Dams in Shawnee County, Kansas

174Total Dams

17High Hazard

4Significant

Dam Safety in Shawnee County, Kansas

Shawnee County has 174 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 17 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 4 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 5 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Shawnee County is 55 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Lake Shawnee at 76 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Lake Shawnee	High	Satisfactory	76	Recreation	1937
Lake Sherwood	High	Poor	68	Recreation	1964
Lake Jivaro	High	Poor	55	Water Supply	1963
Lake "d"	High	Poor	44	Recreation	1965
131	High	Satisfactory	41	Flood Risk Reduction	2004
Burnett Dam	High	Fair	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1953
Frd No 5	High	Poor	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
South Branch Dam	High	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1953
Lake Vaquero	High	Satisfactory	33	Recreation	1963
Gs Dd No 117	High	Not Rated	28	Debris Control	1990
Lauren's Bay Pond	High	Fair	28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Legacy Lakes	High	Poor	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
Biddle Creek Detention Dam	High	Fair	26	Flood Risk Reduction
Deer Run Lake	High		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
White Dam	High	Not Rated	21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	High		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
Kelshar Ridge Dam	High	Satisfactory	17	Recreation	2013
Dam No 1 (south Pointe Bay)	Significant	Fair	59	Other	1963
	Significant		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Significant		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Significant		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Mpd No 4	Low		59	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 11	Low		54	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Shawnee County State Fishing Lake	Low		50	Recreation	2010
Frd No 13	Low		46	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 16	Low		45	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
	Low		44		1968
Frd No 14	Low		44	Flood Risk Reduction
Frd No 9	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Frd No 10	Low		41	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Hunter Pond	Low		40	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
Frd No 20	Low		40	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Frd No 2	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
Frd No 6	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		35		1960
	Low		35	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		34		1969
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32		1969
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No 118	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Gideon East Dam	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30		1968
	Low		30		1960
	Low		30		1960
	Low		30		1957
	Low		30		1965
	Low		30		1964
	Low		30		1953
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Frd No 3	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
	Low	Not Available	29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1968
	Low		28		1959
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low	Not Available	27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		27	Debris Control
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Debris Control	1977
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	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		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1950
	Low		26		1950
	Low		26		1955
	Low		26		1948
	Low		26		1953
	Low		26		1958
	Low		26		1967
	Low		26	Recreation
	Low		26		1959
	Low		26		1955
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26		1966
	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	1967
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	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
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	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		25		1961
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low	Not Available	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1961
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Debris Control	1976
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1997
130	Low		24	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2005
	Low		23	Recreation
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1986
	Low		23		1961
	Low		23	Debris Control	1981
	Low	Not Available	23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1981
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low	Not Available	22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22	Debris Control	1982
	Low		22	Debris Control	1979
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		20		1958
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low	Not Available	20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1989
	Low		20		1970
	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1991
	Low		19		1963
	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low	Not Available	17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Undetermined		39	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Lake A	Undetermined		30	Recreation
Richardson Dam	Undetermined		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1951
	Undetermined		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974

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