Dams in Daviess County, Kentucky

17Total Dams
2High Hazard
0Significant

Dam Safety in Daviess County, Kentucky

Daviess County has 17 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 2 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Currently, 2 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Daviess County is 67 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Armstrong Lake Dam at 32 ft.

DamHazardConditionHeight (ft)PurposeYear
Pennyroyal Camp Lake DamHighPoor28Recreation1957
Jmp Lake Forest IncHighFair17Recreation1998
Armstrong Lake DamLowNot Rated32Recreation1968
Windy Hollow LakesLowNot Rated30Recreation1951
Miller Lake DamLowNot Rated24Recreation1930
Michael Moran Flood Lake DamLowNot Rated23Other1946
Daviess Cnty Sportsman Lake DamLowNot Rated21Recreation1960
Whitaker Lake DamLowNot Rated20Recreation1940
Red Hill Lake DamLowFair20Recreation1958
Clark & Coomes Oil Field LakeLowNot Rated20Other1962
O'bryan DamLowNot Rated18Other2002
Roszel Lake DamLowNot Rated18Recreation1935
Carpenter Lake DamLowNot Rated16Recreation1936
Pantle DamLowNot Rated15Recreation1951
Daviess Cnty Landfill Sed PondLowNot Rated15Other1996
Lakeside At The Downs DamLowPoor14Flood Risk Reduction
Kingfisher Lake DamLowNot Rated14Recreation1942