Dams in Callaway County, Missouri
107Total Dams
30High Hazard
7Significant
Dam Safety in Callaway County, Missouri
Callaway County has 107 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 30 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Callaway County is 60 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Lake Thunderbird Lower Dam at 68 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baumgartner Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 62 | Recreation | 1991 |
| Lower Canyon Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 58 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Trimble Lake Dam-east | High | Unsatisfactory | 48 | Other | 1958 |
| Whetstone Creek Big Lake Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 47 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Lake Lahweeno Dam | High | Satisfactory | 46 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Katy Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 45 | Water Supply | 1905 |
| Lake My-kee Dam | High | Satisfactory | 44 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Little Dixie Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 42 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Forest Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Henke Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Irrigation | 1970 |
| Bass Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Covington Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Gurwit&lewis Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Trimble Lake Dam-west (dry) | High | Not Rated | 30 | Other | 1955 |
| American Cent Corp Upper Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| G7g Cattle Co Dam West | High | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Baumgartner Dam | High | Not Rated | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Renner Dam | High | Not Rated | 28 | Irrigation | 1974 |
| Guthrie Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 26 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Hrin Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Althiser Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Debris Control | 1967 |
| G&g Cattle Co Dam East | High | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Hauck Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Lac Piete Dam | High | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Meadow Brook Dam | High | Not Rated | 22 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Eve Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 21 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Reeds Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1932 |
| Lehenbauer Lake Dam-sect 35 | High | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Vaughn Dam | High | Not Rated | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Junior Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 13 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Sielfleisch Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 50 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Lake Thunderbird Upper Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 49 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Backer Lake Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 1976 |
| Lochwinnoch Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Headache Lake Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 21 | Irrigation | 1971 |
| Vernon Echelmeier Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 17 | Irrigation | 1979 |
| Atkinson Lake Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 15 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Lake Thunderbird Lower Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 68 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Leisure Lake Main Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 58 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Herring Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 50 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Lehenbaur Lake Dam-section 25 | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Sullivan Lake Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 41 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Howard Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Glover Spring Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Heinrichsmeyer Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 37 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Knittel Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Debris Control | 1947 |
| Graham Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | 1984 | |
| Davis Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Winfield Investment Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | |
| Woods Dam South | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Irrigation | 1971 |
| Muckler & Sielfleisch Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Lawrence Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Dolnick Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Marti Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Gross Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Baker Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Herring Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Leisure Lake Dam-west | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1960 |
| American Cent Corp Lower Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Harbison-walker Refractory Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Lost Canyon Lakes Dam-sect 25 Upper | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Lost Canyon Lakes Dam-sec 26 West | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Lamers Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Richardson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Brush Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | |
| Leisure Lake Dam-south | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | |
| Blue Bird Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Staples Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Phillips Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | |
| Knittel Dam #2 | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Wright Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Shrand Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | |
| Wilson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Debris Control | 1977 |
| Whetstone Crk Wldlf Area Dam-sec 8 | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1941 |
| Smith Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Konrad Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Whalen Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Discwasher Inc.dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Other | 1955 |
| Zander Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Embree Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Linn Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Mirts Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Winfield Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Mathews Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Mccredie Experiment Station | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1940 |
| Leisure Lake Dam-east | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Shadow Valley Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Canyon Lake Upper Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Lehenbaur Lake Dam Sect 28 | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Lost Canyon Lakes Dam-sec 26 East | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Vanderkamp Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Whetstone Creek Wldlf Area Dam Sec-32 | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Daly Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Dr Windmiller | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Offutt Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Held Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Miller Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1976 |
| Castle Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | 1977 |
| Davis Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | |
| Borman Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Newman Lake #2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Atkinson,terry Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | 1971 |
| Whetstone Crk Wldlf Area-sec 6-upper | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Paradise Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Lee Sualts | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Reed Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Woods Dam North | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Irrigation | 1973 |