131Total Dams
11High Hazard
1Significant
Dam Safety in Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County has 131 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 11 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 1 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 13 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Lafayette County is 47 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Leake Lake #2 Dam at 57 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Dam | High | Poor | 50 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Murray Creek Ws Str Y-13a-1 Dam | High | Poor | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Otoucalofa Creek Structure Y-15b-8 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1996 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-01 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| East and West Goose Str R-9-2 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1958 |
| East and West Goose Str R-9-1 Dam | High | Poor | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1958 |
| Greasy Creek Ws Str Lt-1a-11 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Brown Lake Dam | High | Poor | 24 | Recreation | |
| Murray Creek Ws Str Y-13a-5 Dam | High | Poor | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Lake Tara Dam | High | Satisfactory | 20 | Recreation | 1985 |
| Royal Oaks Dam | High | Satisfactory | 20 | Recreation | 1994 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-07 Dam | Significant | Poor | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Leake Lake #1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 49 | Recreation | |
| Puskus Lake Dam (lt 14-a1) | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Woodson Ridge Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Recreation | 2008 |
| Crown Pointe Dam | Low | Fair | 37 | Recreation | 2004 |
| Horseshoe Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Recreation | 1999 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-16 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Upper Yocona Ws Str Y-14-17 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Upper Yocona Ws Str Y-14-15 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1970 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-03 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Bagley Creek Watershed Structure Lt-15-1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Greasy Creek Ws Str Lt-1a-04 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Ms04363 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Ms05946 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Timber Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-02 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Murray Creek Watershed Structure Y-13a-4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Stone Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 2009 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-05 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Ms05800 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-12 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Ms05795 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Ms06104 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Trammel Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 2000 |
| Greasy Watershed Structure Lt-1a-03 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Cypress Lake Dam (lt 14a-3) | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-04 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Murray Creek Watershed Structure Y-13a-2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-11 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-04 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Ms06081 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Ms05962 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Ms05799 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Tuscan Hills Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | 2009 |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-06 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Greasy Watershed Structure Lt-1a-10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Wellsgate Lake Number 1 Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 26 | Recreation | 1999 |
| Lake Marcella Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Ms04374 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms05963 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms06114 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Renfroe Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 2009 |
| Greasy Watershed Structure Lt-1a-13 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-14 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Coon Creek Lake Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1970 |
| North Cypress Lake | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Moore Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Waldrop Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Briscoe Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Parcher Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1998 |
| Tatum Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Paine Pond | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Tatum Pond Number 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-18 Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-06 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Ms06079 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Donna Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 2004 |
| Camp Hopewell Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1999 |
| Cypress Creek Watershed Structure Lt-14a-10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Ms04372 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms05939 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Waller Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms04383 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms05944 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Jack Mccormick Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Harwell Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| James E. Davis Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 2006 |
| Rock Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 2003 |
| Tuscan Hills #2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 2009 |
| Lancaster Lake Dam | Low | Fair | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms05798 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Lafayette Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04373 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Young Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Ms05960 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Fuller Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | 1994 |
| Ms06123 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms06088 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Dunlap Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Talbert Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05961 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Johnson Pondms01223 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Stuart Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Gunter Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Reagan Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Brown Lake | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Ms06098 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Lake Stephens Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms06080 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05971 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05953 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Graham Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms04365 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05943 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05797 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05807 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms06091 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04354 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms05794 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Linder Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms04346 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Leake Lake #2 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 57 | Recreation | |
| Ms06087 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | |
| Ms06102 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms05975 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Galloway Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms06124 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Warren Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1997 |
| Ms06086 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05976 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Tatum Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Lake Powell Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms06101 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05942 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Wellsgate Lake Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Satisfactory | 17 | Recreation | 2000 |
| Alderson Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 1993 |
| Ms04381 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms05952 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms04382 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Ms06097 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation |