Dams in Leavenworth County, Kansas

176Total Dams

9High Hazard

4Significant

Dam Safety in Leavenworth County, Kansas

Leavenworth County has 176 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 9 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 4 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 4 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Leavenworth County is 56 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is High Prairie Lake at 78 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Leavenworth State Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	77	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1994
Lake Stellamaris	High	Not Rated	57		1961
Bear Lake	High	Satisfactory	48	Flood Risk Reduction
Runnebaum Dam	High	Poor	41	Recreation	1977
Lake Hope	High	Satisfactory	35		2001
Sarcoxie Lake Dam	High	Poor	35	Recreation	1965
Wagner Dam	High	Not Rated	31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
Bing's Lake	High	Satisfactory	24	Recreation	2001
Johnson/tadlock Dam	High		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Significant		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
	Significant		24		1972
Meyer Dam No 3	Significant		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1991
	Significant		19	Irrigation	1975
High Prairie Lake	Low		78	Recreation
Jh Nelson Environmental Area	Low		45	Other
	Low		43	Flood Risk Reduction
Clay Dam	Low		43		1976
	Low		42	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		42		1961
	Low		42	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		41	Debris Control
Private Dam	Low		41	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1994
	Low		40	Recreation
	Low		40	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		40	Recreation
Warnick Dam	Low		39	Debris Control
	Low		39	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Frantz Dam	Low		39	Recreation
	Low		38	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1938
	Low		38		1971
Happy Hollow Lake	Low		37	Recreation	1936
Happy Hollow	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
	Low		36		1955
	Low		36		1972
	Low		36		1972
	Low		36		1970
	Low		36		1958
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Hunt Dam	Low		36	Recreation
	Low		35		1976
	Low		35		1970
	Low		35		1976
	Low		35		1971
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Meyer Dam No 2 (upper)	Low		35	Irrigation	1978
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		34		1971
	Low		34		1971
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		33		1967
	Low		33		1972
	Low		33		1975
	Low		33		1962
	Low		33		1968
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1978
	Low		33	Debris Control	1974
J & N Ranch Dam	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32		1963
	Low		32		1959
	Low		32		1964
	Low		32		1975
	Low		32		1971
	Low		32		1972
Lind	Low		32		1960
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31		1970
	Low		31		1967
	Low		31		1969
	Low		31		1972
	Low		31		1977
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1981
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31		1966
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31	Recreation	1965
	Low		30		1970
	Low		30		1977
	Low		30		1966
	Low		30		1971
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1975
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1967
	Low		30		1976
	Low		30		1972
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1972
	Low		30
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1972
	Low		30		1975
	Low		30		1976
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		30		1972
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		30	Debris Control	1974
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Ksnoname 4068 (haven)	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
	Low		29		1975
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29		1974
	Low		29		1971
	Low		29		1976
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
	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	1970
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Meyer Dam No 1 (lower)	Low		29	Irrigation	1978
	Low		28		1955
	Low		28		1968
	Low		28		1958
	Low		28		1970
	Low		28		1976
	Low		28		1970
	Low		28		1956
	Low		28		1975
	Low		28		1971
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Debris Control
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27		1976
	Low		27		1966
	Low		27		1962
	Low		27		1976
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
	Low		27		1972
	Low		27		1974
	Low		27		1966
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1969
	Low		26		1958
	Low		26		1971
	Low		26		1956
	Low		26		1971
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1976
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26		1975
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low	Not Available	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		25	Debris Control
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Miller Dam	Low		25	Recreation	1966
Merritt Lake	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1860
	Low		24		1968
	Low		23		1960
	Low		23		1956
	Low		23		1962
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22		1957
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
Smith Lake	Low	Unsatisfactory	22	Recreation	1942
	Low		20		1971
	Low		20		1959
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		19		1965
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Undetermined		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Undetermined		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Undetermined		22	Debris Control	1977

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