Dams in Chautauqua County, Kansas

85Total Dams

4High Hazard

2Significant

Dam Safety in Chautauqua County, Kansas

Chautauqua County has 85 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 4 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 4 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Chautauqua County is 60 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Dam No 18-26 (boy Scout Lake) at 76 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Dam No 18-26 (boy Scout Lake)	High	Fair	76	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dd No 6-28 Lower Dam (sedan City Lake)	High	Poor	60	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dam No 2-6 (timber Hill Lake)	High	Poor	59	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 2-26	High	Poor	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Upper Dam	Significant	Poor	44	Water Supply	1935
Frd No 5	Significant	Fair	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 11-34	Low		63	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 12-3	Low		61	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 28	Low		59	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 13	Low		59	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Frd No 9-1	Low		57	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 7-25	Low		56	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 8-23	Low		55	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 26	Low		53	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Aiken Dd No 1	Low		52	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Frd No 17-34	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 27	Low		47	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 4-35	Low		47	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 21	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 8-34	Low	Fair	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 7-31b	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 13-12	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No B1-6	Low		44	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 16-31	Low		43	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 20	Low		43	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 16-6	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		39	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
Frd No 3	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 17-3	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		38	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No B1-7	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 16-18b	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 17-36	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 4-12	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 29	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 9-12	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 15-17	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 3-19	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No B2-22	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dd No 101	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 14-4	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No B1-17	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 15-9	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 4	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 11-5	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 15-2	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 14-23	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 7	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		30		1959
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1959
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Stockwater Dam (domestic)	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 2	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 6	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 5-11	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1956
Clark/ferguson Dam	Low		28		1958
	Low		27		1972
Frd No 1	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		26		1967
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26		1964
	Low		26		1972
	Low		26		1964
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25		1959
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24		1966
	Low		24		1960
	Low		24		1965
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21		1972
	Low		21		1971
	Low		21		1969
	Low		20		1970
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 2-30	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		13	Water Supply	1954

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