Dams in Ottawa County, Kansas

116Total Dams

4High Hazard

2Significant

Dam Safety in Ottawa County, Kansas

Ottawa County has 116 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 4 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 2 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Ottawa County is 58 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Frd No 1 at 50 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Frd No 2	High	Poor	47	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Ottawa State Fishing Lake	High	Poor	34	Recreation	1927
Antelope Creek Dam	High	Satisfactory	32	Other	1961
K-18 Roadfill Dam	High	Fair	32	Other	1961
	Significant	Satisfactory	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Dam No 2	Significant		25	Recreation	2009
Frd No 1	Low		50	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Frd No. 4	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 3	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	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		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24		1966
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		23		1977
	Low		23		1972
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1935
	Low		22		1965
	Low		22		1954
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Ks Id No1620 Reasign 1981 Ndi	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Dam No 1	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20		1960
	Low		20		1966
	Low		20		1960
	Low		20		1972
	Low		20	Recreation
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20		1950
	Low		20		1950
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		19		1960
	Low		19		1967
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
	Low		19		1976
	Low		19		1953
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Other
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		18		1954
	Low		18		1963
	Low		18		1967
	Low		18		1965
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2001
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		18	Flood Risk Reduction
	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
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
	Low		16		1975
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		16	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		15		1953
Ks Id No3259 Reasign 1981 Ndi	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		15	Flood Risk Reduction
Wildlife Enhancement Dam	Low		15	Other	1994
	Low		14		1964
	Low		12		1958
	Undetermined		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Undetermined		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond

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