157Total Dams
24High Hazard
1Significant
Dam Safety in DeSoto County, Mississippi
DeSoto County has 157 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 24 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 1 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 10 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in DeSoto County is 48 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Arkabutla Dam at 92 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkabutla Dam | High | Not assessed | 92 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1943 |
| Blue Springs Lake a Dam | High | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Lake O' the Hills Dam | High | Fair | 30 | Recreation | 1963 |
| R N Van Vulpen Pond Dam | High | Poor | 27 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Lake Greenbrook Dam | High | Satisfactory | 25 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Will Bond Incorporated Pond #2 Dam | High | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Fox Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 24 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Short Fork Pond Dam | High | Fair | 23 | Recreation | |
| Cross Creek Dam - West Lake Dam | High | Fair | 23 | Recreation | 1997 |
| Will Bond Incorporated Pond Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 22 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Mason Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 1991 |
| Maywood Subdivision - Shahkoka Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Maywood Subdivision - Woodland Lake Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 19 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Stonehedge Dam | High | Satisfactory | 18 | Recreation | 1985 |
| Megan Drive Lake Dam | High | Fair | 18 | Recreation | |
| Apple Creek Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Central Park Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 2001 |
| Cross Creek Dam - East Lake Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1996 |
| Mcingvale Lake Dam | High | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1998 |
| Kingsview Lake Dam | High | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1959 |
| J B Lyon Pond Dam | High | Poor | 14 | Recreation | |
| Apple Creek North Dam | High | Satisfactory | 13 | Recreation | 2000 |
| Hilderbrant Lake Dam | High | Fair | 10 | Recreation | |
| Kyle's Lake Dam | High | Fair | 9 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Alden Lake Dam | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 17 | Recreation | |
| Chief Chisca Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Grays Creek North Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Recreation | 2007 |
| Grays Creek Lake #1 Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 37 | Recreation | 2007 |
| Rain Cloud Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 32 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Deer Track Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 32 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Ms05119 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Ms05092 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Woodland Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Buena Vista Lakes Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Recreation | |
| Bridgetown Subdivision Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Rancy Meadows Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Lake Larue Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | |
| Ms04267 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | |
| Ms05332 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Ms05335 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Anderson Plant Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms05107 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Ms05120 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms05117 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Horse Farm Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms05334 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms05472 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Cedar Grove - East Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 1996 |
| W H Austin Pond Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 21 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Ms04266 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Harry Madison Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ralph Braden Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| T D Mckneely Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Koko Reef Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Robert Vincent Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| T Caffey Robertson Pond Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 20 | Recreation | |
| Greenwood Leflore Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Ms05108 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms05113 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05351 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Carl Hoover Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Charles Long Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05110 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Tom Milan Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Herman Summers Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| R D Dees Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| R E Selph Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Dr S J Sheaffer Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| W H Austin Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| J. B. Snowden Pond | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1950 |
| R E Selph Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05343 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05341 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms06796 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| W T Hendricks Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Malone Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Bill Wallace Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| J a Whitten Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ross Franks Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Delta Crest Subdivision Lake Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 16 | Recreation | |
| Allen Scott Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Chickasaw Council Boy Scout Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| J F Conger Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| J L Eason Jr Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Cedar Grove - West Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 16 | Recreation | 1996 |
| Palmer Home for Children Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Cox Reclaimation Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 2015 |
| Ms05344 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05114 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05115 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| W a Sanders Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Tom Clifton Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| N B Gray Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| M J Simmons Pond Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 15 | Recreation | |
| Bailey Brown and Porter Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Dudley Bridgeforth Pond Number 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Dudley Bridgeforth Pond | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Ms05347 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Funderberk Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Utkolb Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms06819 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Kermitt Buck Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Bonne Terre Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | 2001 |
| Bridgetown Subdivision Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Earl Ross Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Lake Worthington Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Nelle Gray Pond Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 14 | Recreation | |
| C. S. Mills Pond | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Ms05339 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| J a Earnheart Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms05098 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms05340 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Eddie Williams Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| James O Rich Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| J C Harbin Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Dorothy Jones Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Russell Gray Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| N B Hunt Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| J O Bridgeforth Pond Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 12 | Recreation | |
| N B Hunt Pond Number 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| N B Hunt Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms05112 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| The Plantations Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| E F Crenshaw Junior Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Maywood Subdivision - Sylvan Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 8 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Lake Elizabeth Dam | Undetermined | Satisfactory | 60 | Recreation | 2005 |
| Blue Springs Lake B Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 37 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Green T Lake Dam | Undetermined | Unsatisfactory | 34 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Ms05349 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 33 | Recreation | |
| Lakeview Village Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Ms05348 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms06795 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| M W Lipscomb Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| C C Herrington Lake Dam | Undetermined | Unsatisfactory | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms05090 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Lake Forrest Subdiv Lake Dam | Undetermined | Satisfactory | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms06813 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05106 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05102 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05104 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| E B Hutchins Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05097 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05346 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04264 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| L a Thompson Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Byran Swilley Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Banks Land and Cattle Company Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| J T Bridges Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Joint Venture Lake Dam | Undetermined | Satisfactory | 14 | Recreation | 1994 |
| Kate Phelps Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| R E Steadham Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Mrs J H Ingram Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| David Harrison Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Lakes of Nicholas Number 3 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | 2005 |
| J E Lyon Pond Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ready Green T Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | 2003 |
| Reid Green T Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation |