Dams in Cowley County, Kansas

131Total Dams

6High Hazard

6Significant

Dam Safety in Cowley County, Kansas

Cowley County has 131 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 6 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 6 carry a significant hazard classification.

The average dam in Cowley County is 54 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Timber Creek Mpd No 29 at 91 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Timber Creek Mpd No 29	High	Satisfactory	91	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 21	High	Fair	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Frd No 20	High	Fair	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Lake Wynds Dam	High	Fair	36	Recreation	1971
Dd No 110	High	Fair	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Frd No 112	High	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 30	Significant	Fair	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Dd No 104	Significant	Fair	40	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Frd No 30	Significant	Not Rated	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 15	Significant	Satisfactory	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 32	Significant	Satisfactory	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Frd No 2	Significant	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Frd No 12	Low		72	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 31	Low		69	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 23	Low		59	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 16	Low		57	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 24	Low		51	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 22	Low		49	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Dd No 101	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Dd No 103	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
	Low		47		1953
Dd No 105	Low	Satisfactory	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 15	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 14	Low		45	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 17	Low		45	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 4	Low		44	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 31	Low		43	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 28	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 17	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 18	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
	Low		40	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 106	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		40	Other	1941
Frd No 18	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No 12	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		37	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
Frd No 13	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 19	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No 26	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 10	Low	Fair	36	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		35		1977
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Run-off Holding Pond	Low		35	Other
Frd No 5	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 5	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 108	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Frd No 25	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 11	Low	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Frd No 33	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 14	Low	Satisfactory	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 115	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 105	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Frd No 2	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
	Low		30		1960
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30		1971
Frd No 111	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Frd No 24	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 7	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 27	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
	Low		29		1969
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
Frd No 6	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 8	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 4	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		28		1975
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1984
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 22	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Frd No 9	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 5	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		27		1969
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 35	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 34	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 3	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
	Low		26		1968
	Low	Not Available	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26		1972
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25		1976
Maars Dam	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 119	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Frd No 3	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
	Low		24		1975
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Site #144	Low		24		2000
Frd No 113	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Frd No 117	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		23		1952
Site 140	Low		23
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Site 101 -roy Fruits Sp Dam	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Low		22		1947
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No. 143	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1998
Frd No 1	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 23	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
	Low		20		1970
	Low		20		1976
	Low		20		1958
	Low		20		1960
	Low		20		1960
Frd No 118	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19		1950
Farm Pond	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19		1966
Dd No 136	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		18		1977
	Low		18		1947
Dd No 109	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1937
	Low		17		1946
	Low		17		1964
	Low		16		1962
	Low		16		1976
	Low		16		1978
	Low		16		1951
	Low		16		1950
	Low		16		1976
	Low		16		1950
	Low		16		1964
	Low		15		1960
	Low		15		1951
	Low		15	Recreation
	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Undetermined		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977

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