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 assessed | 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 assessed | 12 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Doctor L. Rush Lake | Significant | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Graham Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 23 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Rush Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 2018 |
| Rainbow Lakes # 4 Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 32 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Castle Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Recreation | 2016 |
| Ms05898 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Lake Helen Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 25 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Ms05890 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms05883 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Arrow Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 23 | Recreation | |
| Rainbow Lakes # 5 Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 23 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Kaviton Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms05879 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Cagal Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ned Lockard Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Leland Mcinnis Ctfsh Pd Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| L L Majure Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| W E Harbor Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Dan Clayton Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Lake Frank Williams | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1944 |
| Lake Cobb | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Ms05899 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms05888 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms05625 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms05631 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05897 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Riverben View Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 2016 |
| R Dempsey Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Shirley Hooper Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Lake Lucille Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 18 | Recreation | 1947 |
| Ms05521 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05885 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05894 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05891 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Lee Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Carlyle Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Marble Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Pickfords Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| B Hardy Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| J a Crenshaw Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| L Taylor Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| James Gilbert Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| C D Shields Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| W D Reynolds Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| John Gilbert Pond Ms02642 Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Lake Martha Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Ms05895 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms05515 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms05753 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Memorial Park Cemetery Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | |
| W. T. Simmons Pond | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Ben Dearman Catfish Ponds | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Other | 1964 |
| Hasson Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Ms05892 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms05760 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Sharp Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms05759 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms05767 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms05900 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Albert Jones Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Will Shadows Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Shrine Club Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| D a Cook Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Monroe Butler Pd Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Mcdonald Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| John Egger Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| J B Mcinnins Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Jim Singley Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ned Lockard Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Johnny Allen Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| R B Lynch Catfish Ponds Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| H S Wedgeworth Ctfsh Pds Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Mrs R E Payne Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Richard Randell Pond Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 12 | Recreation | |
| W G Williams Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| W T Simmons Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| T E Tanner Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Mrs Jack Morman Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| E H Motley Jr Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| E T Newell Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| Wb Boutwell Pond | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | 1964 |
| J. M. Johnson Pond | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Smith Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Dan Clayton Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Peavy Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Chatham Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Ford Covington Ctfh Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Raymond Harper Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| K B Mitchell Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 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 assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Ms05769 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Recreation | |
| Ralph Snowden Catfish Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation | |
| Ralph Snowden Catfish Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation | |
| Murry Rogers Catfish Operation | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Other | 1966 |
| Ms05893 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 39 | Recreation | |
| Ms05503 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | |
| Edith Thomas Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 31 | Recreation | 1997 |
| Ms05889 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Gene Nunnery Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Mcrae Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Irby Lake Ms02637 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms05754 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms05764 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms05756 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms05518 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Burwell Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Charles Steele Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Dogwood Lake Ms02591 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Bill Hobson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Pigford Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Willow Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Dr Slaughter Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Leonard Taylor Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Roland Kimbrell Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| J a Price Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Covington Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| A P Carney Sr Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| H Sanders Lake Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| Willow Lake Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Fair | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms05508 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05758 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms05752 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05880 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| H a Pickett Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms05882 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05757 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Willow Lake Number 3 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms05509 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Wanita Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| William Anderson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05762 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Cliff Walker Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| R Johnson Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Bill Daniels Catfish Pds Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Duluth Snowden Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Parker Lake Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ray Trawick Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms05886 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| I Taylor Catfish Ponds Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms05896 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms05755 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Temple Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Engels Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Massey Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Jenkins Pond Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| Morris Covington Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Bounds Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ullyses Lee Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Mae Hall Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Dr Matthews Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Grady Smith Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Monique Pond Dam | Undetermined | Fair | 12 | Recreation | |
| Parker Lakems02650 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| R N Mcelroy Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Pine Forest Academy Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| J W Wilson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| M C Willaims Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ed Snow Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| P Coleman Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| R Rivers Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Morgan Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| E M Carr Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| R E Scruggs Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Gray Cobb Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| H L Davis Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Buddy Webb Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| W E Harbor Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Simmons Brothers Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| E V Harrington Pond Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| W Bounds Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Dr Dawson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Lucille Bunton Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Joe Covington Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Martha Cobb Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Buster Price Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| R R Vance Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| G M Jackson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| E T Brown Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Clyde Walker Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| L W Wilson Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| R R Vance Pond Number 2 Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 10 | Recreation | |
| Ms05887 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation | |
| Howard White Ctfsh Pond Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation |