Dams in Dickinson County, Kansas

95Total Dams

3High Hazard

2Significant

Dam Safety in Dickinson County, Kansas

Dickinson County has 95 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 3 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 Dickinson County is 55 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Multiple Purpose Dam #6 at 52 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Multiple Purpose Dam #6	High	Poor	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 1	High	Poor	42	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Lake Herington	High	Poor	40	Recreation	1923
Frd No 7	Significant	Fair	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Harvey Wood Farm Pond	Significant	Fair	18	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 13 (site 7-21)	Low		44	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 15	Low		41
Frd No 11	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 11 (site 10-24)	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
	Low		39
Frd No 5	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 2	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Frd No 6	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No. 3	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		35		1969
Frd No 12	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 14	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Dd No 17 (14-24)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Frd No 10	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 3	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 12	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
Frd No 8	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Frd No 16	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		28		1974
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
Frd No 13	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Frd No 4	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Frd No 19	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Frd No 4-b	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		24		1964
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Recreation	1966
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Frd No 4-a	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Frd No 4-c	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Low		23		1956
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2003
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
King Solomon Dam	Low		21	Recreation	1967
	Low		20		1972
	Low		20		1966
	Low		20		1950
	Low		20		1956
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
Bowell Dam	Low	Not Rated	20	Irrigation	1970
Dd No B-1	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 14	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
	Low		19		1967
	Low		19	Other
	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
	Low		18		1950
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		17		1957
	Low		17	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		17	Other
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1937
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		15		1940
	Low		15		1998
	Low		15		1950
	Low		15	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		14		1960
	Low		10		1960
Red Bud Lake	Low		10		1950

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