Oldest Dams in Mississippi

Mississippi has 1481 dams with recorded construction dates. The oldest dates to 1903 — 123 years ago. Older dams require particular attention for safety, as many were built before modern engineering standards.

#	Dam	County	Year Built	Age	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition
1	I C G R R Reservoir Mccomb Dam	Pike	1903	123 yrs	26	High	Satisfactory
2	Williams Lake	Hinds	1920	106 yrs	15	Significant	Not Rated
3	Campus Lake Dam	Jones	1920	106 yrs	20	Undetermined
4	Lake Chautauqua Dam	Copiah	1925	101 yrs	20	Undetermined
5	Lake Hazle Dam	Copiah	1925	101 yrs	29	Low	Unsatisfactory
6	Lakemont Lake Dam	Lauderdale	1930	96 yrs	21	High	Unsatisfactory
7	Hall-neely Dam	Union	1930	96 yrs	10	Low	Unsatisfactory
8	Brown's Lake Dam	Warren	1930	96 yrs	27	High	Not Available
9	Holmes County State Park Number 2 Dam	Holmes	1933	93 yrs	20	Low
10	J. K. Hurdle Lake	Marshall	1935	91 yrs	25	Low	Not Rated
11	Neshoba County Lake Dam	Neshoba	1935	91 yrs	9	Low	Satisfactory
12	Roosevelt State Park Lake Dam	Scott	1935	91 yrs	30	High	Fair
13	Davis Lake	Chickasaw	1937	89 yrs	33	Low	Not Rated
14	Cabin Lake	Choctaw	1937	89 yrs	17	Low	Not Rated
15	Choctaw Lake	Choctaw	1937	89 yrs	32	Low	Not Rated
16	Clear Springs	Franklin	1938	88 yrs	33	Low	Not Rated
17	Holmes County State Park Number 1 Dam	Holmes	1938	88 yrs	20	Low
18	Bonita Lake Dam Number 1	Lauderdale	1939	87 yrs	27	High	Fair
19	Lake Neoma Dam	Madison	1939	87 yrs	26	High	Poor
20	Twin Lakes Dam	Madison	1940	86 yrs	28	High	Unsatisfactory
21	Norris Lake Dam	Oktibbeha	1940	86 yrs	15	Significant	Fair
22	Pine Lake Dam	Panola	1940	86 yrs	23	High	Satisfactory
23	Sardis Dam	Panola	1940	86 yrs	117	High	Not Available
24	Percy Quin State Park Dam	Pike	1940	86 yrs	34	High	Fair
25	Basf Catalysts, Llc Pond No. 5 Dam	Hinds	1942	84 yrs	44	High	Fair
26	Brown Lake	Warren	1942	84 yrs	30	Low	Not Rated
27	Arkabutla Dam	DeSoto	1943	83 yrs	92	High	Not Available
28	Lake Castle Dam	Madison	1943	83 yrs	30	High	Fair
29	Darden Lake Dam	Union	1943	83 yrs	22	Low	Poor
30	Lake Frank Williams	Lauderdale	1944	82 yrs	20	Low
31	Patterson Lake Dam	Rankin	1944	82 yrs	18	Low
32	H T Ratliff Lake Dam	Hinds	1945	81 yrs	15	Low
33	Francis Lowery Lake Dam	Jones	1945	81 yrs	22	Undetermined	Satisfactory
34	Lakeview Reservoir Dam	Hinds	1946	80 yrs	15	High	Fair
35	C. V. Glennis Lake Dam	Pike	1946	80 yrs	20	High	Fair
36	Lakeshore Lake Dam	Lamar	1947	79 yrs	27	High	Fair
37	Lake Lucille Dam	Lauderdale	1947	79 yrs	18	Low	Unsatisfactory
38	Arrowhead Lake Dam	Union	1947	79 yrs	22	High	Unsatisfactory
39	Strong Lake Dam	Warren	1947	79 yrs	25	Low	Fair
40	C. S. Mills Pond	DeSoto	1948	78 yrs	14	Low	Not Rated
41	Maywood Subdivision - Sylvan Lake Dam	DeSoto	1948	78 yrs	8	Low	Satisfactory
42	Maywood Subdivision - Shahkoka Dam	DeSoto	1948	78 yrs	21	High	Unsatisfactory
43	Maywood Subdivision - Woodland Lake Dam	DeSoto	1948	78 yrs	19	High	Unsatisfactory
44	Yelvertons Lake Dam	Hinds	1948	78 yrs	12	Low
45	Cypress Lake	Madison	1948	78 yrs	18	High	Satisfactory
46	Taylors Lake Dam	Winston	1948	78 yrs	16	Undetermined	Not Rated
47	Pennington Lake Number 4 Dam	Lowndes	1949	77 yrs	20	High	Fair
48	Piney Woods Lake Dam	Rankin	1949	77 yrs	24	High	Unsatisfactory
49	Hermon Jackson Lake	Amite	1950	76 yrs	15	Low	Not Rated
50	J. B. Snowden Pond	DeSoto	1950	76 yrs	18	Low	Not Rated

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