Recreation Dams in Louisiana

Louisiana has 485 recreation dams, of which 21 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	Lake Claiborne	Claiborne	82	High	Fair	1966
2	Caney Creek Dam	Jackson	78	High	Fair	1986
3	Mill Creek Dam	Bienville	67	High	Fair	1971
4	Vernon Lake Dam	Vernon	60	High	Fair	1961
5	Kincaid Reservoir	Rapides	56	High	Poor	1972
6	New Arkla Pond	Caddo	48	Low	Fair	1955
7	Kirby Dam	De Soto	48	Low	Not Rated	1946
8	Wind Lake Dam	Ouachita	48	Significant	Fair	1985
9	Indian Creek Dam	Rapides	48	High	Fair	1972
10	Cotile Lake Dam	Rapides	47	High	Fair	1965
11	Hodges Garden	Sabine	47	Low	Fair	1954
12	Bundick Creek Dam	Beauregard	46	High	Fair	1963
13	Lake Bistineau	Bossier	46	High	Fair	1941
14	Black Lake Bayou Reservoir	Natchitoches	44	High	Fair	1990
15	Foursome Lake Dam	Lincoln	43	Low	Poor	1949
16	Lower Anacoco Dam	Vernon	43	Low	Fair	1951
17	Csj Enterprises No. 2	De Soto	42	Low	Fair
18	Nantachie Lake Dam	Grant	41	Low	Fair	1964
19	Willow Lake Dam	De Soto	40	Low	Fair	1955
20	Turkey Creek Dam	Franklin	40	Low	Unsatisfactory	1953
21	Joe Mitcham Dam	Lincoln	40	Low	Fair	1950
22	Impounding Basin No 1	Webster	40	Low	Fair	1938
23	Larto Lake Dam	Catahoula	38	Low	Fair	1959
24	Register Lake No. 1	De Soto	38	Low	Fair
25	Spike James Dam	West Feliciana	38	Low	Fair	1976
26	Kepler Creek Dam	Bienville	37	High	Fair	1958
27	Chivery Dam	Natchitoches	37	Low	Fair	1934
28	Woodlawn Lake	West Feliciana	37	Low	Satisfactory	2019
29	Toulon Bayou No 1	Bienville	36	Low	Fair	1966
30	Black Bayou Dam	Caddo	36	Significant	Poor	1955
31	Iatt Lake Dam	Grant	36	High	Satisfactory	1956
32	Ivan Lake Dam	Bossier	35	High	Fair	1958
33	Alligator Lake	Vernon	34	Low	Poor	1955
34	Eagle Lake Dam	Ouachita	33	Significant	Fair	1980
35	Moore Pond	Bossier	32	Low	Fair	1938
36	Bushley Bayou Dam	Catahoula	32	Low	Fair	1960
37	Port Hudson Lake No 4	East Baton Rouge	32	Low	Poor
38	Daryl Pennington Dam	East Baton Rouge	32	Low	Fair	1997
39	Beaver Creek Dam	East Feliciana	32	Significant	Fair	2001
40	Georgetown Water Supply	Grant	32	Low	Fair	1961
41	Waugh Dam	Lincoln	32	Low	Poor	1950
42	Braxton Moody Dam No. 1	West Feliciana	32	High	Unsatisfactory
43	Braxton Moody Dam No. 2	West Feliciana	32	Low	Poor
44	Burns Pond Dam	Lincoln	31	Low	Fair	2020
45	False River Drainage Structure	Pointe Coupee	31	Low	Fair	1948
46	Spring Ridge Lake	Caddo	30	Low	Fair	2018
47	C And N Lake	Caddo	30	Low	Fair	1940
48	Long Lake Dam	Caddo	30	Low	Fair	1962
49	State Line Lake Dam	Caddo	30	Low	Fair	1913
50	Wallace Lake - Catahoula Dam	Catahoula	30	Low	Fair	1950
51	Bonchasse Dam	De Soto	30	Low	Fair	2002
52	Chicot Lake Dam	Evangeline	30	High	Fair	1940
53	Rand Knotts Dam No. 2	Jackson	30	Low	Satisfactory
54	Wright Family Pond	Sabine	30	Low	Fair	2012
55	Tl James Pond No 2	Union	30	Significant	Fair	1977
56	Pendergrass-self Pond	Webster	30	Low	Fair
57	Lake Rosemound Dam	West Feliciana	30	Significant	Fair	1960
58	Hanchey Pond Dam	West Feliciana	30	Low	Fair	2002
59	Linda Flynn Dam	West Feliciana	30	Low	Fair
60	Bee Lake	Bossier	29	Low	Fair	1955
61	Saddler Pond No 8	Caddo	29	Low	Fair
62	Laguna Lake	Caddo	29	Low	Fair
63	Saddler Pond No 5	Caddo	29	Low	Fair
64	Nantachie Lake Dam No. 2	Grant	29	Low	Fair	1961
65	Lincoln Parish Park	Lincoln	29	Low	Fair	1988
66	Deloney Dam	Lincoln	29	Low	Poor	1985
67	Tunica Trace Pond I	West Feliciana	29	Low	Fair	2012
68	Glorias Ranch Pond	Caddo	28	Low	Fair
69	Querbes Pond	Caddo	28	Low	Fair	1952
70	Shelter Lake Dam	De Soto	28	Low	Fair	1950
71	Knoll Lake Dam	De Soto	28	Low	Fair	2002
72	Lake Tigator	East Feliciana	28	Low	Fair	1975
73	Tassletop Farms Pond	East Feliciana	28	Low	Satisfactory	2008
74	Bayou Cocodrie Dam	Evangeline	28	High	Fair	1959
75	Wiltcher Dam	Lincoln	28	Low	Poor	1967
76	Kiwanis Club Of Alexandria Dam	Rapides	28	Low	Fair	1956
77	Rice Lake Dam	Caddo	27	Low	Satisfactory	1905
78	Mooreland Lake	Claiborne	27	Low	Fair	1950
79	Lemac Farm	De Soto	27	Low	Fair	1982
80	Fowler Dam	Lincoln	27	Low	Fair	1961
81	John Sessum No 1 Reservoir	Sabine	27	Low	Poor	2017
82	Walker Family Dam (pd117)	West Feliciana	27	Low	Poor	2010
83	Bankston Pond	Caddo	26	Low	Fair	2004
84	Northwest Corporate Services Pond	Caddo	26	Low	Satisfactory	1995
85	Melba Pond No 2	De Soto	26	Low	Fair	2016
86	Melba Pond No 1	De Soto	26	Low	Fair	2016
87	Johnson Pond	De Soto	26	Low	Fair	1930
88	Register Lake No 4	De Soto	26	Low	Fair
89	Feliciana Lake	East Feliciana	26	Significant	Fair	1978
90	James Young Dam	Lincoln	26	Low	Fair	1996
91	Bert Jones Dam	Lincoln	26	Low	Fair	1978
92	Atkins Pond	Lincoln	26	Low	Fair	1956
93	Arby Williams Dam	Lincoln	26	Low	Fair	1980
94	Country Club Lake	Ouachita	26	Low	Satisfactory	1933
95	Loch Mcwilliams Dam	St. Tammany	26	Significant	Fair	1983
96	Dogwood Park Lake I	Bossier	25	Low	Fair
97	Taylor Pond	Caddo	25	Low	Satisfactory	2023
98	Twin Lakes Dam	Caldwell	25	Significant	Fair
99	Campbell Lake	Claiborne	25	Low	Fair	1995
100	Twin Oaks Pond	De Soto	25	Low	Fair	1960

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