Dams in Brown County, Indiana

99Total Dams

32High Hazard

32Significant

Dam Safety in Brown County, Indiana

Brown County has 99 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 32 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 32 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 54 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Brown County is 60 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Sweetwater Lake Dam at 140 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Sweetwater Lake Dam	High	Fair	140	Recreation	1965
Yellowwood Lake Dam	High	Fair	57	Recreation	1939
Stoner's Lonesome Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	55	Recreation	1999
Green Lake Dam	High	Fair	51	Recreation	1964
Lewis Lake Dam	High	Fair	49	Recreation	1974
Ogle Lake Dam	High	Poor	48	Water Supply	1939
Tousley Dam	High	Poor	43	Water Supply	1953
Strahl Lake Dam	High	Fair	36	Recreation	1939
Berry Farm Lake Dam	High	Fair	36	Recreation	1965
Somerset Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	36	Recreation	1961
Crooked Creek Lake Dam	High	Fair	34	Recreation	1935
Lake Lasalle Dam	High	Fair	34	Recreation	1963
Bittersweet Lake Dam	High	Poor	33	Recreation	1964
Autumn Lake Dam	High	Poor	32	Recreation	1969
Reverend Frame Lake Dam	High	Poor	32	Water Supply	1975
Bear Creek Lake Dam	High	Fair	32	Recreation	1939
Rogers Lake Dam	High	Fair	31	Water Supply	1972
Baker Lake Dam	High	Poor	31	Water Supply	1960
Wildcraft Lower Lake Dam	High	Fair	31	Recreation	1947
Wright Lake Dam	High	Poor	30		1970
Log Cabin Lake Dam	High	Unsatisfactory	30	Recreation	1977
Yarling Lake Dam	High	Poor	29	Recreation	1950
Magness Lake Dam #1	High	Poor	28	Recreation	1962
Logterman Lake Dam	High	Poor	27	Recreation	1960
Lutheran Hills Camp Lake Dams	High	Fair	27	Recreation	1965
Speedway Conservation Club Dam	High	Fair	26	Recreation	1952
Miller Lake Dam	High	Poor	25	Recreation	1952
Fowler Lake Dam	High	Fair	24		1977
Merriman Lake Dam	High	Not Rated	20	Recreation	1965
Stewart Lake Dam	High	Not Rated	20	Recreation	1957
Newport Lake Dam	High	Not Rated	19	Water Supply	1972
Echo Lake Dam	High	Not Rated	18
Cordry Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	120		1969
Silver Hook Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	52		1976
White Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	50	Recreation
Gallahue Valley Camp Dam	Significant	Fair	48	Recreation	1958
Deerskin Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	45	Recreation	1971
Waycross Episcopal Camp Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	44		1963
Watanabe Upper Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	42	Recreation	2003
Little Fox Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	40	Recreation	1971
King Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	37		1968
Coover Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	36		1982
Wilkerson Dam No. 3	Significant	Poor	35	Water Supply	1983
Bardonner Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	34	Recreation	1967
Pfau Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	34	Recreation	1972
Hidden Valley Lake Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	34	Recreation	1959
Dayton Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	31	Recreation	1968
Dallas Lake	Significant	Poor	30	Recreation
Frank A. Rogers Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	30	Recreation
Smith Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	30	Recreation	1976
West Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	30	Recreation	1976
Gnaw Bone Camp Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	29	Recreation
Walker Dam	Significant	Poor	28	Recreation
Sage Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	28	Recreation	1961
Roberts Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	27	Recreation
Nicewander Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	27	Recreation	1976
Maschmeyer Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	27	Recreation
Fleming Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	26	Recreation	1976
Long Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	24	Recreation
Annandale Estates Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	24	Recreation	1966
Wildcraft Upper Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	20	Recreation	1947
Fineburg Lake Dam	Significant	Not Rated	19		1977
Queenie Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	19	Recreation
Northam Lake Dam	Significant	Not Rated	19	Recreation
Kahn Lake Dam	Low	Poor	53	Recreation	1976
Deer Lake Dam #1	Low	Fair	43	Recreation	1977
Stewart Lake Dam	Low	Fair	41	Recreation	1935
Happy Hollow Lake Dam	Low	Poor	38	Recreation	1952
Gillen Lake Dam	Low	Fair	37		1975
Roark Lake Dam	Low	Fair	36	Recreation	1969
Jenson Lake Dam	Low	Poor	36	Recreation	1970
Kelly Lake Dam	Low	Poor	35	Recreation	1976
Seiger Lake Dam	Low	Poor	35	Recreation	1962
Fortner Lake Dam	Low	Poor	33		1959
Woodland Lake	Low	Poor	32	Recreation	1950
Kennedy Lake Dam	Low	Fair	32	Recreation	1966
Jarrett Dam	Low	Fair	32	Recreation	1953
Shady Oaks Lake Dam	Low	Fair	31	Recreation	1966
Walnut Ridge Retreat Dam	Low	Poor	31		1976
Crainsboro Lake Dam	Low	Poor	31	Recreation	1963
Camp Christina Lake	Low	Fair	28	Recreation
Green Valley Club Lake Dam	Low	Fair	28	Recreation	1967
Brown Park Lake Dam	Low	Fair	27	Recreation	1971
Boyd Lake Dam	Low	Poor	27	Recreation	1976
Foerderer Lake Dam #1	Low	Fair	27	Recreation	1966
Miller Lake Dam	Low	Not Rated	26	Recreation	1963
Crestview Lake Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation	1976
Dugdale Lake	Low	Fair	26	Recreation	1976
Sundance Lake Dam	Low	Fair	25	Recreation	1993
Goodwin Lake Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1969
Hungry Acres Lake Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation
Macabo Lake	Low	Poor	25	Recreation
Deer Lake Dam #2	Low	Fair	24	Recreation	1978
Lost Lake Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1976
Greenbriar Lake Estates Dam	Low	Poor	21	Recreation	1950
Hungry Acres Lake	Low	Poor	20	Recreation	1969
Parkview Lake Dam	Low	Poor	19	Recreation	1940
Head Lake Dam (not Built)	Undetermined	Not Rated	30		1996
Lake Mcgrayel (d.s.i.) Dam	Undetermined	Not Rated	30

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