Recreation Dams in Kansas

Kansas has 240 recreation dams, of which 66 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Wyandotte County Lake Dam	Wyandotte	139	Significant	Satisfactory	1941
2	Mpd No. 4-10 (horsethief Reservoir)	Hodgeman	88	High	Fair	2009
3	High Prairie Lake	Leavenworth	78	Low	Not assessed
4	Lake Shawnee	Shawnee	76	High	Satisfactory	1937
5	Shawnee Mission Park Dam	Johnson	72	High	Fair	1958
6	Lone Star Lake	Douglas	71	High	Satisfactory	1939
7	Dam No 4	Linn	68	High	Poor	1985
8	Lake Sherwood	Shawnee	68	High	Poor	1964
9	Dam No 1	Linn	67	High	Poor
10	Lake Estates Dam No 2	Linn	65	High	Poor
11	Crawford County State Lake	Crawford	64	Significant	Fair	1935
12	Lake Chaparral	Linn	64	Low	Not assessed
13	Hidden Valley Lakes	Bourbon	63	Low	Not assessed	1977
14	Arrowhead Lake Dam	Barber	62	Significant	Poor
15	Black Swan Lake Dam	Johnson	62	High	Fair	1982
16	Marion County Lake Dam	Marion	62	Significant	Poor	1937
17	Garnett City Dam	Anderson	60	Low	Not assessed	1935
18	Lake Dabinawa	Jefferson	60	High	Satisfactory	1958
19	Lake Coldwater	Comanche	57	Significant	Not assessed	1974
20	Dam No 2	Linn	57	High	Fair
21	Lakeview Estates	Johnson	55	High	Poor
22	Lake Afton Dam	Sedgwick	55	High	Satisfactory	1942
23	Barber State Fishing Lake	Barber	54	High	Poor	1954
24	Lexington Lake Park (rieke Lake Dam)	Johnson	53	High	Satisfactory
25	Wood Damc	Linn	53	Low	Not assessed	1992
26	Mcpherson State Fishing Lake Dam Improvements	McPherson	51	High	Poor	1954
27	Pottawatomie State Lake No 1	Pottawatomie	51	High	Fair	1932
28	Wilcox Dam	Wyandotte	51	Significant	Not assessed	1973
29	Prairie Lake Dam	Jackson	50	Low	Poor	1948
30	Lake Estates West	Linn	50	High	Satisfactory	1976
31	Shawnee County State Fishing Lake	Shawnee	50	Low	Not assessed	2010
32	Washington State Fishing Lake	Washington	49	Significant	Fair	1957
33	Tanglewood Lake	Linn	48	Low	Not assessed
34	Polk Daniels Lake	Elk	46	Significant	Fair	1935
35	Lake Lenexa	Johnson	46	High	Satisfactory	2006
36	Mildred Lake Dam	Allen	45	Low	Not assessed	1916
37	Recreation Dam No 2	Ellis	45	Low	Not assessed	1966
38	Camp Jayhawk Dam	Jefferson	45	Low	Not assessed	1947
39	Kill Creek Regional Park Lake	Johnson	45	Low	Not assessed	2000
40	Dam No 1	Johnson	45	Low	Not assessed	1965
41	Royal Lake	Lane	45	Low	Not assessed
42	Lake Delago	Linn	45	Low	Not assessed
43	Idle Wild Lake	Marshall	45	Low	Not assessed	1935
44	Nemaha Co State Lake	Nemaha	45	High	Not assessed	1987
45	Mpd No 34(goodman Dam)	Ness	45	Low	Not assessed	1984
46	Strowbridge Dam	Osage	45	High	Poor	1966
47	Pierson Park Dam	Wyandotte	45	High	Fair	1968
48	Elm Creek Lake	Bourbon	44	Low	Poor	1935
49	Lake "d"	Shawnee	44	High	Poor	1965
50	Lyndon Lake Dam	Osage	43	Significant	Fair	1966
51		Barber	42	Low	Not assessed
52	Pawnee Wildlife Reservoir	Bourbon	42	Low	Not assessed	1992
53	Dennis Ranch Dam	Elk	42	Low	Not assessed
54	Dam No 3	Linn	42	High	Poor
55	Bayer Pond Dam	Riley	42	High	Poor
56	Augusta Waterworks Dam	Butler	41	High	Satisfactory	1940
57	Flint Oaks Dam	Elk	41	Low	Not assessed	2004
58	Anthony City Dam	Harper	41	Low	Not assessed	1935
59		Johnson	41	Low	Not assessed	1968
60	Runnebaum Dam	Leavenworth	41	High	Poor	1977
61		Nemaha	41	Undetermined	Not assessed	1972
62		Atchison	40	Low	Not assessed	1935
63	Lake Herington	Dickinson	40	High	Poor	1923
64	Horse Creek Lodge	Jefferson	40	Low	Not assessed	1971
65		Leavenworth	40	Low	Not assessed
66		Leavenworth	40	Low	Not assessed
67	Ashley Dam	Miami	40	Low	Not assessed	2009
68	Barton County Club Dam	Barton	39	High	Not assessed	1922
69	Ford County Lake	Ford	39	Low	Not assessed
70	Frantz Dam	Leavenworth	39	Low	Not assessed
71	Santa Fe Lake Dam	Butler	38	High	Poor	1927
72	Antelope Lake	Graham	38	Low	Not assessed	1996
73	Happy Hollow Lake	Leavenworth	37	Low	Not assessed	1936
74	Cutting Lake Dam	Norton	37	Low	Not assessed	1937
75	Lake Wynds Dam	Cowley	36	High	Fair	1971
76	Holyrood Lake	Ellsworth	36	Low	Not assessed	1937
77	Hunt Dam	Leavenworth	36	Low	Not assessed
78	Dam No 2 (10 Acre Lake)	Linn	36	Low	Not assessed
79	Recreational Dam	Miami	36	Low	Not assessed
80	Lake Quivira Dam	Wyandotte	36	High	Satisfactory	1935
81		Atchison	35	Low	Not assessed
82	Timber Hills Lake	Bourbon	35	Significant	Fair	2006
83	Camp Wood Ymca Lake Hall	Chase	35	Low	Unsatisfactory
84		Doniphan	35	Low	Not assessed	1968
85		Johnson	35	Low	Not assessed
86	Sarcoxie Lake Dam	Leavenworth	35	High	Poor	1965
87		Linn	35	Low	Not assessed	1963
88	Ottawa State Fishing Lake	Ottawa	34	High	Poor	1927
89		Pottawatomie	34	Low	Not assessed	1981
90	Fox Lake Dam	Butler	33	High	Satisfactory	1928
91	Cedar Lake	Jackson	33	Low	Not assessed
92	Osawatomie Lake Dam	Miami	33	Low	Not assessed	1938
93	Lake Elbo	Pottawatomie	33	High	Not assessed	1949
94	Lake Vaquero	Shawnee	33	High	Satisfactory	1963
95	Piper Lake A.k.a. Canaan Lake	Wyandotte	33	High	Fair
96	Dam No 4	Linn	32	High	Poor
97	Mellott Timberlake Dam	Wyandotte	32	High	Poor
98	Rimrock Dam	Geary	31	High	Poor
99		Jackson	31	Low	Not assessed
100	Lionsgate Dam	Johnson	31	High	Fair	1965

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