Dams in Lincoln County, Kansas

96Total Dams

5High Hazard

7Significant

Dam Safety in Lincoln County, Kansas

Lincoln County has 96 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 5 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 4 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Lincoln County is 56 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Frd No 44 at 52 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Frd No 44	High	Fair	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 39	High	Satisfactory	43	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 15 (spillman Creek)	High	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 1 (spillman Creek)	High	Poor	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	High	Poor	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Frd No 43	Significant	Fair	50	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 37	Significant	Fair	45	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 33	Significant	Fair	45	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 8 (spillman Creek)	Significant	Satisfactory	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 32	Significant	Poor	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Highland Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	28		1956
William Day Detention Dam	Significant	Fair	24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1978
Frd No 42	Low		47	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Frd No 30	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Frd No 5	Low		45	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 31	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 6 (spillman Creek)	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 4 (spillman Creek)	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd C-1 Dd No D-1 (lost Creek)	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Frd No 29	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 6	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 3 (spillman Creek)	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 11 (spillman Creek)	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
Frd No 10 (spillman Creek)	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 28	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Frd No 12 (spillman Creek)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 36	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 2 (spillman Creek)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 41	Low		33		1984
Frd No 20 (spillman Creek)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Frd No 5 (spillman Creek)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 107	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Dd No D-1 (lost Creek)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
Frd No 40	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 34	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Crawford; Tracewell; Dd No E-1	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Frd No 22 (spillman Creek)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No 16 (spillman Creek)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 7 (spillman Creek)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Site No. 14 (spillman Creek)	Low		28		2003
Frd No 27	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 21 (spillman Creek)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 38	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
	Low		25		1974
	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1937
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1999
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1981
	Low		20		1962
	Low		20		1954
	Low		20		1965
	Low		20		1970
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		18		1960
	Low		18		1964
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
	Low		17		1958
	Low		17		1949
	Low		17		1952
	Low		16		1970
	Low		16		1952
	Low		16		1958
	Low		16		1965
	Low		15		1952
	Low		15		1953
	Low		15		1950
	Low		15		1962
	Low		15		1956
	Low		15		1964
	Low		15		1951
	Low		15		1953
	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
	Low		10		1949
	Low		10		1950
	Undetermined		28	Flood Risk Reduction
	Undetermined		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Undetermined		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Undetermined		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Undetermined		19	Flood Risk Reduction

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