Flood Control Dams in Mississippi

Mississippi has 616 flood control dams, of which 124 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	Sardis Dam	Panola	117	High	Not Available	1940
2	Enid Dam	Yalobusha	110	High	Not Available	1952
3	Grenada Dam	Grenada	103	High	Not Available	1954
4	Arkabutla Dam	DeSoto	92	High	Not Available	1943
5	Okatibbee Dam	Lauderdale	72	High	Not Available	1968
6	Second Creek Ws Str No. 6a Dam	Adams	53	High	Poor	1962
7	Second Creek Ws Str No. 6b Dam	Adams	52	High	Fair	1960
8	Second Creek Ws Str No. 7 Dam	Adams	52	High	Poor	1966
9	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-17 Dam	Carroll	52	High	Unsatisfactory	1966
10	Indian Creek Ws Str Y-9a-14 Dam	Panola	50	High	Unsatisfactory	1963
11	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-16 Dam	Carroll	49	Low		1966
12	Chewalla Lake Dam (lt 7-1)	Marshall	48	Low	Not Rated	1966
13	Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-08 Dam	Carroll	47	Low		1966
14	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-10 Dam	Carroll	47	High	Poor	1967
15	Eden Creek Ws Str Y-37d-10 Dam	Yazoo	47	High	Poor	1975
16	Town Creek Dam Number 8 Dam	Lee	46	High	Satisfactory	2005
17	Indian Creek Bb B Structure Y-9d-1a Dam	Panola	46	Low	Poor	1985
18	White Sand Drive Disrict Stream A Dam	Jefferson Davis	45	Low	Satisfactory	1991
19	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-11 Dam	Carroll	44	High	Unsatisfactory	1966
20	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-12 Dam	Carroll	44	High	Fair	1964
21	Abotlapoota Creek Ws Str Y-34-11 Dam	Carroll	44	High	Poor	1965
22	Kemper County Igcc Reservoir	Kemper	44	Significant	Satisfactory	2012
23	Puskus Lake Dam (lt 14-a1)	Lafayette	44	Low	Not Rated	1962
24	North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Drainage District Structure Y-17c-5 Dam	Tallahatchie	44	Low		1986
25	Chuquatonchee Watershed Structure 03 Dam	Chickasaw	43	Low	Poor	1974
26	Chuquatonchee Ws Str 07 Dam	Chickasaw	43	High	Unsatisfactory	1973
27	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-53 Dam	Holmes	43	Low		1964
28	White Sand - Greens Creek Str 11e Dam	Jefferson Davis	43	High	Fair	1991
29	North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Drainage District Structure Y-17c-2b Dam	Tallahatchie	43	Low		1993
30	Town Creek Ws Str 13 Dam	Pontotoc	42	High	Satisfactory	1994
31	Buntyn Creek Ws Str Y-16a-1 Dam	Tallahatchie	42	High	Fair	1962
32	Tippah River Watershed Structure Lt-7-04 Dam	Benton	41	Low		1966
33	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-18 Dam	Carroll	41	Low	Unsatisfactory	1965
34	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-10 Dam	Carroll	41	High	Poor	1967
35	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-06 Dam	Carroll	41	High	Fair	1967
36	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-04 Dam	Carroll	41	High	Poor	1968
37	Turkey Creek Water Park Dam	Newton	41	High	Satisfactory	1980
38	Muddy Creek Ws Str 1 Dam	Tippah	41	Significant	Poor	1971
39	Second Creek Ws Str No. 10b Dam	Adams	40	Significant	Poor	1965
40	Tippah River Watershed Structure Lt-7-02 Dam	Benton	40	Low		1966
41	Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-23 Dam	Carroll	40	Low		1969
42	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-05 Dam	Carroll	40	High	Poor	1965
43	Dry Creek Watershed Structure 3 Dam	Covington	40	High	Unsatisfactory	1969
44	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-48 Dam	Holmes	40	Low		1966
45	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-37 Dam	Holmes	40	Low		1967
46	Lake Lincoln State Park Dam	Lincoln	40	High	Fair	1979
47	Ascalmore Structure Y-17a-11 Dam	Tallahatchie	40	Low	Satisfactory	1959
48	Buntyn Creek Watershed Structure Y-16a-4 Dam	Tallahatchie	40	High	Unsatisfactory	1958
49	Second Creek Ws Str No 1 Dam	Adams	39	Low	Poor	1962
