Flood Control Dams in Indiana

Indiana has 146 flood control dams, of which 48 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Cagles Mill Dam	Putnam	150	High	Not Available	1953
2	Patoka Lake Dam	Dubois	145	High	Not Available	1978
3	Mississinewa Dam	Miami	140	High	Not Available	1967
4	Cecil M. Harden Dam	Parke	119	High	Not Available	1960
5	Monroe Dam	Monroe	93	High	Not Available	1965
6	Eagle Creek Reservoir Dam	Marion	92	High	Poor	1967
7	Celina Lake (str. #5)	Perry	86	High	Not Rated	1969
8	Indian Lake (str. #6)	Perry	79	High	Not Rated	1968
9	Twin-rush Creek Dam No. 3	Washington	74	High	Poor	1969
10	Muddy Fork Structure No. 3	Clark	72	High	Fair	1973
11	Saddle Lake (str. #1)	Perry	69	High	Not Rated	1965
12	Little Walnut Creek Conservancy District Structure #4	Putnam	66	High	Fair	1976
13	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 7-a	Henry	62	High	Satisfactory	1976
14	Delaney Creek Dam No. 1	Washington	59	High	Poor	1971
15	Borden Lake Dam	Clark	56	High	Satisfactory	1971
16	Greenwood Lake Dam	Martin	55	High	Fair	1937
17	Little Raccoon Dam No. 15	Parke	55	Low	Poor	1969
18	Little Raccoon Dam No. 2c - Rockville Dam	Parke	55	High	Satisfactory	1971
19	Little Walnut Creek Conservancy District - Structure 5	Putnam	55	High	Fair	1972
20	Bella Lake West Dam	Vermillion	55	Low	Poor	1994
21	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 3	Rush	54	Significant	Fair	1974
22	Kickapoo Lake Dam	Sullivan	54	Significant	Poor	1969
23	Muddy Fork Structure No. 5	Clark	53	High	Fair	1970
24	Tipsaw Lake (str. #4)	Perry	53	Significant	Not Rated	1967
25	Muddy Fork Structure No. 2	Clark	52	High	Fair	1971
26	Muddy Fork Structure No. 6	Clark	52	High	Fair	2004
27	U 38 (birdeye Dam)	Crawford	51	Significant	Not Rated	1988
28	West Boggs Creek Structure No. 1	Martin	51	High	Fair	1971
29	Little Raccoon Dam No.8 - Waveland Lake Dam	Montgomery	51	High	Fair	1970
30	Delaney Creek Dam No. 3	Washington	51	High	Poor	1973
31	Elk Creek Dam No. 9	Washington	48	Significant	Fair	1962
32	Little Raccoon Dam No. 12b	Parke	47	Significant	Poor	1968
33	Brookville Dam - Dunlapsville Levee	Union	46	High	Not Available	1974
34	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 18	Henry	45	High	Satisfactory	1994
35	Svcd Structure No. F-6 (collins Lake)	Orange	45	High	Fair	1965
36	Deer Creek Dam No. 1	Perry	45	High	Fair	1978
37	Prides Creek Lake Dam	Pike	45	High	Fair	1970
38	Delaney Creek Dam No. 5	Washington	45	Significant	Fair	1974
39	Middle Fork Of Anderson River - No. 7	Perry	44	High	Poor	1970
40	Little Raccoon Dam No. 3 - Earl Dam	Parke	43	High	Fair	1969
41	Prairie Cr. No. A-4-1 (fisher)	Daviess	42	Low	Fair	1963
42	Little Raccoon Dam No. 1 - Albright	Parke	42	High	Fair	1973
43	Svcd Structure No. F-2	Orange	41	Low	Fair	1965
44	Little Raccoon Dam No. 16	Parke	41	Low	Poor	1969
45	Little Raccoon Dam No. 2d - Dwyer Dam	Parke	41	High	Fair	1975
46	Delaney Creek Dam No. 2	Washington	41	High	Poor	1971
47	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 15	Henry	40	High	Fair	1969
48	Svcd Structure No. F-3 (galloway Lake)	Orange	40	High	Fair	1963
