High Risk Dams in Georgia

Georgia has 189 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 521 high hazard dams in Georgia, 189 (36%) have concerning condition ratings — 186 rated poor and 3 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Bartletts Ferry, Main Dam	Harris	150	Poor	Hydroelectric	1926
Tara Lake Dam	Carroll	101	Poor	Recreation	1972
Talking Rock Creek Ws Str # 13	Pickens	91	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 1	Fulton	90	Poor	Water Supply	1960
Long Swamp Creek Ws Str # 14	Pickens	85	Poor	Recreation	1964
Mountaintown Creek Ws Str # 1	Gilmer	81	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Cartecay River Ws Str # 3	Gilmer	79	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Ellijay River Ws Str # 12	Gilmer	79	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Hightower Creek Ws Str # 13	Towns	75	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Cartecay River W/s Str. #7 Dam	Gilmer	73	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Black Rock Mountain State Park Lake Dam	Rabun	72	Poor	Recreation	1974
Ellijay River W/s Str. # 3	Gilmer	71	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Cartecay River Ws Str # 5	Gilmer	70	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Sharp Mountain Creek Ws Str # 13	Pickens	68	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Ellijay River Ws Str # 9	Gilmer	68	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Ellijay River W/s Str. #4 Dam	Gilmer	68	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Sharp Mountain Creek Ws Str # 12	Pickens	67	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Sequoyah Lake Dam	Pickens	64	Poor	Recreation	1925
Long Swamp Creek Ws Str # 8	Pickens	60	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Mountaintown Creek Ws Str # 2	Gilmer	60	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Mountaintown Creek Ws Str # 4	Gilmer	59	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Sharp Mountain Creek Ws Str # 1	Pickens	58	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Lake Ashley Dam	Carroll	57	Poor	Recreation	1972
Pumpkinvine Creek Watershed Structure No. 8	Paulding	56	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Cartecay River Ws Str # 6	Gilmer	55	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Tyson Proteins Oxidation Pond Dam	Forsyth	55	Poor	Other	1960
Glenn Lake Dam	Murray	53	Poor	Recreation	1951
Soque River Ws Str # 13	Habersham	53	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Sharp Mountain Creek Ws Str # 2	Pickens	53	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
South Fork River Ws Str # 27	Madison	53	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Willow Lake Dam	Fulton	51	Poor	Recreation	1974
Rainbow Lake Dam	Gilmer	50	Poor	Recreation	1960
Grove River Ws Str # 59	Banks	50	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Crisp County (warwick)	Worth	50	Poor	Hydroelectric	1930
Grove River Ws Str # 15	Banks	48	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Sharp Mountain Creek W/s Str. #22	Pickens	48	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Sautee Creek W/s Str. #12	White	48	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Sautee Creek W/s Str. #13	White	48	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Pumpkinvine Creek W/s Str. # 2 Dam	Bartow	48	Poor	Recreation	1954
Talking Rock Creek W/s Str. # 1	Pickens	47	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Long Swamp Creek W/s Str. #9	Pickens	46	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Bull Creek Ws Str # 12	Muscogee	46	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Ellijay River W/s Str. #11 Dam	Gilmer	46	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Lakeside Dam	Bibb	45	Poor	Recreation	1890
Noonday Creek Ws Str # 17	Cobb	45	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1956
Pumpkinvine Creek Watershed Structure No. 11	Paulding	45	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Butler Reservoir	Richmond	45	Unsatisfactory	Irrigation	1970
Walter Richards Lake Dam	Harris	44	Poor	Recreation	1940
Clear Lake Dam	White	44	Poor	Recreation
Pine Log Tributary Ws Str # 25	Bartow	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Ellijay River W/s Str. #10 Dam	Gilmer	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
South River W/s Str. # 51	Madison	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Southland Lake Dam	DeKalb	43	Poor	Recreation	1950
