Dams in Nemaha County, Kansas

225Total Dams

2High Hazard

6Significant

Dam Safety in Nemaha County, Kansas

Nemaha County has 225 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 6 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Nemaha County is 48 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Sabetha City Lake Dam at 58 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Sabetha Country Club	High	Poor	47	Other	1970
Nemaha Co State Lake	High		45	Recreation	1987
Gs Dd 31-13	Significant		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Frd No 53	Significant	Fair	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Dd No A-15	Significant	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	2005
Gsdd No A-24	Significant	Satisfactory	27	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
	Significant		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Significant		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
Sabetha City Lake Dam	Low		58	Water Supply	1936
Mpd No 50	Low		49	Other	1990
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Frd No 42	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Frd No 38	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 46	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Gs Dd No C-33 (elk 59)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Dd No A-35 (ash)	Low	Satisfactory	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 47	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		34		1969
Frd No 37	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 52	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		33		1971
	Low		33	Irrigation	1954
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 28-13a (renyer)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Gs Dd No 12-2 (estle)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Frd No 78	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Dd No C-16 (schuetz)	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Frd No 89	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Frd No 39	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 103	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		32	Other	1979
	Low		32		1959
	Low		32		1963
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No A-1 (murphy)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Gs Dd No A-36 (ash)	Low	Satisfactory	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Dd No 109	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 40	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 95	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Frd No 99	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2006
	Low		31	Debris Control	2005
	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		31	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2004
Gs Dd No 11-14	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
	Low		31	Debris Control	1974
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
Dd No 11-23	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Frd No 43	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Wenger Pdam	Low		30	Irrigation
	Low		30		1972
	Low		30		1962
	Low		30	Irrigation
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Debris Control
	Low		30	Debris Control	1972
	Low		30	Recreation	1970
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Debris Control	1972
215	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2009
Gs-dd No. 6-34a	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Gs Dd No 28-14 (kirk)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Gs Dd No 101 (p. Mcnary)	Low	Not Rated	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gs Dd No C-31 (elk 6)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Dd No A-17 (bloom)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
	Low		29
	Low		29
	Low		29		1961
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29		1970
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No A-47	Low		29		2004
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
	Low		29	Other	1971
Gsdd No 7-29	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
Gs Dd No 8-8	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Frd No 86	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 87	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
	Low		28		1965
	Low		28		1968
	Low		28		1962
	Low		28		1960
	Low		28		1972
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No A-25	Low		28		2007
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Debris Control
28-10b	Low		28	Debris Control	2005
Gs Dd No A-30	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No A-19	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Gs Dd No 7-19	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Gs Dd No 30-28a (stucker)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Gs Dd No 8-17 (swart)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
	Low		27		1976
	Low		27		1966
	Low		27		1957
	Low		27		1963
	Low		27		1966
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
	Low		27		1962
	Low		27		1968
	Low		27		1958
	Low		27		1965
	Low		27	Debris Control	1976
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Debris Control	1974
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Debris Control	1974
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Dd No 6-22	Low		27	Debris Control	1994
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Debris Control	1975
Site 9-29	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Gs Dd No C-32 (elk 5)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		26		1977
	Low	Not Available	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1969
	Low		26		1974
	Low		26		1971
	Low		26		1967
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26		1958
	Low	Not Available	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		26
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		26		1967
	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	1969
	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	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		26	Debris Control	1975
	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
	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	1970
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Dam	Low	Not Rated	26
	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		26	Debris Control	1972
Gs Dd No 29-15	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Dd No 6-29 (mast)	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Dd No 6-35a (stedman-shumaker)	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Gs Dd No 31-23 (aberle)	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
Frd No 101	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
	Low		25		1974
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Debris Control	1974
Mac Dam	Low		25
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 31-3	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
Gs Dd No 106 (montgomery)	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Dd No A-49	Low	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 6-33	Low		25	Debris Control	1996
	Low		24		1963
	Low		24		1961
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Irrigation Pond	Low		24	Irrigation
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		24	Debris Control	1972
Dd No 226	Low		24
	Low		24	Debris Control	1974
Gs Dd No 31-11 (kellenberger)	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		22		1999
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 45	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
	Low		21		1999
	Low		21		1959
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Sperfslage Stockwater Pond	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2001
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
	Low		20		1960
	Low		20
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 214	Low	Satisfactory	20	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
Gs Dd No A-22 (gill)	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Dd No 224	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Lake Nemaha Wetlands	Low		18	Recreation	2002
Dd No 213	Low		17	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
Dd No 212	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
	Undetermined		41	Recreation	1972
	Undetermined	Not Available	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
	Undetermined		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972

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