79Total Dams
0High Hazard
7Significant
Dam Safety in Cass County, Iowa
Cass County has 79 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dam has a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Cass County is 42 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Lake Anita Dam at 53 ft.
Explore more: Oldest dams in Iowa · Tallest dams · High risk dams · Largest reservoirs
| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Anita Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 53 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 55d | Significant | Satisfactory | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1994 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 59d-2 | Significant | Fair | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 24-2 | Significant | Satisfactory | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 59d-1 | Significant | Fair | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1990 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 50d | Significant | Poor | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 24-1 | Significant | Satisfactory | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1990 |
| Southwest Iowa Egg Cooperative Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Water Supply | 1999 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 53-3 | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 2-5 | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1990 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 24-3 | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 53-6 | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 49-a | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 33 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 21-1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1987 |
| Crooked Creek Watershed Site 11-c | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Troublesome Creek Watershed Site 78-4 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Grade Stabilization | 1999 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 40 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-7 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 47 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-21 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Weppler Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Grade Stabilization | 2023 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 24-2 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1995 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 10-18 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2006 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 40-5a | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Eblen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 13 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 58 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 58-3 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 40-2 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 62-7 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Grade Stabilization | 2002 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-2 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Woodward Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1994 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 10-1 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2007 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 42 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 39 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 10-26 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2005 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-24 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Tolton Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 2020 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 58d | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Grade Stabilization | 2004 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-58 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-9 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-19 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Anna Smith Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Grade Stabilization | 2023 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 49 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 27-1 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 53-5 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2005 |
| Crooked Creek Watershed Site 5-c | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 1-1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2006 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-27 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1990 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-3 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-8 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-5a | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 62-5 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1990 |
| Holste Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Debord/brown Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 19-29 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Grade Stabilization | 2004 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 24-1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1992 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 53-1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-25 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1990 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-15 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Eblen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Thompson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 62-7a | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Grade Stabilization | 2002 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 37 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 40-5 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Troublesome Creek Watershed Site 29-1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Grade Stabilization | 2003 |
| Troublesome Creek Watershed Site 78-3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1999 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 23-14 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 23-25 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Troublesome Cr Watershed Site 16-3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Wickman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2004 |
| Behnken Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2000 |
| Turkey Creek Watershed Site 39-9 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Grade Stabilization | 2004 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 53-2 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 10-11 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 19-34a | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |
| Turkey Cr Watershed Site 23-20 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Cold Springs Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | 1949 |