Dams in Fulton County, Georgia
144Total Dams
33High Hazard
0Significant
Dam Safety in Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County has 144 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 33 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Currently, 17 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Fulton County is 62 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 1 at 90 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 1 | High | Poor | 90 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 2 | High | Satisfactory | 83 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Atlanta-fulton Reservoir #1 Dam | High | Satisfactory | 72 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Atlanta-fulton Reservoir #2 Dam | High | Satisfactory | 70 | Water Supply | 2006 |
| Lake Windward Dam | High | Satisfactory | 60 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Lake Frances Dam | High | Satisfactory | 53 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Willow Lake Dam | High | Poor | 51 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Northridge Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 45 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Powers Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 42 | Recreation | |
| Lower Nesbit Ferry Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 42 | Recreation | 1993 |
| Gilham's Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 41 | Recreation | 1960 |
| East Point Reservoir Dam | High | Poor | 41 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Lake Forrest Dam | High | Poor | 40 | Recreation | |
| Little River W/s Str. #36 | High | Poor | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Little River Watershed Structure No. 35 | High | Poor | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Little River W/s Str. #25 | High | Poor | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Little River W/s Str. 27 | High | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1959 |
| Martin's Landing Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 34 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Little River W/s Str. #34 | High | Poor | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Carriage Lake Dam | High | Poor | 33 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Peppertree Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 32 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Irene Lake Dam | High | Poor | 32 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Tera Lee Lake Dam | High | Poor | 32 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Little River W/s Str. #39 Dam | High | Poor | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1953 |
| Seven Oaks Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 32 | Recreation | |
| Willow Springs Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 31 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Little River W/s Str. #24 | High | Poor | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Lake Charles Dam | High | Satisfactory | 28 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Stonegate Lake Dam | High | Poor | 28 | Recreation | |
| Little River W/s Str. #40 | High | Poor | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Glenover Drive Lake Dam | High | Poor | 26 | Recreation | |
| Crooked Creek Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 26 | Recreation | |
| Capital City Country Club Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 23 | Recreation | 1925 |
| Lake Huntington Dam | Low | Not Rated | 65 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam No. 3 (west) | Low | Not Rated | 56 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Ibm Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 47 | Recreation | |
| Carmichael Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Dunwoody Country Club Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Huntcliff Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 43 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Upper Twin Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Cedar Grove Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Essex Properties North Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Upper Chatahoochee Nature Center Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 37 | ||
| Daniels & Thomaselli Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Chester Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Orkin Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Adams Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1951 |
| Technology Park Pond "b" Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | |
| Technology Park Pond "c" Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | |
| Cowart Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Palmetto Reservoir Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Lake North Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | ||
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam # 2 Middle Lake | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Horsehead Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Trammel-crow Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | ||
| Niskey Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1929 |
| Smith Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Kimberly-clark Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Hartrampf Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Dunmoor Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | |
| Demooney Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Other | |
| Mcclure Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Recreation | |
| Lake Clara Belle Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | ||
| Dominey Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Everett's Dam | Low | Not Available | 30 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1965 |
| Judy's Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Wildercliff Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Little River Watershed Structure No. 30 | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Georgia Baptist Children's Home Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Granite Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Browns Middle West Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1946 |
| Bullock-habersham Lake Dam (lower) | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Lakemont Estates Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Providence Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Sawmill Branch Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | |
| Brown's Middle East Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1946 |
| Frehejan Farms Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | 1975 | |
| Turner Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Rico Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Glenlake Dam #2 | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1982 |
| Anderson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | |
| Buckner Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam # 1 (east) | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | |
| Brookfield West Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1949 |
| Cochran Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | |
| Birmingham Highway Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | |
| Lafitte Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | 1979 | |
| Naturally Fresh Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Green Valley Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Lake Glen Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| C.g. Bartenfeld Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Chattahoochee Nature Center Lake Dam West | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Spalding Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Spruill Lake Land Lot 605 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Halcyon Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Redding Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Finnegan Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | |
| Newton Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | |
| Pritchard Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Herschell Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | |
| Upper Dixie Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Overton Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Lower Wright's Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Browns Upper Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Upper Cowart Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | |
| Starke Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1984 |
| Lakewood Fairgrounds Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Clarence Duncan Park Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | |
| Morrison Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Blue Heron Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Sturm And Early Pond | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Pickford Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Bell Telephone Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Essex Properties South Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Chatham Properties Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Lake Feldwood Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Mill Iron Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Preferred Land Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Upper Wright's Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Valley Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1952 |
| City Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Cox Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Vandivers Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Durham's Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Hopewell Downs Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | |
| Kings Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Browns Lower Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Princeton Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Barnes Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Jones Ferry Road Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Wildwood Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Recreation | |
| Medlock Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Recreation | |
| Rivermeade Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 11 | Recreation | |
| Lake At Ansley Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2000 |
| Glen Errol Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 40 | ||
| Little River Watershed Structure No. 31 | Undetermined | Poor | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Cambridge Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | |
| Lake Charlotte Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Providence Road Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | |
| T.a. Bartenfeld | Undetermined | Not Rated | 26 | ||
| Hamilton Commons Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Deer Field Trail Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1949 |
| Milams Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Audrey Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 16 | Recreation |