Tallest Dams in Indiana

Indiana has 1081 dams with recorded heights. The tallest is Cagles Mill Dam at 150 feet. Taller dams impound more water and carry greater potential energy, which is why height is a key factor in hazard classification and inspection requirements.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Type	Purpose	Hazard	Year
1	Cagles Mill Dam	Putnam	150	Rockfill	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1953
2	Patoka Lake Dam	Dubois	145	Rockfill	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1978
3	Sweetwater Lake Dam	Brown	140	Earth	Recreation	High	1965
4	Mississinewa Dam	Miami	140	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1967
5	Hidden Valley Lake Dam	Dearborn	135	Earth	Recreation	High	1973
6	Cordry Lake Dam	Brown	120	Earth		Significant	1969
7	Cecil M. Harden Dam	Parke	119	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1960
8	Monroe Dam	Monroe	93	Rockfill	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1965
9	Eagle Creek Reservoir Dam	Marion	92	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1967
10	Celina Lake (str. #5)	Perry	86	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1969
11	Lamb Lake Estates Dam	Johnson	82	Earth	Water Supply	High	1972
12	Grandview Lake Dam	Bartholomew	81	Earth	Water Supply	High	1965
13	Indian Lake (str. #6)	Perry	79	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1968
14	Twin-rush Creek Dam No. 3	Washington	74	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1969
15	Middle Fork Reservoir Dam	Wayne	74	Earth	Water Supply	High	1963
16	Muddy Fork Structure No. 3	Clark	72	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1973
17	Morse Reservoir Dam	Hamilton	70	Earth	Water Supply	High	1955
18	Panther Creek Dam	Jefferson	70	Earth		Significant	1960
19	Whitewater St. Park Lake Dam	Union	70		Recreation	Significant	1949
20	Saddle Lake (str. #1)	Perry	69	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1965
21	Lake Holiday Dam	Montgomery	68	Earth	Recreation	Significant	1964
22	Springs Valley Lake (f7)	Orange	68	Earth	Fish and Wildlife Pond	High	1963
23	A.b. Brown Power Plant	Posey	68	Earth	Other	High	1975
24	Little Walnut Creek Conservancy District Structure #4	Putnam	66	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1976
25	Hoosier Energy Reservoir Dam	Sullivan	66	Earth	Water Supply	High	1980
26	Versailles Lake Dam	Ripley	65	Earth	Water Supply	High	1956
27	Twin-rush Creek Dam No. 2	Washington	65	Earth	Water Supply	High	1969
28	Oakdale	Carroll	64	Earth	Recreation	High	1925
29	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 13	Henry	64	Earth	Water Supply	Significant	1974
30	Summit Lake State Park Dam	Henry	64	Earth	Recreation	High	1981
31	Ken Ray	Lawrence	64	Earth	Recreation	Significant	1961
32	Ayrshire Slurry Pond	Warrick	64	Earth	Other	Significant	1973
33	Hood Lake Dam	Johnson	63	Earth	Recreation	High	1968
34	Rocky Fork Lake Dam (lower)	Parke	63	Earth	Recreation	Significant	1959
35	Hardy Lake Dam	Scott	63			High	1970
36	Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 7-a	Henry	62	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1976
37	C.j. Rust Lake Dam	Jackson	62	Earth	Recreation	Significant	1974
38	Painted Hills Lake Dam	Morgan	62		Recreation	High	1970
39	Prairie Creek Reservoir Dam	Delaware	61	Earth	Other	High	1959
40	Nebo Lake Dam	Morgan	60		Recreation	High	1954
41	Deam Lake Dam	Clark	59	Earth		High	1964
42	Bradford Woods Lake Dam	Morgan	59	Earth	Recreation	High	1960
43	Delaney Creek Dam No. 1	Washington	59	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1971
44	Yellowwood Lake Dam	Brown	57	Earth	Recreation	High	1939
45	Tecumseh Lake Dam (ymca)	Carroll	57	Earth	Recreation	Low	1988
46	Ortwein Dam	Dearborn	57	Earth	Recreation	High	1989
47	Seven Springs Lake Dam	Harrison	57	Earth	Recreation	Low	1977
48	Prock Lake Dam	Hendricks	57	Earth	Recreation	High	1979
49	White Lake Conservancy District Dam	Johnson	57	Earth	Recreation	High	1952
50	Borden Lake Dam	Clark	56	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1971

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