Dams in Greenwood County, Kansas
166Total Dams
7High Hazard
6Significant
Dam Safety in Greenwood County, Kansas
Greenwood County has 166 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 7 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 6 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 4 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Greenwood County is 54 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Otis Creek Dam (mpd No W-7) at 94 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Creek Dam (mpd No W-7) | High | Fair | 94 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Fall River Dam | High | Not Available | 94 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1948 |
| Frd No E-2 | High | Poor | 57 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Frd No E-1 | High | Poor | 56 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Frd No S-6 | High | Poor | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Dd No 3 | High | Fair | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Fall River Dam | High | Fair | 31 | Other | 1960 |
| Dam No 7-8 | Significant | Satisfactory | 58 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1970 |
| Lower Wiedemann Dam | Significant | Poor | 56 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Frd No E-4 | Significant | Fair | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Frd No E-11 | Significant | Fair | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Severy City Dam | Significant | Fair | 25 | Water Supply | 1938 |
| Dd No I-13 | Significant | Fair | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2008 |
| Eureka Lake Dam (bachelor Cr) | Low | 66 | Water Supply | 1939 | |
| Frd No S-1 | Low | 61 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No S-2 | Low | 59 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Frd No I-5 | Low | 53 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 | |
| Frd No 12-1 | Low | 52 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No F-6 | Low | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 | |
| Frd No S-3 | Low | 49 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Frd No E-7 | Low | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 | |
| Frd No 5-2 | Low | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Dd No 6-10 | Low | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 | |
| Frd No 12-3 | Low | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No E-8 | Low | Fair | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Frd No 5-11 | Low | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No E-6 | Low | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No 12-5 | Low | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No W-2 | Low | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Frd No W-1 | Low | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Frd No 9-5 | Low | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No 16-1 | Low | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 | |
| Frd No W-3 | Low | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Frd No F-3 | Low | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 | ||
| Low | 41 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 | ||
| Frd No 17-2 | Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 | |
| Frd No 9-2 | Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No E-10 | Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Frd No 5-1 | Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No E-3 | Low | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Low | 40 | 1977 | |||
| Low | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 | ||
| Dd No 7 | Low | 40 | Debris Control | 2009 | |
| Frd No 9-1 | Low | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Frd No 7-7 | Low | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Low | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 | ||
| Dd No 45 | Low | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2003 | |
| Frd No 17-5 | Low | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 | |
| Frd No E-12 | Low | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Frd No 6-1 | Low | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No 12-2 | Low | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 | |
| Frd No E-5 | Low | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Dd No 40 | Low | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 | |
| Dd No 22 | Low | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | ||
| Frd No 17-4 | Low | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 | |
| Frd No 16-2 | Low | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 | |
| Frd No 4-3 | Low | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 | |
| Low | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 | ||
| Dd No 35 | Low | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1995 | |
| Frd No 7-2 | Low | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No 17-3 | Low | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 | |
| Frd No 9-3 | Low | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Dd No 111 | Low | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2014 | |
| Teter Oil Field | Low | 33 | Other | 1950 | |
| Dd No 42 | Low | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2005 | |
| Dd No 3 (jamison) | Low | Fair | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2023 |
| Frd No 11-2 | Low | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No 12-4 | Low | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Frd No 5-10 | Low | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 | |
| Frd No F-10 | Low | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 | |
| Low | 30 | 1945 | |||
| Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 | ||
| Dd\ No F-13 | Low | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2009 | |
| Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | ||
| Dd No 44 | Low | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1995 | |
| Thrall Unit Flood Project | Low | 30 | Other | 1950 | |
| Low | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Dd No 115 | Low | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | ||
| Dd No 117 | Low | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 | |
| Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 | ||
| Dd No 113 | Low | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2002 | |
| Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 | ||
| Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 27 | 1970 | |||
| Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 | ||
| Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Feist Ranch | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2010 | |
| Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | ||
| Frd No 9-4 | Low | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 | |
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 26 | 1936 | |||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | ||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 | ||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 | ||
| Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Dd No 25 | Low | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1987 | |
| Dam 1 | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 | |
| Ed Vanderbilt Dam | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 | |
| Low | 25 | 1955 | |||
| Low | 25 | 1945 | |||
| Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Dd No 33 | Low | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | ||
| Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 25 | 1975 | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 | ||
| Low | 24 | 1977 | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 | ||
| Low | 24 | 1970 | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 24 | 1963 | |||
| Low | 24 | 1964 | |||
| Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | ||
| Dam No 4 | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | ||
| Dd No 8 | Low | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1985 | |
| Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Dam 2 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | ||
| Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | ||
| Dd No F-12 | Low | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2000 | |
| Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1983 | ||
| Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 21 | Recreation | 1987 | ||
| Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Stockwater | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1996 | |
| Dd No 21 | Low | 21 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 | |
| Low | 20 | 1965 | |||
| Low | 20 | 1956 | |||
| Low | 20 | 1955 | |||
| Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 20 | 1965 | |||
| Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 | ||
| Low | 19 | 1965 | |||
| Low | 19 | 1963 | |||
| Low | 19 | 1961 | |||
| Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1981 | ||
| Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | ||
| Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 | ||
| Low | 17 | 1964 | |||
| Dd No 43 | Low | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1993 | |
| Low | 17 | 1955 | |||
| Low | 15 | 1970 | |||
| Low | 15 | 1964 | |||
| Low | 14 | 1965 | |||
| Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1981 | ||
| Low | 10 | 1960 | |||
| Undetermined | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |||
| Undetermined | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | ||
| Undetermined | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | ||
| Undetermined | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |