Not Rated	1958
46	S-165	Miami-Dade	22	Low	Not Rated	1966
47	G111 Control Structure	Osceola	22	Low	Not Rated	1994
48	G113 Control Structure	Osceola	22	Low	Not Rated	1993
49	G-92	Palm Beach	22	Low	Not Rated	1953
50	Cypress Creek	Pasco	22	Significant	Not Rated	1981
51	P-6	Polk	22	Significant	Not Rated	1965
52	G-81	St. Lucie	22	Low	Not Rated	1953
53	Structure 82	Highlands	21	Significant	Satisfactory	1962
54	S-25b	Miami-Dade	21	Low	Not Rated	1976
55	S-28	Miami-Dade	21	Low	Not Rated	1962
56	S-29	Miami-Dade	21	Low	Not Rated	1953
57	S-155	Palm Beach	21	Significant	Not Rated
58	Camp Canal Dike	Alachua	20	Low	Poor
59	S-33	Broward	20	Low	Not Rated	1954
60	S-38b	Broward	20	Low	Not Rated	1962
61	S-27	Miami-Dade	20	Low	Not Rated	1958
62	S-148	Miami-Dade	20	Low	Not Rated	1962
63	C-18	Palm Beach	20	Low	Not Rated	1952
64	Put06	Putnam	20	Low	Fair
65	Eugene J Burrell Lock And Dam	Lake	19	High	Satisfactory	1957
66	S-62	Orange	19	Low	Not Rated	1969
67	S-58	Osceola	19	Low	Not Rated	1969
68	Structure No. 44	Palm Beach	19	High	Satisfactory	1958
69	Lakewood Manor Owners Association	Bay	18	High	Unsatisfactory	1965
70	G-65	Broward	18	Low	Not Rated	1962
71	Structure 353	Citrus	18	Significant	Not Rated	1962
72	Leslie Heifner	Citrus	18	Significant	Not Rated	1967
73	S-235	Glades	18	Low	Not Rated	1975
74	P-7	Polk	18	Significant	Not Rated	1965
75	Structure P-3	Polk	18	High	Satisfactory	1965
76	Suwannee Lake Dam	Suwannee	18	Low	Not Rated	1966
77	G-87	Broward	17	Low	Not Rated	1952
78	Brogden Bridge	Citrus	17	Low	Not Rated	1972
79	Casa Linda Lake Dam	Duval	17	Low	Fair	1943
80	White Trout Water Conservation Structure	Hillsborough	17	Significant	Fair
81	M-4 Dam	Lake	17	Significant	Fair
82	Control Structure 4	Orange	17	High	Not Rated	1966
83	S-40	Palm Beach	17	Significant	Not Rated
84	Sawgrass Lake Structure	Pinellas	17	Low	Not Rated	1975
85	Water Control Structure 2	St. Lucie	17	Low	Not Rated	1981
86	Maxwell Dam	Gadsden	16	Low	Not Rated	1958
87	M-1	Lake	16	Low	Not Rated	1968
88	Swfwmd Lake Tarpon Control Structure (s-551)	Pinellas	16	Low	Fair
89	G-86s	Broward	15	Low	Not Rated	1993
90	F. Butler Dam	Gadsden	15	Low	Not Rated
91	Dover Dam	Gadsden	15	Significant	Not Rated	1965
92	G-90	Highlands	15	High	Fair	1962
93	M-6a	Lake	15	Low	Not Rated	1976
94	Rcid Levee D-6, D-6a	Osceola	15	Significant	Not Rated	1971
95	Unnamned Dam	Pinellas	15	High	Fair
96	Fisheating Creek	Highlands	14	Low	Not Rated	1959
97	Villa City Dam	Lake	14	Significant	Fair
98	Sunnyhill Inlet Structure	Marion	14	Low	Fair
99	S-30	Miami-Dade	14	Significant	Not Rated	1960
100	Control Struc #3	St. Lucie	14	Low	Not Rated	1962

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