49	Little Raccoon Dam No. 11	Parke	40	Significant	Fair	1970
50	Stucker Fork Dam No. 13	Scott	40	Low	Fair	1976
51	Lake Sullivan Dam Busseron No. K-1	Sullivan	40	Significant	Fair	1968
52	Anderson River Watershed Structure U-8	Dubois	39	Low	Fair	1989
53	Little Raccoon Dam No. 18	Parke	39	Low	Poor	1974
54	Little Raccoon Dam No. 12	Parke	39	Significant	Fair	1973
55	Delaney Creek Dam No. 11	Washington	39	High	Fair	1982
56	Elk Creek Dam No. 2	Washington	39	Significant	Poor	1960
57	Delaney Creek Dam No. 13	Washington	39	Low	Poor	1982
58	Delaney Creek Dam No. 4	Washington	39	Low	Poor	1973
59	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 14	Henry	38	Significant	Poor	1971
60	Stucker Fork Dam No. 9	Scott	38	High	Poor	1972
61	Busseron Dam No. L-5	Sullivan	38	Low	Fair	1963
62	Delaney Creek Dam No. 12	Washington	38	High	Fair	1982
63	Delaney Creek Dam No. 15	Washington	38	Low	Poor	1981
64	Middle Fork Of Anderson River - No. 23	Perry	37	Significant	Fair	1992
65	Stucker Fork Dam No. 10	Scott	37	Low	Fair	1975
66	Little Raccoon Dam No. 17	Parke	36	Low	Fair	1974
67	Stucker Fork Dam No. 5	Scott	36	Low	Fair	1971
68	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 2	Rush	35	Significant	Poor	1972
69	Prairie Cr. Dam No. 1	Vigo	35	Low	Poor	1970
70	Delaney Creek Dam No. 16	Washington	35	High	Poor	1982
71	Little Walnut Creek Conservancy District - Structure 3	Putnam	34	High	Fair	1971
72	Stucker Fork Dam No. 4	Scott	34	Significant	Poor	1970
73	Stucker Fork Dam No. 12	Scott	34	Low	Fair	1973
74	Stucker Fork Dam No. 8	Scott	34	High	Fair	1974
75	Elk Creek Dam No. 3	Washington	34	Significant	Poor	1960
76	Elk Creek Dam No. 7	Washington	34	Significant	Poor	1959
77	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 19	Henry	33	High	Satisfactory	1995
78	Busseron Dam No. F-1	Sullivan	33	Significant	Fair	1976
79	Thompson Ditch Dam	Vigo	33	High	Poor	1977
80	Ferdinand Forest Dam L-6	Dubois	32	Low	Fair	1985
81	Busseron Dam No. D-4	Greene	32	Significant	Fair	1965
82	Little Raccoon Dam No. 7	Parke	32	Significant	Fair	1972
83	Middle Fork Of Anderson River - No. 11	Perry	32	Low	Fair	1992
84	Busseron Dam No. L-1	Sullivan	32	High	Satisfactory	1961
85	Busseron Dam No. G-4	Vigo	32	Significant	Fair	1964
86	Stucker Fork Dam No. 6	Scott	31	Significant	Fair	1969
87	Stucker Fork Dam No. 1	Scott	31	Significant	Fair	1968
88	Delaney Creek Dam No. 14	Washington	31	High	Poor	1982
89	Elk Creek Dam No. 1	Washington	31	Significant	Fair	1960
90	Prairie Cr. No. B-4-7 (o'conner)	Daviess	30	Low	Fair	1966
91	Ferdinand Forest Dam L-13	Dubois	30	Significant	Fair	1985
92	Little Raccoon Dam No. 14	Parke	30	Low	Poor	1973
93	Stucker Fork Dam No. 16a	Scott	30	Significant	Poor	1977
94	Busseron Dam No. G-3	Sullivan	30	Significant	Fair	1964
95	Busseron Dam No. I-2	Sullivan	30	Low	Fair	1971
96	Busseron Dam No. G-2	Sullivan	30	Significant	Fair	1964
97	Elk Creek Dam No. 8	Washington	30	Significant	Fair	1962
98	Prairie Cr. No. A-3-2 (vest)	Daviess	29	Significant	Fair	1961
99	Kerrington Proper Dam	Johnson	29	Low	Poor	1974
100	Stucker Fork Dam No. 15	Scott	29	Significant	Poor	1963

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