Flood Control Dams in Maine

Maine has 61 flood control dams, of which 17 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Violette Brook	Aroostook	75	High	Fair	1975
2	Trafton Lake	Aroostook	66	High	Fair	1969
3	Durepo Brook	Aroostook	60	High	Satisfactory	1974
4	Libby Brook	Aroostook	53	High	Unsatisfactory	1965
5	Hanson Brook	Aroostook	45	High	Fair	1966
6	Bryant Pond	Aroostook	45	High	Unsatisfactory	1964
7	Alder Brook	Aroostook	35	Low	Not Rated	1973
8	Smith Farm	Aroostook	35	Significant	Fair	1966
9	Colton Brook	Oxford	34	Significant	Poor	1969
10	Noyes Mill	Aroostook	32	High	Satisfactory	1962
11	Burntland	Aroostook	30	Low	Not Rated	1967
12	Emery Mills	York	29	High	Poor	1889
13	Whitney	Aroostook	28	Low	Not Rated	1967
14	East Davee Brook	Piscataquis	28	High	Satisfactory	1972
15	Cherryfield	Washington	25	High	Fair	1965
16	Community Pond	Aroostook	21	High	Satisfactory	1958
17	Arnold Brook	Aroostook	21	Significant	Satisfactory	1971
18	Chase Mill	Washington	20	Low	Not Rated	1870
19	Mcdonough Brook	Oxford	19	High	Fair	1973
20	Mattanawcook Pond	Penobscot	19	Low	Poor	1918
21	Dead River	Androscoggin	18	Low	Not Rated	1900
22	Wayne Village	Kennebec	18	Low	Satisfactory	1850
23	Folsom Pond	Penobscot	18	Low	Poor	1918
24	Mill Pond Lpp	Penobscot	18	Low	Not Rated	1917
25	Dunham Brook	Piscataquis	18	High	Satisfactory	1973
26	Echo Lake	Aroostook	17	Low	Fair	1963
27	Square Pond	York	17	Low	Not Rated	1900
28	Bear Pond	Androscoggin	16	Low	Not Rated	1820
29	Mantle Lake	Aroostook	16	High	Fair	1971
30	Cumberland Mills	Cumberland	16	Low	Not Rated	1896
31	Toddy Pond	Hancock	16	High	Unsatisfactory	1900
32	Great Moose Lake	Somerset	16	Significant	Satisfactory	1924
33	Pokey	Washington	16	Low	Not Rated	1943
34	Middle River	Washington	16	Low	Not Rated	1900
35	Websters Mill	York	16	Low	Not Rated	1900
36	Ellis Dam	Waldo	15	Low	Not Rated	1850
37	Sokokis Lake North	York	15	Low	Not Rated	1901
38	Wassookeag Lake	Penobscot	14	High	Satisfactory	1914
39	Lubec Water & Elec. Light Co.	Washington	14	Low	Not Rated	1900
40	Number One Pond	York	14	Low	Fair	1912
41	Leighton Lake	Aroostook	12	Low	Not Rated	1945
42	Rich Mill	Cumberland	12	Low	Not Rated	1770
43	Stevens Pond	Waldo	12	Low	Not Rated	1820
44	Torsey Pond	Kennebec	11	Low	Not Rated	1944
45	Keewaydin Lake	Oxford	11	Low	Fair	1850
46	Wesserunsett	Somerset	11	High	Satisfactory	1800
47	Littlefield River	York	11	Low	Not Rated	1890
48	Pleasant Pond	Cumberland	10	Low	Not Rated	1850
49	Clearwater Pond	Franklin	10	Significant	Poor
50	Haley Pond	Franklin	10	Significant	Fair	1900
51	Thurston Pond	Hancock	9	Low	Not Rated	1900
52	Hobart Bog Dike	Washington	8	Low	Not Rated	1922
53	Allen Pond	Androscoggin	7	Low	Not Rated	1850
54	King And Bartlett Lake	Somerset	7	Low	Not Rated	1950
55	Coleman Pond	Waldo	7	Low	Not Rated	1900
56	Tyler Flowage	Washington	7	Low	Not Rated	1964
57	Maccrae Flowage	Washington	7	Low	Not Rated	1966
58	East Steuben	Washington	7	Low	Not Rated	1890
59	Swetts Pond	Penobscot	6	Significant	Poor	1946
60	Jones Pond	Hancock	5	Low	Not Rated	1920
61	Rocky Lake Outlet	Washington	5	Low	Not Rated	1966

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