Pumpkinvine Creek Ws Str #1	Paulding	43	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Settingdown Creek Sub Ws Str # 27	Forsyth	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Lower Little Tallapoosa Ws Str # 78	Haralson	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Sandy Creek W/s Str. #23 Dam	Jackson	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
South Fork River Ws Str # 31	Madison	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
South Fork Broad River Ws #19	Oglethorpe	41	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
East Point Reservoir Dam	Fulton	41	Poor	Water Supply	1965
Windmill Plantation Lake Dam	Columbia	40	Poor	Recreation	1985
Lake Forrest Dam	Fulton	40	Poor	Recreation
Pumpkinvine Creek W/s Str. # 3	Paulding	40	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Mill - Canton Creek W/s Structure No. 7 Dam	Cherokee	40	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Big Cedar Creek W/s Str. # 32	Polk	40	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Sandy Creek Ws Structure # 15	Jackson	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Little River W/s Str. #36	Fulton	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
North Fork Broad River Ws Str # 5	Stephens	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Young Lake Dam	Fannin	37	Poor	Recreation	1971
Potato Creek Ws Str # 56	Pike	37	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Little River Ws Str #21	Cherokee	36	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Lake Dow Dam	Henry	36	Poor	Recreation	1974
South Fork Broad River W/s Str. # 65	Oglethorpe	36	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
North Broad River Ws Str # 28	Franklin	36	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Mill - Canton Creek W/s Str. #12 Dam	Cherokee	36	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
The Farm Lake Dam	Oconee	35	Poor
Seagraves Mill Pond Dam	Madison	35	Poor	Recreation	1970
Nicholson Lake Dam	Clayton	35	Poor	Recreation	1943
Little River Sub Watershed Structure No. 19	Cherokee	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Sharp Mountain Creek Ws Structure No 5	Cherokee	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
South Fork Broad River Ws Str # 35	Madison	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Sharp Mountain Creek Watershed Structure No 6	Cherokee	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Little River Watershed Structure No. 35	Fulton	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Little River W/s Str. #25	Fulton	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Little Sandy-trail Creek W/s Str. #2	Madison	35	Poor	Recreation	1971
Pine Log Creek Watershed Str #66	Bartow	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Erin Lake Dam	DeKalb	34	Poor	Recreation	1960
Forest Hills Lake Dam	Richmond	34	Poor	Irrigation	1986
Noonday Creek Ws Str # 4	Cobb	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Little River W/s Str. #34	Fulton	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Bull Creek Ws Str # 14	Muscogee	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
North Broad River Ws Str # 17	Franklin	34	Poor	Recreation	1963
Pumpkinvine Creek W/s Str. #50	Paulding	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Mcclendon Lake Dam	Haralson	33	Poor
Cowan Lake Dam	Rockdale	33	Poor	Recreation	1956
Roskin Lake Dam	Lumpkin	33	Poor	Recreation
Euharlee Creek Ws Str # 4	Polk	33	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Sandy Creek Ws Structure # 12	Jackson	33	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
North Fork Broad River Ws Str # 13	Stephens	33	Poor	Other	1956
Carriage Lake Dam	Fulton	33	Poor	Recreation	1974
Lake Wildwood Dam	Bibb	32	Poor	Recreation	1970
Hogan's Lake Dam	Gwinnett	32	Poor	Recreation
Irene Lake Dam	Fulton	32	Poor	Recreation	1967
Rocky Comfort W/s Str. # 50	Warren	32	Poor		1968
Potato Creek Ws Str # 58	Pike	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Mill - Canton Creek W/s Str. #6 Dam	Cherokee	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Bedgood's Lake Dam	Clarke	32	Poor	Recreation	1940
Tera Lee Lake Dam	Fulton	32	Poor	Recreation	1958
Little River W/s Str. #39 Dam	Fulton	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1953
Pine Log Tributary Watershed Structure No. 21	Bartow	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Pumpkinvine Creek W/s Str. #26	Paulding	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Pfau Lake Dam	White	31	Poor
Kellner Lake Dam	Cobb	31	Poor	Recreation	1972
Woodbridge Lake Dam	Columbia	31	Poor	Recreation	1972
