Flood Control Dams in Minnesota

Minnesota has 402 flood control dams, of which 21 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	Kaposia Park	Dakota	79	Significant	Satisfactory	1932
2	South Zumbro Br-1	Olmsted	75	High	Satisfactory	1991
3	Lazarus Creek	Yellow Medicine	67	Significant	Satisfactory	2005
4	Canby R-6	Yellow Medicine	66	High	Fair	1981
5	Hauschild-thanghe	Lincoln	62	Low	Satisfactory	1980
6	Canby R-1	Yellow Medicine	62	High	Satisfactory	1985
7	Crooked Creek R-3	Houston	60	High		1968
8	Orwell Dam	Otter Tail	60	High	Not Available	1953
9	Walnut Grove	Redwood	57	Significant	Satisfactory	1979
10	Belle Creek R-4	Goodhue	56	High		1977
11	Crooked Creek R-1	Houston	56	Low		1967
12	South Zumbro Wr-6a	Olmsted	56	High	Satisfactory	1989
13	Belle Creek R-2	Goodhue	55	High	Satisfactory	1983
14	Fargo-moorhead Diversion	Clay	54	High
15	Crooked Creek R-4	Houston	54	Significant	Satisfactory	1967
16	Dillon-syltie-boulton	Lincoln	54	Significant	Satisfactory	1974
17	Wellner-hageman	Brown	52	Low	Satisfactory	1993
18	Crooked Creek R-2	Houston	52	Significant	Satisfactory	1966
19	Tetonka Ridge	Lincoln	52	Low	Poor
20	Belle Creek R-1	Goodhue	51	Significant		1979
21	Holly 9	Murray	50	Low		2007
22	South Zumbro Sr-2	Olmsted	50	High	Satisfactory	1992
23	Moccasin Creek Project No. 8	Norman	49	Significant	Satisfactory	1984
24	Elim Creek	Carlton	47	Low	Fair	1981
25	Sonstegard-telste	Lyon	46	Significant	Satisfactory	1983
26	South Zumbro Wr-4	Olmsted	46	High	Satisfactory	1988
27	Canby R-4a	Yellow Medicine	46	High	Satisfactory	1982
28	Warren St Detention	Blue Earth	45	Low		1997
29	Schoper-bush	Cottonwood	45	Significant	Satisfactory	1989
30	Schirrick	Red Lake	45	Significant	Satisfactory	1984
31	Seeger Group Pond	Red Lake	45	Low	Satisfactory	1972
32	Knott Detention	Redwood	44	Low	Satisfactory	1977
33	Bear Creek Site 13	Houston	43	Low	Satisfactory	2003
34	Lake John	Yellow Medicine	43	Significant	Satisfactory	1981
35	Bullard Creek No. 1	Goodhue	42	Low	Fair	1978
36	Bullard Creek No. 2	Goodhue	41	Significant		1977
37	Gruhlke	Jackson	41	Significant	Satisfactory	1974
38	Island Lake 4	Lyon	41	Low		2009
39	Lake Grace	Carver	40	Significant	Satisfactory	1968
40	East Willow Creek Da-1	Fillmore	40	Low	Satisfactory	1958
41	Csah 5 Detention	Lyon	40	Low	Fair	1996
42	Charlestown 30	Redwood	40	Low		2016
43	Voth Detention No. 2	Goodhue	39	Low	Fair	1969
44	Tubola Detention	Jackson	39	Low		1974
45	Monroe 8	Lyon	39	Low		2010
46	Post Group Detention	Murray	39	Low	Fair	1974
47	Elmira-1	Olmsted	39	Low	Fair
48	Crooked Creek S-3	Houston	38	Low		1967
49	Lake Bronson	Kittson	38	High	Poor	1937
50	Custer 10	Lyon	38	Low
51	Spooner Group Detention	Winona	38	Low	Satisfactory	1986
52	Pleasant Valley No. 1	Winona	38	Significant	Fair	1968
53	East Willow Creek Fd-2	Fillmore	37	Low	Satisfactory	1958
54	Belle Creek R-5	Goodhue	37	Low		1983
55	Voth Detention No. 1	Goodhue	37	Low	Satisfactory	1958
56	Monroe 3	Lyon	37	Low	Fair	2007
57	Olmsted County Rd 10	Olmsted	37	Low	Satisfactory	1978
58	South Zumbro Kr-6	Olmsted	37	High	Satisfactory	1993
59	Horihan-herrick	Fillmore	36	Low	Satisfactory	1991
60	East Willow Creek E-3	Fillmore	36	Low	Satisfactory	1958
61	Warrington	Goodhue	36	Low	Satisfactory	1983
62	Little Trout Detention No. 1	Winona	36	Low	Satisfactory	1972
63	Ness Rudlong Ellenberg Group	Fillmore	35	Low		1972
64	Mac Pond 2	Hennepin	35	Low	Satisfactory	2001
65	Bear Creek Site 17	Houston	35	Low	Satisfactory	2006
66	Lac Qui Parle Dam	Lac qui Parle	35	High	Not Available	1939
67	Sodus 25	Lyon	35	Low	Satisfactory	1988
68	Lyon County Road 13	Lyon	35	Low		1996
69	Mashaug Creek Dam No. 3	Norman	35	Low	Fair	1977
70	Green Meadow Group Pond	Norman	35	Low	Satisfactory	1972
71	Hoehne Bros. Pond	Olmsted	35	Low	Fair	1973
72	South Zumbro Kr-7	Olmsted	35	High	Satisfactory	1994
73	Draayum Pond	Redwood	35	Low	Satisfactory	1972
74	Schmidt Pond	Wabasha	35	Low	Poor	1958
75	Drysdale Pond	Wabasha	35	Low		1979
76	Pleasant Valley No. 12	Winona	35	Significant	Fair	1968
77	South Branch Wild Rice Upper	Becker	34	Low	Satisfactory	1981
78	Fann Detention	Fillmore	34	Low	Satisfactory	1993
79	Riekmann	Goodhue	34	Low	Satisfactory	1986
80	Belle Creek R-9	Goodhue	34	Low		1983
81	West Fork Group No. 1	Goodhue	34	Low	Satisfactory	1971
82	Krueger-gregoire Farm Pond	Lyon	34	Low	Satisfactory	1975
83	Maas Detention	Rice	34	Low	Satisfactory	1993
84	Watopa Township No. 1	Wabasha	34	Significant	Fair	1976
85	Gunderson-marmsoler Detention	Winona	34	Low	Satisfactory	1972
86	Bullard Creek No. 6	Goodhue	33	Low	Satisfactory	1978
87	Franklin Pond	Goodhue	33	Low	Fair	1958
88	Gadient Detention	Goodhue	33	Low		1996
89	Frauenkron Detention	Houston	33	Low	Fair	1981
90	Webber Pond	Lac qui Parle	33	Low	Satisfactory	1975
91	Island Lake 22b	Lyon	33	Low	Satisfactory	1999
92	Sodus 4 S	Lyon	33	Low	Poor	1991
93	Nordland 32	Lyon	33	Low	Satisfactory	1992
94	Strommen Dam	Norman	33	Low	Fair	1986
95	Minett-kranz Detention	Pipestone	33	Low	Satisfactory	1988
96	White Rock Dam	Traverse	33	High	Not Available	1941
97	Sheehan-stork Pond	Wabasha	33	Significant	Satisfactory	1973
98	Zerbe Pond	Winona	33	Low	Satisfactory	1979
99	Little Trout Detention No. 2	Winona	33	Low	Satisfactory	1972
100	Roiger Detention	Brown	32	Low		1986

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