Water Supply Dams in Kansas

Kansas has 69 water supply dams, of which 21 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores water for municipal, industrial, or agricultural use, helping ensure a reliable supply for the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1		Wabaunsee	80	Low	Not assessed	1966
2	(new) Olathe Lake	Johnson	69	High	Fair	1955
3	Pony Creek Lake	Brown	67	High	Satisfactory	1993
4	Eureka Lake Dam (bachelor Cr)	Greenwood	66	Low	Not assessed	1939
5	Lake Wabaunsee Dam	Wabaunsee	66	High	Satisfactory	1996
6	Delaware Mpd No 36 (banner Creek)	Jackson	64	High	Satisfactory	1997
7	Ft Scott Municipal Dam	Bourbon	62	High	Poor	1959
8	Lake Kahola	Morris	62	Low	Not assessed	1936
9	Gardner Lake Dam	Johnson	61	High	Fair	1940
10	Sabetha City Lake Dam	Nemaha	58	Low	Not assessed	1936
11	Harveyville Waterworks Dam	Wabaunsee	58	Low	Not assessed	1960
12	Pleasanton City Lake Dam	Linn	56	High	Fair	1968
13		Neosho	55	Low	Not assessed	1960
14	Lake Jivaro	Shawnee	55	High	Poor	1963
15	Bourbon Co. Water Supply Res.	Bourbon	54	Significant	Poor	1997
16	Lake Miola	Miami	54	High	Poor	1957
17	Middle Creek Mpd No 1	Miami	53	High	Satisfactory	1984
18	Bone Creek Reservoir	Crawford	52	High	Fair	1997
19	Lake Parsons Dam	Neosho	52	High	Satisfactory	1959
20	Mpd-1	Neosho	47	Significant	Satisfactory
21		Neosho	47	Low	Not assessed	1965
22	Lebo City Dam	Coffey	46	High	Poor	1959
23	Upper Dam	Chautauqua	44	Significant	Poor	1935
24	Moline City Lake Dam	Elk	44	Low	Poor	1937
25	City Water Supply Dam	Franklin	44	Significant	Poor	1955
26	Olpe City Lake	Lyon	43	Low	Fair	1965
27	Mpd No 21	Elk	42	High	Satisfactory	1983
28	Admire-allen City Lake (karen Laue Dam)	Lyon	42	Significant	Poor	1967
29	Back-up Water Supply	Woodson	41	High	Poor	1936
30	Oskaloosa Water Supply Dam	Jefferson	40	Low	Not assessed	1954
31	Louisburg Lake Dam	Miami	40	High	Satisfactory	1955
32	Cedar Lake (old Olathe Lake)	Johnson	39	High	Poor	1931
33	New Wellington Lake	Sumner	39	Significant	Satisfactory	1996
34	Logan Lake	Phillips	38	Low	Not assessed	1938
35	Spring Hill Water Supply Dam	Johnson	37	High	Poor	1953
36	Parker City Dam	Linn	37	Low	Not assessed	1962
37	Mission Lake	Brown	36	High	Poor	1924
38		Douglas	36	Low	Not assessed
39	Valley Falls Water Supply Dam	Jefferson	36	Low	Not assessed	1954
40	Bronson City Dam	Bourbon	35	Low	Not assessed	1956
41		Linn	35	Low	Not assessed	1959
42		Miami	34	Low	Not assessed	1935
43		Jewell	32	Low	Not assessed	1951
44	Water Supply Lake	Linn	32	Significant	Fair
45	Scranton Lake Dam	Osage	32	Low	Not assessed	1961
46	Spriggs Rock	Rice	31	Low	Not assessed	1940
47	Pleasanton Lake	Linn	29	High	Fair	1935
48	Osage City Lake Dam	Osage	29	High	Satisfactory	1940
49	City of Agra Lake	Phillips	29	Low	Not assessed	1935
50	Gunn Park Lake	Bourbon	28	Low	Not assessed	1937
51		Brown	28	Low	Not assessed	1933
52		Sherman	27	Low	Not assessed
53		Douglas	25	Low	Not assessed	1937
54	Severy City Dam	Greenwood	25	Significant	Fair	1938
55	Elkhorn Lake	Jackson	21	Low	Not assessed	1935
56		Ellis	18	Low	Not assessed	1937
57		Coffey	16	Low	Not assessed	1961
58	Mitchell Dam	Neosho	16	Low	Not assessed	1998
59	Rock Creek Dam	Bourbon	15	Significant	Poor	1920
60		Franklin	15	Low	Not assessed	1955
61		Montgomery	15	Low	Not assessed	1945
62		Chautauqua	13	Low	Not assessed	1954
63	Kiefer Dam-1919	Franklin	13	Low	Not assessed
64		Labette	13	Low	Not assessed	1962
65	Expanded Kansas River Hydropower	Douglas	12	Low	Fair	1874
66		Osborne	12	Low	Not assessed	1950
67		Washington	12	Low	Not assessed	1958
68	Miller Dam	Franklin	10	Low	Not assessed	1938
69		Rawlins	8	Significant	Poor	1987

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