Dams in Pottawatomie County, Kansas

97Total Dams

7High Hazard

5Significant

Dam Safety in Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Pottawatomie County has 97 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 7 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 5 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Pottawatomie County is 46 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Jeffrey Energy Center-auxiliary Make-up at 114 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Jeffrey Energy Center-auxiliary Make-up	High	Fair	114	Other
Jeffrey Energy Center- Make Up Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	107	Other	1977
Pottawatomie State Lake No 1	High	Fair	51	Recreation	1932
College Creek Frd No 2	High	Fair	48	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 6	High	Poor	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Lake Elbo	High	Not Rated	33	Recreation	1949
Gs Dd No 59	High	Poor	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Jeffrey Engergy Center-bottom Ash Storage (tower Hill Lake)	Significant	Fair	81	Other
Frd No 7	Significant	Fair	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Dd No 21	Significant	Fair	42	Flood Risk Reduction	2009
Dd No 18	Significant	Poor	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
Gs Dd No 55	Significant	Satisfactory	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Pottawatomie Co State Lake No 2 Dam	Low		59		1976
Spearow Dam	Low		52	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
Frd No 13	Low		52	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 8	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Frd No 12	Low		48	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
	Low		47	Other	2000
Frd No 14	Low		47	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 11	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 10	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 15 (krouse)	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
	Low		39	Other	1965
Dd No 52 (dornbusch)	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
	Low		38	Debris Control	1977
Dd No 116	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 10 (krouse)	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 9	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		36	Other	1965
	Low		36	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1978
Gs Dd No 75	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Dd No 13 (matzke)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Dd No 37	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Dd No 81	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gs Dd No 12	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
	Low		34	Recreation	1981
	Low		34		1972
Dd No 16	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 79 (reilly)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 63	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Site 75a	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	2004
Dd No 67a	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	2010
Dd No 38	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 27	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
1e	Low		32	Other
2	Low		32	Other
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
Gs Dd No 68	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 17 (nedwed)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Dd No 109	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 103	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		30		1977
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Dd No 25	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Dd No 104	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Dd No 50 (dave Doperalski)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1987
	Low		29		1974
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		29	Other	1965
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		28		1958
	Low		28		1955
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Dd No. 107	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No 7	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
	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	1970
Gs Dd No 64	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1959
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
Dd No 29	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1999
Dd No 111	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Dd No 54	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Dd No 19	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		20		1968
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		15		1950
	Undetermined		106	Other

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