167Total Dams
7High Hazard
2Significant
Dam Safety in Yazoo County, Mississippi
Yazoo County has 167 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 7 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 5 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Yazoo County is 50 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Arrowhead Lake Dam at 48 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Creek Ws Str Y-37d-10 Dam | High | Poor | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1975 |
| Anderson Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 30 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 5 Dam | High | Poor | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Word of Truth Full Gospel Church Dam | High | Poor | 24 | ||
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 7 Dam | High | Poor | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Spring Ridge Place Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 19 | Recreation | |
| Freeman West Dam | High | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 2000 |
| Dave Shipp Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 32 | Recreation | 2007 |
| Freeman Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 21 | Recreation | 2004 |
| Arrowhead Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 48 | Recreation | 2005 |
| W and W Gravel Company Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Recreation | |
| Ms04539 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | |
| Ralph Fears Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Recreation | |
| Eden Creek Watershed Structure Y-37-03 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1973 |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-26 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Sartan Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | |
| Yazoo County Sportsman and Conservation League Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | 2001 |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 9 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-03 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1958 |
| Ms04541 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-35 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-21 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1959 |
| Ms04331 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Ms04466 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Ms04542 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Fouche Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Cypress Creek Preserve Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 2006 |
| Ms05936 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 8 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-33 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1960 |
| Ms04669 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 6 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Ms04538 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Plunkett Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms06053 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms04281 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Hearst Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms04519 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| H Johnson Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Coleman Pond Ms02728 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Campbell Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Maloney Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Piney Creek Watershed Structure Y-38-23 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Ms04312 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Ms04315 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms06050 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | |
| Ms04518 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Ms06052 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Kerry Briggs Lalke Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Herbert Lee Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | |
| Bentonia Watershed Structure 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Ellison Creek Waterhed Structure 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Ellison Creek Watershed Structure 7 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Ms04276 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms04522 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms04314 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms04622 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms06049 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | |
| Ms06051 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms06038 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Pepper Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04418 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04625 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Strickland Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04272 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Dixon Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Fouche Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04543 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ted Houseman Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Johnston Lake Ms00986 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Anderson Catfish Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Forest Park Club Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Swayze Lake Number 6 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Dixon Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Swayze Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Swayze Lake Number 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| C G Thomas Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ellison Creek Watershed Structure 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Ms04270 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms04460 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms04534 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms04417 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms04670 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Stubblefield Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ellison Creek Watershed Structure 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Ms04520 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms06054 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms04623 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Swayze Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms04540 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms04311 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms04583 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Bill Walker Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Swayze Lake Number 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Mcgraw Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| V W Landen Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | |
| Ms04273 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Vaughn Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04521 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Thad Hawkins Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04278 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04528 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04582 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04525 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04626 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms04416 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms04457 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms04536 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms04415 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Ms04316 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Riley Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Swayze Lake Number 5 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | |
| Brooks Griffen Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Shipp Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04423 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04527 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04275 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04533 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04274 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms06036 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Ms04420 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| H Hillderbrand Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Williams Estate Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Moore Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | |
| Coleman Catfish Ponds | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Other | 1969 |
| Underwood Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | 2016 |
| Ms04277 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04456 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04535 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04524 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04413 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04419 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04319 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Bill Link Pond Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Recreation | |
| Ms04529 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms04422 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms04421 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ms04459 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms04410 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Oreilly Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Lear Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Ms04526 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Griffis Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Bill Link Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Dixon Lake Number 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | |
| Morrison Catfish Ponds | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Other | 1968 |
| Ms04279 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Ms04532 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Ms04411 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Ms04455 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | |
| Coleman Catfish Ponds | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Other | 1967 |
| Peaster Catfish Ponds | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Other | 1960 |
| Ms04530 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Recreation | |
| Ms04313 Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Recreation | |
| Pepper Lake Number 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Recreation | |
| Washington Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | |
| Ms04463 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Ms04464 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | |
| Brown Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1995 |
| Ms04414 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ms04585 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | |
| Ms04317 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | |
| Ms06037 Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 13 | Recreation | |
| Bridgeforth Lake Dam | Undetermined | Not assessed | 9 | Recreation |