Dams in Lauderdale County, Mississippi
212Total Dams
27High Hazard
2Significant
Dam Safety in Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Lauderdale County has 212 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 27 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 25 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Lauderdale County is 54 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Okatibbee Dam at 72 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okatibbee Dam | High | Not Available | 72 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Bonita Number 2 Dam | High | Fair | 60 | Water Supply | 1992 |
| Lake Mailande | High | Satisfactory | 55 | Recreation | 1994 |
| Schamberville Number 2 Dam | High | Fair | 52 | Recreation | 1997 |
| Schamberville Number 1 Dam | High | Fair | 44 | Recreation | 1993 |
| Sowashee Creek Ws Str 11 Dam | High | Poor | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Sowashee Creek Ws Str No 2 Dam | High | Fair | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Dalewood Shores Lake Dam | High | Fair | 34 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Rainbow Lakes # 1 Dam | High | Fair | 33 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Sowashee Creek Ws Str 8 Dam | High | Satisfactory | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1987 |
| Long Creek Reservoir Dam | High | Satisfactory | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Faulkner Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 30 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Lake Tom Bailey | High | Fair | 28 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Bonita Lake Dam Number 1 | High | Fair | 27 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Crescent Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 26 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Briarwood Country Club Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 25 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Bounds Lake Dam | High | Fair | 22 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Magnolia Lake Estates Dam | High | Satisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 2001 |
| Lakemont Lake Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 1930 |
| Mirror Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 20 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Lake Marvana Dam | High | Fair | 20 | Recreation | |
| East Mississippi State Hospital Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 20 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Lakewood Lake Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 19 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Fair Oaks Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 18 | Recreation | |
| Hall Lake No. 1 | High | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Lake Druid Dam | High | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1958 |
| N D Brookshire Pond | High | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Doctor L. Rush Lake | Significant | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Graham Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 23 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Rush Lake Dam | Low | 32 | Recreation | 2018 | |
| Rainbow Lakes # 4 Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 32 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Castle Lake Dam | Low | 31 | Recreation | 2016 | |
| Ms05898 Lake Dam | Low | 30 | Recreation | ||
| Lake Helen Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 25 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Ms05890 Lake Dam | Low | 23 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05883 Lake Dam | Low | 23 | Recreation | ||
| Arrow Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 23 | Recreation | |
| Rainbow Lakes # 5 Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 23 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Kaviton Lake Dam | Low | 21 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05879 Lake Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Cagal Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ned Lockard Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Leland Mcinnis Ctfsh Pd Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | ||
| L L Majure Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| W E Harbor Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Dan Clayton Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | |
| Lake Frank Williams | Low | 20 | Recreation | 1944 | |
| Lake Cobb | Low | 20 | Recreation | 1971 | |
| Ms05899 Lake Dam | Low | 19 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05888 Lake Dam | Low | 19 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05625 Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms05631 Lake Dam | Low | 18 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05897 Lake Dam | Low | 18 | Recreation | ||
| Riverben View Dam | Low | 18 | Recreation | 2016 | |
| R Dempsey Lake Dam | Low | 18 | Recreation | ||
| Shirley Hooper Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Lake Lucille Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 18 | Recreation | 1947 |
| Ms05521 Lake Dam | Low | 17 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05885 Lake Dam | Low | 17 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05894 Lake Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05891 Lake Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Lee Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Carlyle Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Marble Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Pickfords Lake Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| B Hardy Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| J A Crenshaw Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| L Taylor Lake Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| James Gilbert Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| C D Shields Pond Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| W D Reynolds Lake Dam | Low | 15 | Recreation | ||
| John Gilbert Pond Ms02642 Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Lake Martha Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Ms05895 Lake Dam | Low | 14 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05515 Lake Dam | Low | 14 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05753 Lake Dam | Low | 14 | Recreation | ||
| Memorial Park Cemetery Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | |
| W. T. Simmons Pond | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Ben Dearman Catfish Ponds | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Other | 1964 |
| Hasson Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Ms05892 Lake Dam | Low | 13 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05760 Lake Dam | Low | 13 | Recreation | ||
| Sharp Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms05759 Lake Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05767 Lake Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05900 Lake Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Albert Jones Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Will Shadows Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Shrine Club Lake Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| D A Cook Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Monroe Butler Pd Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Mcdonald Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| John Egger Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| J B Mcinnins Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Jim Singley Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Ned Lockard Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Johnny Allen Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| R B Lynch Catfish Ponds Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| H S Wedgeworth Ctfsh Pds Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Mrs R E Payne Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Richard Randell Pond Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 12 | Recreation | |
