Oldest Dams in Louisiana

Louisiana has 649 dams with recorded construction dates. The oldest dates to 1900 — 126 years ago. Older dams require particular attention for safety, as many were built before modern engineering standards.

#	Dam	County	Year Built	Age	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition
1	Bon Ami Pond	Beauregard	1900	126 yrs	9	Low	Poor
2	Rice Lake Dam	Caddo	1905	121 yrs	27	Low	Satisfactory
3	Carrollton Water Treatment Dam	Orleans	1905	121 yrs	9	Undetermined	Satisfactory
4	Fullerton Lake	Vernon	1907	119 yrs	9	Low	Not Rated
5	Hannas Run Dam	Ouachita	1908	118 yrs	15	Low	Fair
6	State Line Lake Dam	Caddo	1913	113 yrs	30	Low	Fair
7	Carson Lake	Beauregard	1920	106 yrs	11	Low	Fair
8	Bill Powell Dam No. 2	Natchitoches	1920	106 yrs	20	Low	Fair
9	Boise Pond	Allen	1922	104 yrs	8	Low	Not Rated
10	Cross Lake Dam And Spillway	Caddo	1925	101 yrs	50	High	Fair
11	Black Pond	Jackson	1928	98 yrs	10	Undetermined	Fair
12	Loring Lake	Sabine	1928	98 yrs	40	Low	Fair
13	Millers Lake	Evangeline	1929	97 yrs	8	Low	Fair
14	Sunset Ranch Dam	Beauregard	1930	96 yrs	18	Low	Poor
15	Kelsetan Pond	Caddo	1930	96 yrs	22	Low	Fair
16	Johnson Pond	De Soto	1930	96 yrs	26	Low	Fair
17	Kcs Mp No 574 Dam	De Soto	1930	96 yrs	12	Low	Fair
18	Davis Ledoux Dam	Evangeline	1930	96 yrs	12	Low	Fair
19	Camp Alabama Dam	Lincoln	1930	96 yrs	25	Low	Fair
20	Bayou Desiard Bartholomew Dam	Ouachita	1930	96 yrs	22	Low	Fair
21	Guillory And Harris Pond	St. Landry	1930	96 yrs	15	Low	Poor
22	Searcy Lake	LaSalle	1932	94 yrs	20	Low	Fair
23	Castor Lake	Vernon	1932	94 yrs	13	Low	Not Rated
24	Ben Johnson Dam	De Soto	1933	93 yrs	10	Low	Fair
25	Stuart Lake	Grant	1933	93 yrs	24	Low	Not Rated
26	Country Club Lake	Ouachita	1933	93 yrs	26	Low	Satisfactory
27	Bayou Desiard Dam	Ouachita	1933	93 yrs	39	Significant	Fair
28	Chivery Dam	Natchitoches	1934	92 yrs	37	Low	Fair
29	Valentine Lake	Rapides	1934	92 yrs	27	Low	Not Rated
30	Huey P Long Fish Hatchery	St. Tammany	1934	92 yrs	8	Low	Not Rated
31	Goodwin Lake Dam	Claiborne	1935	91 yrs	22	Significant	Not Rated
32	University Lake	East Baton Rouge	1935	91 yrs	7	Low	Fair
33	Woodly Pond	Webster	1935	91 yrs	24	Low	Fair
34	Smith Pond No 3	Webster	1936	90 yrs	20	Low	Fair
35	Jgw Pond	Webster	1936	90 yrs	13	Low	Fair
36	King Lake	Claiborne	1937	89 yrs	14	Low	Fair
37	Corney	Claiborne	1937	89 yrs	28	Low	Not Rated
38	Youngs Pond	St. Helena	1937	89 yrs	23	Low	Poor
39	Upper Caney	Webster	1937	89 yrs	26	Low	Not Rated
40	Lower Caney	Webster	1937	89 yrs	27	Significant	Not Rated
41	Moore Pond	Bossier	1938	88 yrs	32	Low	Fair
42	Rogers Pond	De Soto	1938	88 yrs	19	Low	Not Rated
43	Kervin Branch Creek Dam	De Soto	1938	88 yrs	18	Low	Fair
44	Chappepeela Lake	Tangipahoa	1938	88 yrs	12	Low	Poor
45	Mirror Lake	Tangipahoa	1938	88 yrs	9	Low	Fair
46	Dogwood Lake	Tangipahoa	1938	88 yrs	16	Low	Fair
47	Spring Creek Lake Dam	Tangipahoa	1938	88 yrs	18	Low	Fair
48	Williams Lake Dam	Webster	1938	88 yrs	17	Low	Fair
49	Impounding Basin No 2	Webster	1938	88 yrs	25	Low	Poor
50	Impounding Basin No 1	Webster	1938	88 yrs	40	Low	Fair

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