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 assessed | 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 assessed | 65 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam No. 3 (west) | Low | Not assessed | 56 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Ibm Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 47 | Recreation | |
| Carmichael Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Dunwoody Country Club Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Huntcliff Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Upper Twin Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Cedar Grove Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Essex Properties North Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Upper Chatahoochee Nature Center Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | ||
| Daniels & Thomaselli Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Chester Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Orkin Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Adams Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Recreation | 1951 |
| Technology Park Pond "b" Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Recreation | |
| Technology Park Pond "c" Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Recreation | |
| Cowart Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Palmetto Reservoir Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Lake North Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | ||
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam # 2 Middle Lake | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Horsehead Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Trammel-crow Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | ||
| Niskey Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1929 |
| Smith Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Kimberly-clark Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Hartrampf Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Dunmoor Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | |
| Demooney Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Other | |
| Mcclure Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Recreation | |
| Lake Clara Belle Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | ||
| Dominey Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Everett's Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1965 |
| Judy's Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Wildercliff Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Little River Watershed Structure No. 30 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Georgia Baptist Children's Home Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Granite Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Browns Middle West Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1946 |
| Bullock-habersham Lake Dam (lower) | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Lakemont Estates Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Providence Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Sawmill Branch Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Brown's Middle East Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1946 |
| Frehejan Farms Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | 1975 | |
| Turner Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Rico Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Glenlake Dam #2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1982 |
| Anderson Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | |
| Buckner Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam # 1 (east) | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | |
| Brookfield West Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | 1949 |
| Cochran Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Birmingham Highway Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Lafitte Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | 1979 | |
| Naturally Fresh Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Green Valley Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Lake Glen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| C.g. Bartenfeld Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Chattahoochee Nature Center Lake Dam West | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Spalding Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Spruill Lake Land Lot 605 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Halcyon Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Redding Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Finnegan Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Newton Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Pritchard Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Herschell Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Upper Dixie Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Overton Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Lower Wright's Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Browns Upper Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Upper Cowart Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Starke Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1984 |
| Lakewood Fairgrounds Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Clarence Duncan Park Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Morrison Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Blue Heron Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Sturm and Early Pond | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Pickford Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Bell Telephone Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Essex Properties South Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Chatham Properties Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Lake Feldwood Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Mill Iron Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Preferred Land Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Upper Wright's Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Valley Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1952 |
| City Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Cox Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Vandivers Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Durham's Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Hopewell Downs Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Kings Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Browns Lower Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Princeton Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Barnes Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Jones Ferry Road Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Wildwood Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Medlock Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Rivermeade Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Lake at Ansley Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2000 |
| Glen Errol Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 40 | ||
| Little River Watershed Structure No. 31 | Undetermined | Poor | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Cambridge Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | |
| Lake Charlotte Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Providence Road Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| T.a. Bartenfeld | Undetermined | Not assessed | 26 | ||
| Hamilton Commons Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Deer Field Trail Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1949 |
| Milams Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Audrey Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation |