Dams in Butler County, Kansas

243Total Dams

12High Hazard

10Significant

Dam Safety in Butler County, Kansas

Butler County has 243 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 12 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 10 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 7 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Butler County is 58 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is El Dorado Dam at 99 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
El Dorado Dam	High	Not Available	99	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Frd No 4-6	High	Poor	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 1	High	Fair	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 22	High	Satisfactory	42	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Augusta Waterworks Dam	High	Satisfactory	41	Recreation	1940
Santa Fe Lake Dam	High	Poor	38	Recreation	1927
Fox Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	33	Recreation	1928
Frd No 6	High	Poor	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 7	High	Fair	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
8 - North Sector	High	Satisfactory	27	Flood Risk Reduction	2006
Upper Dam	High	Poor	22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Jaycee Dam	High	Satisfactory	15	Recreation	1958
Upper Wiedemann Dam	Significant	Poor	47	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
Frd No 2	Significant	Satisfactory	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 19	Significant	Fair	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 18	Significant	Poor	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 21	Significant	Poor	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Moffett Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Allison Dam	Significant		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Cloud City Dam	Significant		17	Recreation	2001
Crescent Lake	Significant	Fair	11	Recreation	2005
Project No. 1570	Significant		8	Flood Risk Reduction
Lake Bluestem-harrison Cr.	Low		68	Other	1954
Frd No W-4	Low	Fair	59	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No W-5	Low		53	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Mcclure Dam	Low		52	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2005
Frd No I-9	Low		52	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Site 29	Low	Fair	47	Flood Risk Reduction	2006
Frd No 29	Low		44	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		42	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 1	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 25	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 22	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No I-2	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 17	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 13	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		38	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		37	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 15	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 9	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 2	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 8	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 23	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 11	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 27	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 2	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 6	Low	Fair	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 18	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 13	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 28	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 2	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 30	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 12	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 6	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Pl-566 Site No. 23	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Frd No 10	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 21	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 8	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 26	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 23	Low	Fair	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 4	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 114	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
State Fishing Lake	Low		33		1955
Frd No 7	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 20	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Site 120 - Branson Sp Dam	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Frd No 26	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 15	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 9	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 21	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 14	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 24	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Frd No 12	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 28	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 10	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 11	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 39	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Mcclure Dam	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 9	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Site 104 - Trabue Sp Dam	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 15	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 14	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 13	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 37	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 38	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 16	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1957
Frd No 12	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	2006
Frd No 3	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Dd No 1 (hamm-nuttle)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Frd No 5	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 36	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 3	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 17	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 20	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		27		1956
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No Sp-11	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 14	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 1	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 1	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 10	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 10	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 7	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd #103 Scholfield-bond Site	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 5	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 6	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		26		1956
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 19	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 16	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 11	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 17	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 18	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 24	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 27	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 35	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 40	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 7a	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No Sp-10	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Frd No 25	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 19	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 9	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 20	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Dd No Sp-9	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Dd No 4 (sp-4)	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Frd No 14	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 9-30	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 34	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 31	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2006
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 2 (harvey)	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 33	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		22		1960
	Low		22		1960
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 3 (sp-3)	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Dd No Sp-4	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		21		1973
Gs Dd No 5	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 13	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Dd No 1 (vogelman)	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 32	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		20		1975
	Low		20		1956
	Low		20		1950
	Low		20		1960
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd Sp-8	Low		20		1992
Dd No 2 (blackstone)	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Graham Property Lake	Low		20	Recreation
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2004
	Low		19		1948
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
Dd No Sp-12	Low		19		2000
	Low		18		1975
	Low		18		1972
	Low		18		1976
	Low		18		1975
	Low		18		1933
	Low		18		1975
	Low		18		1944
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No. 123	Low		18
Dd No Sp-3	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Overflow Dam	Low		18	Irrigation	1955
Detention Dam No Sp-6	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
	Low		17		1960
	Low		17		1951
	Low		17		1940
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		16		1958
	Low		16		1960
	Low		16		1975
	Low		16		1946
	Low		16		1941
	Low		16		1969
	Low		16		1951
	Low		16		1960
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		16		1947
	Low		16		1936
Detention Dam Sp-8	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 106 (hazen)	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
	Low		15		1960
	Low		15		1969
	Low		15		1957
	Low		15		1952
	Low		15		1937
	Low		15		1947
	Low		15		1937
	Low		15		1941
	Low		15		1960
	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
	Low		15		1954
	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		15		1938
	Low		15		1939
	Low		14		1958
	Low		14		1960
	Low		14		1953
	Low		14		1958
	Low		14		1975
	Low		14		1944
	Low		14		1957
	Low		14		1958
	Low		14		1960
	Low		14		1950
	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		13		1947
	Low		13		1960
	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		13		1963
	Low		13		1947
	Low		13		1959
	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		13		1953
	Low		12		1942
	Low		12		1955
	Low		12		1946
	Low		12		1964
	Low		12		1947
	Low		12		1962
	Low		12		1960
	Low		11		1960
	Low		10	Irrigation	1983
	Undetermined		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond

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