High Risk Dams in Mississippi

Mississippi has 140 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 348 high hazard dams in Mississippi, 140 (40%) have concerning condition ratings — 81 rated poor and 59 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Kelly Greenwood Lake Dam	Tallahatchie	60	Poor	Recreation	2010
Lake Pushmataha	Neshoba	56	Poor	Recreation	2002
Second Creek Ws Str No. 6a Dam	Adams	53	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-17 Dam	Carroll	52	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Second Creek Ws Str No. 7 Dam	Adams	52	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Spring Lake Dam	Lafayette	50	Poor	Recreation	2002
Indian Creek Ws Str Y-9a-14 Dam	Panola	50	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Lake Hilda	Warren	47	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Prentiss Walker Lake Dam	Smith	47	Poor	Recreation	1963
Eden Creek Ws Str Y-37d-10 Dam	Yazoo	47	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-10 Dam	Carroll	47	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Mccoy Lake Dam	Simpson	44	Poor	Recreation	2011
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-11 Dam	Carroll	44	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Abotlapoota Creek Ws Str Y-34-11 Dam	Carroll	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Chuquatonchee Ws Str 07 Dam	Chickasaw	43	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Oktibbeha County Lake Dam	Oktibbeha	43	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1965
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-10 Dam	Carroll	41	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-04 Dam	Carroll	41	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Dry Creek Watershed Structure 3 Dam	Covington	40	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-05 Dam	Carroll	40	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Buntyn Creek Watershed Structure Y-16a-4 Dam	Tallahatchie	40	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Ascalmore Structure Y-17a-02 Dam	Tallahatchie	39	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-03 Dam	Carroll	39	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-07 Dam	Carroll	39	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Tuscumbia Ws Str Number 8 Dam	Alcorn	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Ws Str Y-17c-6b Dam	Tallahatchie	38	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Chunky River Ws Number 8 Dam	Newton	37	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Sowashee Creek Ws Str 11 Dam	Lauderdale	37	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-09a Dam	Carroll	37	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Ascalmore Structure Y-17a-01 Dam	Tallahatchie	36	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Lake Cavalier Dam	Madison	35	Poor	Recreation	1954
Indian Creek Ws Str Y-9a-07 Dam	Panola	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Holiday Creek Ws Str 3 Dam	Marion	35	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Holiday Creek Ws Str 4 Dam	Marion	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Town Creek Ws Str 16 Dam	Lee	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Tippah River Ws Str Lt-7-05 Dam	Benton	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Upper Leaf River Structure 9 Dam	Smith	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Town Creek Ws Str 39 Dam	Lee	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Tuscumbia Ws Str Number 34 Dam	Prentiss	34	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Brinkley Lake Dam	Tishomingo	33	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1971
Muddy Creek Ws Str 14 Dam	Tippah	33	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-07 Dam	Carroll	33	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Big Sand Watershed Structure Y-32-02 Dam	Carroll	33	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Robins Lake Dam	Adams	32	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1973
Pelucia Watershed Structure Y-33a-14 Dam	Carroll	32	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Bahala Creek Ws Str 2 Dam	Lincoln	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Town Creek Ws Str 24 Dam	Lee	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Lake Linda	Warren	31	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Muddy Creek Ws Str 2 Dam	Tippah	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Tillatoba Creek Wss Y-17b-1 Dam	Tallahatchie	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
Buntyn Creek Ws Str Y-16a-2 Dam	Tallahatchie	31	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Indian Creek Ws Str Y-9a-08 Dam	Panola	31	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Big Creek Watershed Structure 9 Dam	Jones	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Muddy Creek Watershed Structure 4 Dam	Tippah	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Tuscumbia Ws Str Number 36 Dam	Prentiss	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Potacocawa Watershed Structure Y-31a-06 Dam	Carroll	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Hubbard Murphee Structure Y-17a-72 Dam	Tallahatchie	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-25 Dam	Carroll	30	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Muddy Creek Watershed Structure 24a Dam	Tippah	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Murray Creek Ws Str Y-13a-1 Dam	Lafayette	29	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Town Creek Ws Str 19 Dam	Union	29	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Otoucalofa Creek Structure Y-15b-8 Dam	Lafayette	29	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Twin Lakes Dam	Madison	28	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1940
Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-01 Dam	Lafayette	28	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Tuscumbia Ws Str 39 Dam	Prentiss	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Grays Creek Ws Str G-6-2 Dam	Benton	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
