Dams in Franklin County, Kansas

76Total Dams

2High Hazard

2Significant

Dam Safety in Franklin County, Kansas

Franklin County has 76 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 2 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 2 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Franklin County is 53 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Dd No H-26 (timber Lake) at 53 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Dd No B-2	High	Fair	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Dd No M-9	High	Satisfactory	22	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
City Water Supply Dam	Significant	Poor	44	Water Supply	1955
Taylor Dam (aka-ferguson Dam)	Significant	Fair	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Dd No H-26 (timber Lake)	Low		53	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		41	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		37	Irrigation
	Low		36	Irrigation
Dd No H-9	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Dd No H-13	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No H-12	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low	Not Available	31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Dd No H-11	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
	Low		30		1965
	Low		30	Other	1972
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Dd No H-4	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Timber Lake Ranch Dam No. 2	Low		30		1965
	Low		29		1972
Gilkey Dam	Low		29		1958
	Low		28		1950
	Low		28		1971
	Low		28
	Low		28	Irrigation	1979
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Recreation
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		27	Recreation
	Low		27	Irrigation
	Low		27	Irrigation
	Low		26		1958
	Low		26		1968
	Low		26		1972
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Other	1972
	Low		26		1974
Dd No M-3	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
Timber Lake Dam No. 1	Low		26		1958
Dd No M-10	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25		1967
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Other
Dd No 3-34	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
	Low		24		1978
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low	Not Rated	23	Irrigation	1976
	Low		23	Irrigation
Pond #3	Low		22	Irrigation
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Irrigation
	Low		22	Irrigation
	Low	Poor	22
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No M-1	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
	Low		21	Recreation
Kars Add-on #940	Low		21	Irrigation
	Low		21		1965
	Low		20		1959
	Low		20	Irrigation
	Low		20		1974
Dd No B-1	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	2010
	Low		18		1960
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		16		1960
	Low		15	Water Supply	1955
	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Kiefer Dam-1919	Low		13	Water Supply
Miller Dam	Low		10	Water Supply	1938
	Undetermined		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Pond #1	Undetermined		19

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