145Total Dams
2High Hazard
3Significant
Dam Safety in Crawford County, Iowa
Crawford County has 145 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 2 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 3 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dam has a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Crawford County is 49 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Yellowsmoke Park Dam at 59 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowsmoke Park Dam | High | Satisfactory | 59 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Meyer Dam | High | Fair | 45 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-2 | Significant | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-35-1 | Significant | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-1 | Significant | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |
| Dunham Dam | Low | Not assessed | 58 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site a | Low | Not assessed | 52 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-1-3 | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-10 | Low | Not assessed | 49 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-1-4 | Low | Not assessed | 49 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-29-2 | Low | Not assessed | 47 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-5 | Low | Not assessed | 46 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Big Park Watershed Site A-2 | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Big Park Watershed Site F-2 | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-2-1 | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Langenfeld - Heiden Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Grade Stabilization | 2000 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-4 | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site B-3 | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-3-1 | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Houston/rogers Dam | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site A-1 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Big Park Watershed Site D-1 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-6 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Big Park Watershed Site C-1 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site B-4 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Goeser Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Turner Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-1 | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site B-2 | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Schlensig Dam | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Crawford Co Roadgrade Dam 34-84-39 | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Grade Stabilization | 2002 |
| Big Park Watershed Site A-3 | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-33-2 | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1993 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-1-7 | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-27-1 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-24-2 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Timm Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Assman #4 Grade Stabilization Structure | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2010 |
| Crawford County Roadgrade Dam 27-83-38 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2000 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-14 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-2 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Big Park Watershed Site D-4 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-2-1 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-1-6 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-1-5 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Tate Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Iowa Noname8 | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Carstens & Stover Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-7 | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C-3 | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Campbell Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Kuhlman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Weed Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-2-5 | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Murchland Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Iowa Noname67 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Jacobson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Seven Cedars Farms Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2001 |
| Lincoln Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2004 |
| Rath Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Big Park Watershed Site C-2 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Big Park Watershed Site D-2 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Big Park Watershed Site D-3 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site B-1 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-16-2 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Klockgether Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Staley & Rae Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Miller & Stender Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-9 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Big Park Watershed Site C-3 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Big Park Watershed Site F-1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-11 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Grau Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Henry Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Boeck Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Lacey Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Moeller Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Block Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Dorfler Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-29-1 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1993 |
| Mill Picayune Watershed Site M-30-2 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Buck Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Grade Stabilization | 2000 |
| Big Park Watershed Site C-4 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Big Park Watershed Site F-3 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-2-2 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-2-6 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Reitz Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Rath Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2004 |
| Riggleman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1998 |
| Dozark Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Langenfield/kolln Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Big Park Watershed Site A-1 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Denison Country Club #3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Irrigation | 1991 |
| Big Park Watershed Site A-4 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Tiefenthaler Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Garrett Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Nemitz Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Bartlett Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Deiber & Shook Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Crawford County Roadgrade Dam 33-83-38 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2000 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-6 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Sharp Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Christensen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | 1999 | |
| Miller Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Schneller Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1989 |
| Hawley Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2009 |
| Hamaker Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Ridgley Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Lazy K Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Shields & Laubscher Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Kenkel Dam | Low | Poor | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Tiefenthaler Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Kasperbauer Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Vontersch/ahrenholtz Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Blair - Stoelk Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2001 |
| Sharp Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Rosener Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2002 |
| Clark Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2004 |
| Mccollough Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Grade Stabilization | 2000 |
| Riggleman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Creti Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Grade Stabilization | 2000 |
| Iowa DNR Noname 1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2006 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site C | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Ida County Roadgrade Dam 04-85-41 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Hopp Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2006 |
| Muhlbauer Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2001 |
| Norelius Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1997 |
| Malone Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Thomson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Argotsinger Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Dozark Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Other | 1962 |
| Moller/frahm Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Meyer Dam East | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2010 |
| Tucker/rath/sewell Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Korn Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Yellowsmoke Watershed Site D-2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1989 |
| Craword Co Roadgrade Dam 22-84-38 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Grade Stabilization | 2003 |
| Dane Ridge Watershed Site D-13 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 |
| Molseed Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2001 |
| Yellowsmoke Watershed Site D-1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1989 |
| Martins Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Clinton Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2008 |
| Mohr Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2001 |
| Tenhulzen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1991 |
| Norlund 1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2005 |