East And West Goose Str R-9-2 Dam	Lafayette	28	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Chiwapa Watershed Structure 65 Dam	Pontotoc	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Okonatie Ws Str Ut-25-1 Dam	Union	28	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Deerhaven Dam	Madison	27	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1993
Hurt Lake Dam	Tippah	27	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Richland Creek Ws Str 3 Dam	Rankin	27	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
East And West Goose Str R-9-1 Dam	Lafayette	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Tippah River Ws Str Lt-7-07 Dam	Benton	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
Potacocawa Watershed Structure Y-31a-04 Dam	Carroll	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Tillatoba Creek Ws Str Y-17b-3 Dam	Yalobusha	27	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
R N Van Vulpen Pond Dam	DeSoto	27	Poor	Recreation	1955
Bentonia Watershed Structure 5 Dam	Yazoo	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Lake Neoma Dam	Madison	26	Poor	Recreation	1939
Upper Tippah Watershed Structure Lt-6-17 Dam	Tippah	26	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Chiwapa Ws Str 29 Dam	Pontotoc	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Abotlapoota Watershed Structure Y-34-13 Dam	Carroll	26	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Lake Piomingo Dam	Lee	25	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1967
Tidwell Dam	Warren	25	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Big Lake Dam	Calhoun	25	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1955
Craddock Lake Dam	Tishomingo	25	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1980
Hell Creek Ws Str Lt-9b-2 Dam	Union	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
Lake Nirvana Dam	Webster	25	Poor	Other	1960
Otoucalofa Creek Y-15-4 Dam	Calhoun	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Greasy Creek Ws Str Lt-1a-11 Dam	Lafayette	25	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Word Of Truth Full Gospel Church Dam	Yazoo	24	Poor
Brown Lake Dam	Lafayette	24	Poor	Recreation
Raymond Lake Dam	Hinds	24	Poor	Recreation
Anchor Lake Dam	Pearl River	24	Poor	Recreation	1965
Cedar Hill Lake Dam	Madison	24	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Murray Creek Ws Str Y-13a-5 Dam	Lafayette	24	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
Piney Woods Lake Dam	Rankin	24	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1949
West Lake Dam	Lamar	24	Poor	Recreation	1968
Otoucalofa Creek Y-15-1 Dam	Calhoun	23	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Bentonia Watershed Structure 7 Dam	Yazoo	23	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Arrowhead Lake Dam	Union	22	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1947
Muddy Creek Ws Str 5 Dam	Tippah	22	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
Will Bond Incorporated Pond Dam	DeSoto	22	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1960
Lakemont Lake Dam	Lauderdale	21	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1930
Bogue Ws Str Y-30-095 Dam	Montgomery	21	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Chunky River Ws Str 47 Dam	Newton	21	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
Maywood Subdivision - Shahkoka Dam	DeSoto	21	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1948
Black Creek Cooling Water Dam	Jackson	20	Poor	Other
Southlakes Pond Dam	Grenada	20	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Burnt Corn Ws Str 3 Dam	Madison	20	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Cypress Creek Ws Str Y-19a-08 Dam	Yalobusha	20	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Spring Ridge Place Dam	Yazoo	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Collin Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Mcgee Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Leroy George Lake Dam	Warren	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Lakewood Lake Dam	Lauderdale	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1959
Spring Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Poor	Recreation	1974
Walter Vinson Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1994
Persimmon Creek Structure Y-21-09 Dam	Calhoun	19	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
Biard Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Poor	Recreation	1987
J C Gladney Lake Dam	Hinds	19	Poor	Recreation
Maywood Subdivision - Woodland Lake Dam	DeSoto	19	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1948
Shammack Creek Watershed Structure 2 Dam	Kemper	19	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Winona Country Club Lake Dam	Montgomery	18	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Shook Lake Dam	Lee	16	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Regency Estates Lake Dam	Hinds	16	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1996
Easthaven Lake Dam	Rankin	16	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Hoy Lake Dam	Hinds	16	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1964
Hall Lake No. 1	Lauderdale	15	Poor	Recreation
Lake Druid Dam	Lauderdale	15	Poor	Recreation	1958
Stillhouse Creek Dam	Madison	15	Poor	Recreation
South Lake Dam	Lowndes	15	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1955
Turner Lake Dam	Prentiss	14	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Dennery Pond Dam	Hinds	14	Poor	Recreation
Kingsview Lake Dam	DeSoto	14	Poor	Recreation	1959
J B Lyon Pond Dam	DeSoto	14	Poor	Recreation
Arrington Lake Dam	Madison	12	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Cypress Creek Y-19a-15	Yalobusha	10	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction
Multip Manor Lake Dam	Hinds	9	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1961
Ms04504 Lake Dam	Lee	8	Unsatisfactory	Recreation

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