| W G Williams Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| W T Simmons Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| T E Tanner Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Mrs Jack Morman Pond Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| E H Motley Jr Lake Dam | Low | 12 | Recreation | ||
| E T Newell Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| Wb Boutwell Pond | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1964 |
| J. M. Johnson Pond | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Smith Pond Dam | Low | 11 | Recreation | ||
| Dan Clayton Pond Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Peavy Pond Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Chatham Pond Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Ford Covington Ctfh Pond Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Raymond Harper Lake Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| K B Mitchell Pond Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | ||
| C W Downer Pond Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 10 | Recreation | |
| Simmons Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 10 | Recreation | 1968 |
| James Gilbert Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 10 | Recreation | |
| Ms05769 Lake Dam | Low | 9 | Recreation | ||
| Ralph Snowden Catfish Pond Dam | Low | 8 | Recreation | ||
| Ralph Snowden Catfish Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | 8 | Recreation | ||
| Murry Rogers Catfish Operation | Low | Not Rated | 8 | Other | 1966 |
| Ms05893 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 39 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05503 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 35 | Recreation | ||
| Edith Thomas Dam | Undetermined | 31 | Recreation | 1997 | |
| Ms05889 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 28 | Recreation | ||
| Gene Nunnery Lake Dam | Undetermined | 28 | Recreation | ||
| Mcrae Lake Dam | Undetermined | 25 | Recreation | ||
| Irby Lake Ms02637 Dam | Undetermined | 25 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05754 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 23 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05764 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 23 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05756 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05518 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Burwell Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Charles Steele Pond Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Dogwood Lake Ms02591 Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Bill Hobson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Pigford Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Willow Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Dr Slaughter Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Leonard Taylor Pond Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Roland Kimbrell Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| J A Price Pond Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Covington Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| A P Carney Sr Lake Dam | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| H Sanders Lake Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| Willow Lake Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Fair | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms05508 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 18 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05758 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 18 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05752 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 17 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05880 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 17 | Recreation | ||
| H A Pickett Lake Dam | Undetermined | 17 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05882 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 16 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05757 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 16 | Recreation | ||
| Willow Lake Number 3 Dam | Undetermined | 16 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05509 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Wanita Lake Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| William Anderson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05762 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Cliff Walker Pond Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| R Johnson Lake Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Bill Daniels Catfish Pds Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Duluth Snowden Pond Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Parker Lake Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Ray Trawick Lake Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05886 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 14 | Recreation | ||
| I Taylor Catfish Ponds Dam | Undetermined | 14 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05896 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 13 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05755 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 13 | Recreation | ||
| Temple Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Engels Lake Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Massey Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Jenkins Pond Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| Morris Covington Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Bounds Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Ullyses Lee Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Mae Hall Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Dr Matthews Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Grady Smith Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Monique Pond Dam | Undetermined | Fair | 12 | Recreation | |
| Parker Lakems02650 Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| R N Mcelroy Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Pine Forest Academy Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| J W Wilson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| M C Willaims Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Ed Snow Lake Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| P Coleman Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| R Rivers Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Morgan Lake Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| E M Carr Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| R E Scruggs Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Gray Cobb Lake Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| H L Davis Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Buddy Webb Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| W E Harbor Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Simmons Brothers Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| E V Harrington Pond Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| W Bounds Pond Dam | Undetermined | 12 | Recreation | ||
| Dr Dawson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Lucille Bunton Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Joe Covington Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Martha Cobb Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Buster Price Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| R R Vance Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| G M Jackson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| E T Brown Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Clyde Walker Lake Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| L W Wilson Pond Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| R R Vance Pond Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | 10 | Recreation | ||
| Ms05887 Lake Dam | Undetermined | 8 | Recreation | ||
| Howard White Ctfsh Pond Dam | Undetermined | 8 | Recreation |