50	Potacocawa Watershed Structure Y-31a-13 Dam	Carroll	39	Low		1966
51	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-03 Dam	Carroll	39	High	Poor	1965
52	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-07 Dam	Carroll	39	High	Poor	1966
53	Black Creek Watershed Number 100 Dam	Holmes	39	High	Satisfactory	1996
54	Town Creek Ws Str 15b Dam	Lee	39	High	Fair	1978
55	Town Creek Ws Str 14 Dam	Pontotoc	39	High	Fair	1991
56	Ascalmore Structure Y-17a-02 Dam	Tallahatchie	39	High	Poor	1959
57	Eden Creek Watershed Structure Y-37-03 Dam	Yazoo	39	Low		1973
58	Tuscumbia Watershed Structure 28 Dam	Alcorn	38	Low		1981
59	Tuscumbia Ws Str Number 8 Dam	Alcorn	38	High	Poor	1975
60	Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-11 Dam	Carroll	38	Low		1964
61	Potacocawa Watershed Structure Y-31a-11 Dam	Carroll	38	Low		1966
62	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-09b Dam	Carroll	38	High	Fair	1965
63	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-21 Dam	Holmes	38	Low		1963
64	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-23 Dam	Holmes	38	Low		1964
65	Pigeon Roost Watershed Structure Y-5-111 Dam	Marshall	38	Low		1966
66	North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Ws Str Y-17c-6b Dam	Tallahatchie	38	High	Poor	1986
67	Tuscumbia Watershed Structure 8a Dam	Alcorn	37	Low		1995
68	Upper Tippah Watershed Structure Lt-6-02 Dam	Benton	37	Low		1960
69	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-15 Dam	Carroll	37	Low		1966
70	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-09a Dam	Carroll	37	High	Unsatisfactory	1966
71	Chuquatonchee Watershed Structure 09 Dam	Chickasaw	37	Low		1973
72	Big Creek Watershed Structure 13 Dam	Jasper	37	Significant	Fair	1979
73	Sowashee Creek Ws Str 11 Dam	Lauderdale	37	High	Poor	1978
74	Chunky River Ws Number 8 Dam	Newton	37	High	Poor	1984
75	Town Creek Watershed Structure 26a Dam	Pontotoc	37	High	Fair	1968
76	North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Drainage District Structure Y-17c-9 Dam	Tallahatchie	37	Low		1987
77	Otoucalofa Creek Str Y-15-24 Dam	Yalobusha	37	High	Satisfactory	1996
78	Second Creek Ws Str No. 11 Dam	Adams	36	Low		1968
79	Tuscumbia Watershed Structure 24 Dam	Alcorn	36	Low		1976
80	Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-39 Dam	Carroll	36	Low
81	Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-02 Dam	Carroll	36	Low		1960
82	Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-01 Dam	Carroll	36	Low		1965
83	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-01 Dam	Carroll	36	Low		1965
84	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-08 Dam	Carroll	36	Significant	Poor	1966
85	Bahala Creek Watershed Structure 3 Dam	Lincoln	36	Low		1976
86	Big Spring Subwatershed Structure R-7-14 Dam	Marshall	36	Low		1958
87	Lower Tallahatchie Structure Y-10-37 Dam	Panola	36	Low		1976
88	Indian Creek Watershed Structure Y-9a-04 Dam	Panola	36	Low		1963
89	Chiwapa Ws Str 3 Dam	Pontotoc	36	High	Satisfactory	1969
90	Ascalmore Structure Y-17a-01 Dam	Tallahatchie	36	High	Poor	1963
91	Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-26 Dam	Yazoo	36	Low		1967
92	Long Creek Watershed Y-11a-11 Dam	Attala	35	Low		1970
93	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-12 Dam	Carroll	35	Low	Unsatisfactory	1965
94	Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-02 Dam	Carroll	35	Low	Satisfactory	1965
95	Chuquatonchee Watershed Structure 02 Dam	Chickasaw	35	Low		1972
96	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-39 Dam	Holmes	35	Low		1967
97	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-54 Dam	Holmes	35	Low		1964
98	Black Creek Str Y-36-50	Holmes	35	Low	Not Rated	1965
99	Sowashee Creek Ws Str No 2 Dam	Lauderdale	35	High	Fair	1979
100	Holiday Creek Ws Str 3 Dam	Marion	35	High	Poor	1972

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