Cochran Lake Dam	Cobb	31	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 10	Forsyth	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Hazel Creek W/s Str. #19	Habersham	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Big Cedar Creek Ws Str # 41	Polk	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Harrison Lake Dam	Gilmer	30	Poor	Recreation
Blackmon Lake Dam	Muscogee	30	Poor	Recreation	1955
Castle Lake Dam	Fayette	30	Poor
Mill Glen Lake Dam	Douglas	30	Poor	Recreation
Little River Ws Str #17	Cherokee	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Potato Creek Ws Str # 78	Lamar	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Big Cedar Creek Ws Str # 48	Polk	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Green Lake Dam	Forsyth	29	Poor	Recreation	1980
Lovejoy Lake Dam	Gilmer	29	Poor	Recreation	1970
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 56	Forsyth	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 4	Forsyth	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Little River W/s Str. #24	Fulton	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Potato Creek W/s Str. #66	Pike	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
North Broad River W/s Str. #38	Franklin	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Willow Pond Dam	Paulding	28	Poor
Watson Road Lake Dam	Forsyth	28	Poor
Mcknight Lake Dam	Coweta	28	Poor	Recreation	1972
Kings Cliff Lake Dam	DeKalb	28	Poor	Recreation
Burdine's Pond Dam	Fannin	28	Poor	Recreation	1965
Weems Lake Dam	Henry	28	Poor	Recreation	1960
Stonegate Lake Dam	Fulton	28	Poor	Recreation
Kozisek Lake Dam	Fayette	28	Poor	Recreation	1960
Lower Little Tallapoosa River Watershed Structure No. 53	Carroll	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Little River W/s Str. #40	Fulton	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Soque Creek W/s Str. #44	Habersham	28	Poor	Recreation
South Fork Broad River W/s Str. #64	Madison	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Lakeview Plantation Dam	Gwinnett	27	Poor	Recreation
Cardinal Lake Dam	Gwinnett	27	Poor	Recreation	1959
York Lake Dam	Polk	27	Poor	Recreation
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 25	Forsyth	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Dobbs Lake Dam	Cobb	27	Poor	Recreation	1950
Wigley Lake Dam	Cobb	26	Poor	Recreation
Glenover Drive Lake Dam	Fulton	26	Poor	Recreation
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 6	Forsyth	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Sibley Millpond Dam	Coweta	26	Poor	Recreation
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 59	Forsyth	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 21	Forsyth	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Moon Lake Dam	Henry	26	Poor	Recreation
Rooty Creek W/s Str. #25 Dam	Putnam	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Lake Swan Dam	Paulding	26	Poor	Recreation	1989
Pine Log Creek W/s Str. #86	Gordon	26	Poor	Recreation
Timber Lake Dam	Cobb	25	Poor	Recreation	1959
Kiker Lake Dam	Gilmer	25	Poor	Recreation	1988
Frank C. Amerson Jr. Lake Dam	Bibb	25	Poor	Recreation	1987
Mystery Valley Lake Dam	DeKalb	24	Poor	Recreation	1960
Lake Cindy Dam	Henry	24	Poor	Recreation	1961
Simpson Lake Dam	Harris	24	Poor	Recreation	1961
Erin's Place Lake Dam	Columbia	24	Poor	Recreation	1965
Walden Woods Lake Dam	Washington	24	Poor	Recreation	1965
Mill - Canton Creek W/s Str. #10 Dam	Cherokee	24	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Crooked Creek Lake Dam	DeKalb	23	Poor	Recreation	1987
Stonebridge Lake Dam	Floyd	23	Poor	Recreation
Graves Lake Dam	Fayette	22	Poor	Recreation	1972
Boleman Hill Road Pond Dam	Hart	22	Poor		1989
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 54	Forsyth	22	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
Summit Chase No. 1 Dam	Gwinnett	22	Poor	Recreation	1950
Indian Lake Dam	Colquitt	21	Poor	Recreation	1956
Bradbury Lake Dam	Fayette	21	Poor	Recreation	1958
Edmondson Lake Dam	Troup	20	Poor	Recreation
4-j Farms Lower Lake Dam	Crawford	20	Poor	Recreation	1974
Settingdown Creek Ws Str # 30 A	Forsyth	18	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Lake Kathy Dam	Whitfield	17	Poor	Recreation	1950
Jackson Creek Lake Dam	Cobb	17	Poor	Recreation
Margaret Phillips Lake Dam	Fayette	16	Poor	Recreation	1960
Pendleton Lake Dam	Fayette	15	Poor	Recreation	1991
Conasauga Lake Dam	Floyd	15	Poor	Recreation	1951
Stringers Lake Dam	Polk	14	Poor	Recreation	1969
Lower Yarbrough Lake Dam	Washington	14	Poor	Recreation	1960
Hulsey Pond Dam	Candler	13	Poor	Recreation
Nelson Hill Subdivision Lake Dam	Lowndes	9	Poor
Gordon Lake	Richmond	9	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1986

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