Flood Control Dams in Kansas

Kansas has 1710 flood control dams, of which 170 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Cedar Bluff Dam	Trego	202	High	Not assessed	1951
2	Gs Dd No C-127	Jackson	169	Low	Not assessed	1996
3	Kirwin Dam	Phillips	169	High	Not assessed	1955
4	Tuttle Creek Dam - Blue Rapids Levee	Marshall	157	High	Not assessed	1963
5	Wilson Dam	Russell	152	High	Not assessed	1964
6	Milford Dam	Geary	147	High	Not assessed	1966
7	Glen Elder Cawker City Dike	Mitchell	142	High	Not assessed	1969
8	Glen Elder Dam	Mitchell	142	High	Not assessed	1969
9	Kanopolis Dam	Ellsworth	131	High	Not assessed	1948
10	Norton Dam	Norton	131	High	Not assessed	1964
11	Cheney Dam	Sedgwick	126	High	Not assessed	1965
12	Melvern Dam	Osage	123	High	Not assessed	1972
13	Perry Dam	Jefferson	121	High	Not assessed	1966
14	Clinton Dam	Douglas	116	High	Not assessed	1977
15	Pomona Dam	Osage	111	High	Not assessed	1963
16	Hillsdale Dam	Miami	105	High	Not assessed	1981
17	Council Grove Dam	Morris	105	High	Not assessed	1964
18	El Dorado Dam	Butler	99	High	Not assessed	1981
19	Otis Creek Dam (mpd No W-7)	Greenwood	94	High	Fair	1971
20	Fall River Dam	Greenwood	94	High	Not assessed	1948
21	Lovewell Dam	Jewell	93	High	Not assessed	1957
22	Timber Creek Mpd No 29	Cowley	91	High	Satisfactory	1970
23	Glen Elder Downs Protective Dike	Osborne	90	High	Not assessed	1969
24	Toronto Dam	Woodson	90	High	Not assessed	1960
25	John Redmond Dam - Hartford Levee	Coffey	87	High	Not assessed	1964
26	Frd No 36	Elk	87	Significant	Satisfactory	1974
27	Big Hill Dam	Labette	83	High	Not assessed	1981
28	Dam No 18-26 (boy Scout Lake)	Chautauqua	76	High	Fair	1965
29	Council Grove City Lake Dam	Morris	75	High	Fair	1942
30	Frd No 21	Osage	74	High	Fair	1978
31	Frd No 12	Cowley	72	Low	Not assessed	1967
32	Critzer Dam	Linn	72	High	Satisfactory	2006
33	Cedar Creek Reservoir	Anderson	70	High	Fair
34	Frd No 18	Elk	70	Low	Not assessed	1976
35	Frd No 46	Elk	70	Low	Not assessed	1976
36	Frd No 31	Cowley	69	Low	Not assessed	1966
37	Frd No 35	Elk	68	Low	Not assessed	1973
38	Frd No 22	Mitchell	68	Significant	Satisfactory	1991
39	Marion Dam	Marion	67	High	Not assessed	1968
40	Frd No 1-5	Chase	66	High	Fair	1970
41	Frd No 8	Atchison	65	High	Fair	1963
42	Shadow Lake Dam	Johnson	65	High	Satisfactory
43	N-1	Bourbon	64	Low	Poor	2002
44	Frd No 11-34	Chautauqua	63	Low	Not assessed	1966
45	Frd No 30	Elk	63	Low	Not assessed	1978
46	Multipurpose Site No 53	Wabaunsee	63	Significant	Fair
47	Frd No 12-3	Chautauqua	61	Low	Not assessed	1970
48	Frd No S-1	Greenwood	61	Low	Not assessed	1965
49	Dd No 6-28 Lower Dam (sedan City Lake)	Chautauqua	60	High	Poor	1965
50	Frd No 40	Elk	60	Low	Not assessed	1979
51	Frd No 22	Elk	60	Low	Not assessed	1979
52	Storer Detention Dam	Osborne	60	Low	Not assessed
53	Frd No 2	Atchison	59	High	Satisfactory	1962
54	Frd No W-4	Butler	59	Low	Fair	1970
55	Frd No 3	Chase	59	Low	Not assessed	1985
56	Frd No 28	Chautauqua	59	Low	Not assessed	1970
57	Frd No 13	Chautauqua	59	Low	Not assessed	1973
58	Dam No 2-6 (timber Hill Lake)	Chautauqua	59	High	Poor	1966
59	Frd No 23	Cowley	59	Low	Not assessed	1969
60	Frd No S-2	Greenwood	59	Low	Not assessed	1966
61	Mpd No 4	Shawnee	59	Low	Not assessed	1972
62	Frd No 22	Atchison	58	High	Satisfactory	1965
63	Frd No 7	Atchison	58	High	Satisfactory	1963
64	Frd No 38	Elk	58	Significant	Fair	1977
65	Dam No 7-8	Greenwood	58	Significant	Satisfactory	1970
66	Frd No 4	Atchison	57	High	Satisfactory	1963
67	Frd No 9-1	Chautauqua	57	Low	Not assessed	1967
68	Frd No 16	Cowley	57	Low	Not assessed	1967
69	Frd No 16	Elk	57	Low	Not assessed	1978
70	Frd No E-2	Greenwood	57	High	Poor	1967
71	Dd No 12 (dienst)	Kearny	57	Low	Not assessed
72	Frd No 7-25	Chautauqua	56	Low	Not assessed	1965
73	Frd No 37	Elk	56	Low	Not assessed	1972
74	Frd No 4	Elk	56	Low	Not assessed	1974
75	Frd No 36-a	Elk	56	Significant	Fair	1972
76	Frd No E-1	Greenwood	56	High	Poor	1966
77	Frd No 8-23	Chautauqua	55	Low	Not assessed	1968
78	Frd No S-6	Greenwood	55	High	Poor	1968
79	Frd No 17	Atchison	54	High	Fair	1965
80	Frd No 19	Atchison	54	High	Poor	1965
81	Frd No 9	Atchison	54	High	Satisfactory	1963
82	Frd No 4-6	Butler	54	High	Poor	1967
83	Mpd No 4-16	Hodgeman	54	High	Poor
84	Frd No 11	Shawnee	54	Low	Not assessed	1973
85	Frd No 24	Atchison	53	High	Satisfactory	1965
86	Frd No 20	Atchison	53	High	Satisfactory	1965
87	Frd No 11	Atchison	53	High	Satisfactory	1964
88	Frd No W-5	Butler	53	Low	Not assessed	1968
89	Frd No 26	Chautauqua	53	Low	Not assessed	1969
90	Frd No 24	Douglas	53	High	Fair	1998
91	Frd No 25	Elk	53	Low	Not assessed	1978
92	Dd No H-26 (timber Lake)	Franklin	53	Low	Not assessed
93	Frd No I-5	Greenwood	53	Low	Not assessed	1968
94	Dd No 23-52	Wabaunsee	53	Low	Not assessed
95	Frd No 3	Atchison	52	High	Satisfactory	1962
96	Frd No 23	Atchison	52	High	Satisfactory	1962
97	Frd No M-3	Brown	52	High	Fair	1966
98	Frd No I-9	Butler	52	Low	Not assessed	1967
99	Aiken Dd No 1	Chautauqua	52	Low	Not assessed	1955
100	Multiple Purpose Dam #6	Dickinson	52	High	Poor	1982

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