Oldest Dams in Florida

Florida has 684 dams with recorded construction dates. The oldest dates to 1900 — 126 years ago. Older dams require particular attention for safety, as many were built before modern engineering standards.

#	Dam	County	Year Built	Age	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition
1	Mill Pond Dam	Escambia	1900	126 yrs	16	Low	Not assessed
2	Inglis Bypass & Spillway	Levy	1909	117 yrs	18	High	Not assessed
3	Kents Mill Pond Dam	Jackson	1910	116 yrs	12	Low	Not assessed
4	G-54	Broward	1917	109 yrs	37	Significant	Not assessed
5	G-56	Broward	1920	106 yrs	37	Low	Not assessed
6	Kingsford Csa El	Hillsborough	1920	106 yrs	22	Significant	Not assessed
7	Locklin Lake Dam	Santa Rosa	1920	106 yrs	14	High	Satisfactory
8	Wrg-bl-010	Polk	1922	104 yrs	33	Significant	Not assessed
9	Sapp Dam	Bay	1928	98 yrs	17	Low	Not assessed
10	Jackson Bluff Dam	Gadsden	1928	98 yrs	65	High	Satisfactory
11	Kingsford N5	Polk	1929	97 yrs	48	Significant	Not assessed
12	Delancy Pond Dam	Gadsden	1930	96 yrs	15	Low	Not assessed
13	Coronet No. 3	Hillsborough	1930	96 yrs	97	Low	Not assessed
14	Coronet No. 4a	Hillsborough	1930	96 yrs	11	Low	Not assessed
15	Coronet No. 5	Hillsborough	1930	96 yrs	10	Low	Not assessed
16	Coronet No. 6	Hillsborough	1930	96 yrs	11	Significant	Not assessed
17	Coronet No. 4	Hillsborough	1930	96 yrs	10	Significant	Not assessed
18	Manning Dam	Walton	1930	96 yrs	10	Low	Not assessed
19	Merritts Mill Pond Dam	Jackson	1934	92 yrs	25	Low	Not assessed
20	Suber Dam	Gadsden	1936	90 yrs	13	Low	Not assessed
21	Ortona Lock and Dam	Glades	1937	89 yrs	38	Low	Not assessed
22	East River Pool Dam	Wakulla	1938	88 yrs	12	Low	Unsatisfactory
23	Boyd Dam	Escambia	1940	86 yrs	12	Low	Not assessed
24	Lake Louise Dam	Leon	1940	86 yrs	12	Low	Not assessed
25	Duck Pond Dam	Okaloosa	1940	86 yrs	25	Low	Not assessed
26	Mounds Pool Dam	Wakulla	1941	85 yrs	10	Low	Not assessed
27	Munson Recreation Lake Dam	Santa Rosa	1942	84 yrs	14	Low	Not assessed
28	Casa Linda Lake Dam	Duval	1943	83 yrs	17	Low	Fair
29	Peace River	Hillsborough	1945	81 yrs	14	Significant	Not assessed
30	Hillsborough County Dam	Hillsborough	1945	81 yrs	37	High	Satisfactory
31	Mcclellan Dam	Calhoun	1946	80 yrs	20	Low	Not assessed
32	Alberta Lake Dam	Leon	1946	80 yrs	16	Low	Not assessed
33	Taylor Lake	Pinellas	1946	80 yrs	26	Significant	Not assessed
34	Butler Dam No. 1	Gadsden	1948	78 yrs	27	Low	Not assessed
35	Baker Dam	Holmes	1948	78 yrs	15	Significant	Not assessed
36	Sun Lake Dam	Holmes	1948	78 yrs	14	Significant	Not assessed
37	Lower Huggle Pond Dam	Leon	1948	78 yrs	23	Low	Not assessed
38	Lake Seminole Dam	Pinellas	1949	77 yrs	15	Low	Not assessed
39	Bdn-t-06	Polk	1949	77 yrs	35	Low	Not assessed
40	Cellon Dam	Alachua	1950	76 yrs	12	Low	Not assessed
41	South Hopewell Eleanor Area	Hillsborough	1950	76 yrs	20	Low	Not assessed
42	Edge Dam	Leon	1950	76 yrs	20	Low	Not assessed
43	St. Lucie Lock and Dam	Martin	1950	76 yrs	39	Significant	Not assessed
44	Tenoroc Lake 5a	Polk	1950	76 yrs	23	Low	Not assessed
45	Tenoroc Bdn-t-03	Polk	1950	76 yrs	12	Significant	Not assessed
46	Clear Springs Cs-1	Polk	1950	76 yrs	18	Significant	Not assessed
47	Tenoroc Lake 5b	Polk	1950	76 yrs	28	Low	Not assessed
48	Wise Dam No. 1	Walton	1950	76 yrs	17	Low	Not assessed
49	Oak Woodlands Dam	Hamilton	1951	75 yrs	7	Significant	Poor
50	Lake Warner Dam	Leon	1951	75 yrs	12	High	Not assessed

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