High Risk Dams in Kansas

Kansas has 75 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 323 high hazard dams in Kansas, 75 (23%) have concerning condition ratings — 74 rated poor and 1 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Cooling Lake Dam - Wolf Creek Unit 1	Coffey	82	Poor	Other	1980
Dam No 4	Linn	68	Poor	Recreation	1985
Lake Sherwood	Shawnee	68	Poor	Recreation	1964
Dam No 1	Linn	67	Poor	Recreation
Lake Estates Dam No 2	Linn	65	Poor	Recreation
Ft Scott Municipal Dam	Bourbon	62	Poor	Water Supply	1959
Dd No 6-28 Lower Dam (sedan City Lake)	Chautauqua	60	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Dam No 2-6 (timber Hill Lake)	Chautauqua	59	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Frd No E-2	Greenwood	57	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Frd No E-1	Greenwood	56	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Lakeview Estates	Johnson	55	Poor	Recreation
Lake Jivaro	Shawnee	55	Poor	Water Supply	1963
Frd No S-6	Greenwood	55	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Mpd No 4-16	Hodgeman	54	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Lake Miola	Miami	54	Poor	Water Supply	1957
Frd No 19	Atchison	54	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Frd No 4-6	Butler	54	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Barber State Fishing Lake	Barber	54	Poor	Recreation	1954
Multiple Purpose Dam #6	Dickinson	52	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 31	Douglas	51	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Mcpherson State Fishing Lake Dam Improvements	McPherson	51	Poor	Recreation	1954
Frd No 5	Atchison	48	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Sabetha Country Club	Nemaha	47	Poor	Other	1970
Frd No 2	Ottawa	47	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Lebo City Dam	Coffey	46	Poor	Water Supply	1959
Frd No 6	Pottawatomie	46	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Strowbridge Dam	Osage	45	Poor	Recreation	1966
Lake "d"	Shawnee	44	Poor	Recreation	1965
Frd No 18	Harvey	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Bayer Pond Dam	Riley	42	Poor	Recreation
Dam No 3	Linn	42	Poor	Recreation
Frd No 1	Dickinson	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Runnebaum Dam	Leavenworth	41	Poor	Recreation	1977
Frd No 19	Harvey	41	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Back-up Water Supply	Woodson	41	Poor	Water Supply	1936
Lake Herington	Dickinson	40	Poor	Recreation	1923
Frd No T-4	Brown	40	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Cedar Lake (old Olathe Lake)	Johnson	39	Poor	Water Supply	1931
Frd No I-1-25 (illinois Crkdam)	Montgomery	39	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Dd No 4-14a	Hodgeman	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Santa Fe Lake Dam	Butler	38	Poor	Recreation	1927
Hawkins Dam	Rawlins	38	Poor	Other	1967
Spring Hill Water Supply Dam	Johnson	37	Poor	Water Supply	1953
Mission Lake	Brown	36	Poor	Water Supply	1924
Sarcoxie Lake Dam	Leavenworth	35	Poor	Recreation	1965
Frd No 5	Shawnee	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No T-3	Brown	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Ottawa State Fishing Lake	Ottawa	34	Poor	Recreation	1927
Rogers Dam	Riley	33	Unsatisfactory	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 2-26	Chautauqua	33	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Dd No 107	Harvey	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
Gs Dd No 59	Pottawatomie	32	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Garrett Dam	Osage	32	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Mellott Timberlake Dam	Wyandotte	32	Poor	Recreation
Dam No 4	Linn	32	Poor	Recreation
Rimrock Dam	Geary	31	Poor	Recreation
Frd No 1 (spillman Creek)	Lincoln	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 6	Butler	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Seven Hills Dam	Johnson	30	Poor	Recreation	1965
Fun Valley Dam	Wyandotte	30	Poor	Recreation	2005
Us 77 Road Fill Dam	Riley	29	Poor	Other	1967
	Doniphan	28	Poor		1964
Frd No 1	Jefferson	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Dd No B-1	Gray	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Legacy Lakes	Shawnee	26	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
	McPherson	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Lincoln	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Frd No 24	Rush	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
Beech Lake Dam	Sedgwick	25	Poor	Recreation	1953
Dd No A-1	Gray	24	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Upper Dam	Butler	22	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 8-5	Douglas	22	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
South Frisco	Johnson	22	Poor	Other	1868
Dam No 1	Wyandotte	20	Poor	Recreation	1940
Dd No E-1	Gray	19	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959

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