Dams in Atchison County, Kansas

184Total Dams

24High Hazard

2Significant

Dam Safety in Atchison County, Kansas

Atchison County has 184 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 24 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Atchison County is 56 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Frd No 8 at 65 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Frd No 8	High	Fair	65	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 2	High	Satisfactory	59	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Frd No 22	High	Satisfactory	58	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 7	High	Satisfactory	58	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 4	High	Satisfactory	57	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 17	High	Fair	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 19	High	Poor	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 9	High	Satisfactory	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 24	High	Satisfactory	53	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 20	High	Satisfactory	53	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 11	High	Satisfactory	53	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 3	High	Satisfactory	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Frd No 23	High	Satisfactory	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Frd No 25	High	Fair	50	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 10	High	Satisfactory	49	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 5	High	Poor	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 12	High	Fair	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 14	High	Satisfactory	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 1	High	Satisfactory	44	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 6	High	Fair	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 18	High	Fair	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 16	High	Satisfactory	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 15	High	Fair	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 13	High	Satisfactory	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Frd No 21	Significant	Satisfactory	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Significant		29		1971
Atchison County State Lake	Low	Poor	62		1956
	Low		51	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		40	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		40	Recreation	1935
Gsd No B-53 (gc 18)	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Paradise Lake	Low		39	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		38		1965
	Low		38	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		38	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No B-69	Low		38	Debris Control	1994
Gs Dd No B-33 (gc 22)	Low		38	Debris Control
	Low		37	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		35		1977
	Low		35		1975
	Low		35	Recreation
	Low		35		1959
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No B-54 (gc 26)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction
Gsd No B-38 (gc 25)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		34		1966
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No B-55 (gc 27)	Low		34	Debris Control
Gs Dd No B-17 (gc Gs 28c)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-11 (gc 3)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Frd No 12	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low	Not Available	32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Gsd No B-21 (gc 23)	Low		32	Debris Control
	Low		31		1972
	Low	Not Available	31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs No B-24 (gc 6)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
Gsdd B-16 (gc Gs 28b)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Frd No 13	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 19	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1956
	Low		30		1961
	Low		30		1965
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
Dd No B-40 (straffus)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Dd No 1-18 (rogers)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gsd No B-71 (gc 10)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 15	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 5	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		29		1967
	Low		29		1975
	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		29		1958
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-51 (gc 14)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Gsd No B-45 (gc 8)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Frd No 14	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		28		1967
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
	Low		28		1960
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-44 (gc 9)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No B-29	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 18	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		27		1960
	Low		27		1968
	Low		27		1977
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-7 (gc 1-b)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Dd No 1-7 (matthias)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gsdd B-30 (gc Gs 11)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
Frd No 8	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Gs Dd No B-64 (gc 17)	Low		27	Debris Control
Frd No 9	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		26		1955
	Low		26		1959
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1972
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26		1971
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1963
	Low		26		1971
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26		1967
	Low		26		1968
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
	Low		26	Debris Control
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-61 (gc 19)	Low		26	Debris Control
	Low	Not Available	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		25	Irrigation
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsdd No B-12 (gc Gs 4)	Low		25	Debris Control	2002
Gs Dd No B-8 (gc 1a)	Low		25	Debris Control	2000
Frd No 17	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-27 (gc 7)	Low		24	Debris Control
Dam Above Paradise Lake	Low		24		1964
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1961
	Low		22		1957
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No B-66 (bodenhausen)	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20
	Low		20		1955
Gs Dd No B-67	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20		1974
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gsd No B-42 (gc 13)	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Paradise Lake (upper Dam)	Low		20	Recreation
	Low	Not Available	18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
	Low		18		1960
Hwy 73	Undetermined	Satisfactory	49	Flood Risk Reduction

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