Debris Control Dams in Missouri
Missouri has 127 debris control dams, of which 29 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to catch sediment, rocks, and debris carried by flowing water — particularly important in areas prone to mudslides or heavy erosion.
| # | Dam | County | Height (ft) | Hazard | Condition | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabo Creek E-39 | Lafayette | 41 | Low | Satisfactory | 1964 |
| 2 | Lost Creek F-3 | Newton | 39 | High | Satisfactory | 1977 |
| 3 | Farmland Industries Lake Dam | Buchanan | 38 | Low | Satisfactory | 1950 |
| 4 | Grindstone Lmc F-30 | Daviess | 37 | High | Satisfactory | 1975 |
| 5 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 36 | Lewis | 37 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 6 | 102 River Tributaries Dam # 22 | Nodaway | 37 | Low | Satisfactory | 1964 |
| 7 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 39 | Lewis | 35 | Significant | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 8 | Knittel Lake Dam | Callaway | 34 | Low | Not Rated | 1947 |
| 9 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 37 | Lewis | 34 | Significant | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 10 | Lost Creek Watershed Dam F-2 | Newton | 34 | High | Not Rated | 1977 |
| 11 | Lost Creek Watershed Dam F-1 | Newton | 33 | High | Not Rated | 1977 |
| 12 | Big Basin | Pulaski | 33 | Low | Fair | 1970 |
| 13 | Willow Creek Watershed Dam B-22 | Ray | 33 | Low | Not Rated | 1971 |
| 14 | Woodbury Lake Dam | Buchanan | 32 | Low | Not Rated | 1970 |
| 15 | Fairview Farms Lake Dam | Jackson | 32 | Low | Not Rated | 1946 |
| 16 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 33 | Clark | 31 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 17 | Lake Concord Dam | Clinton | 31 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 18 | Freeman Farms Dam Number One | Clinton | 31 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 19 | Mechlin Lake Dam | Macon | 31 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 20 | Lake La Verne Dam | Andrew | 30 | High | Not Rated | 1956 |
| 21 | Mccoy-waits Lake Dam | Atchison | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1973 |
| 22 | Kyle Lake Dam | Benton | 30 | High | Not Rated | 1957 |
| 23 | Jeffers Lake Dam | Buchanan | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 24 | Moore Lake Dam | Camden | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1964 |
| 25 | Stallings Bros Dam | Cape Girardeau | 30 | High | Not Rated | 1967 |
| 26 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 32 | Clark | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 27 | Morse Lake Dam | Clinton | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1971 |
| 28 | Duncan Lake Dam | Franklin | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1956 |
| 29 | Lescher Lake Dam | Holt | 30 | High | Not Rated | |
| 30 | Carter Lake Dam-sec 25 Lower | Lafayette | 30 | High | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 31 | Fay Lake Dam | Livingston | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 32 | Patterson Farms Lake Dam-sect 12 | Nodaway | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1962 |
| 33 | Patterson Farms Lake Dam-sect 23 | Nodaway | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1960 |
| 34 | Wilhite Dam | Pike | 30 | High | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 35 | Jaynes Dam | Ralls | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1956 |
| 36 | Fields Lake Dam | Sullivan | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1973 |
| 37 | Parsons Lake Dam | Warren | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 38 | Bunge,d. Lake Dam | Warren | 30 | Low | Not Rated | 1973 |
| 39 | Hein Lake Dam | Grundy | 29 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 40 | George Fogg Dam | Holt | 29 | Low | Not Rated | 2000 |
| 41 | Diebold Orchards Dam-sec 14 | Scott | 29 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 42 | Hammel Lake Dam | St. Charles | 29 | Low | Not Rated | 1969 |
| 43 | East Dam | Daviess | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 1962 |
| 44 | Perkins West Lake Dam | Franklin | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 1970 |
| 45 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 42 | Lewis | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 46 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 47 | Lewis | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 47 | Mark Steinbecker | Perry | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 2002 |
| 48 | Happy Hollow Lake Dam | Platte | 28 | Low | Not Rated | 1963 |
| 49 | Red Lake | Pulaski | 28 | Low | Fair | 1970 |
| 50 | Unionville Old City Lake Dam | Putnam | 28 | High | Not Rated | 1914 |
| 51 | Gibson Dam | Ralls | 28 | High | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 52 | Hilton Lake Dam | Carroll | 27 | Low | Not Rated | 1963 |
| 53 | Tuggle's Dam Lt-93 | Harrison | 27 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 54 | Easterwood Lake Dam | Johnson | 27 | Low | Not Rated | 1977 |
| 55 | Clarence Cannon Mem Watershed Dam 34 | Lincoln | 27 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 56 | Sybert Lake Dam-lower | Andrew | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1968 |
| 57 | Wilson Lake Dam | Callaway | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1977 |
| 58 | Krekeler Lake Dam | Crawford | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1963 |
| 59 | Craig/allen Dam Lt-90 | Harrison | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1970 |
| 60 | Buck & Doe Run Watershed Dam 38 | Lewis | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 61 | Englert Lake Dam | Livingston | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 1969 |
| 62 | Ken Buchheit Dam | Perry | 26 | Low | Not Rated | 2002 |
| 63 | Dysart Lake Dam | Andrew | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1960 |
| 64 | Sybert Lake Dam-upper | Andrew | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1964 |
| 65 | Kcs Bridge A-65 | Bates | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 66 | North 40 Lake Dam | Boone | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1936 |
| 67 | Jones Dam | Buchanan | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1971 |
| 68 | Trickey Lake Dam | Buchanan | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 69 | Althiser Lake Dam | Callaway | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1967 |
| 70 | Anderson Lake Dam | Carroll | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 71 | Kussman's Lake Dam | Chariton | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1977 |
| 72 | Alexander Lake Dam | Crawford | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1956 |
| 73 | Thomas Lake Dam | Gentry | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 74 | Hagewood Lake Dam | Greene | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1970 |
| 75 | Goodrich Lake Dam | Grundy | 25 | High | Not Rated | |
| 76 | Knightstown Group Site Dam 004-12 | Grundy | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1981 |
| 77 | Hintz Lake Dam | Harrison | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 78 | Fitz Farms Lake Dam | Harrison | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 79 | Robertson Farms Inc Dam | Howard | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1965 |
| 80 | Veterans No. 95 | Jackson | 25 | Low | Fair | 1941 |
| 81 | Jaeger Lake Dam | Johnson | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1960 |
| 82 | Edmunds Lake Dam | Johnson | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1976 |
| 83 | Eldridge Lake Dam | Johnson | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 84 | Schultz Lake Dam | Knox | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1962 |
| 85 | Carter Lake Dam-section 10 Lower | Lafayette | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1973 |
| 86 | Doscher Bros Dam | Lewis | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1953 |
| 87 | Merenaught Farms Lake Dam | Lincoln | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 88 | Black Horse Dam | Linn | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1974 |
| 89 | Bevill Dam | Marion | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1967 |
| 90 | Dickson Lake Dam | Marion | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1958 |
| 91 | Allen Dam | Mercer | 25 | Low | Not Rated | |
| 92 | Easterday Dam East | Montgomery | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1952 |
| 93 | Hudson Lake Dam (shallow) | Perry | 25 | Low | Not Rated | |
| 94 | Dennis Lake Dam | Phelps | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1972 |
| 95 | Engineer Lake | Pulaski | 25 | Low | Fair | |
| 96 | Quinn&fitzgerald Lake Dam | Randolph | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1973 |
| 97 | French Creek Farms Lake Dam | Randolph | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1970 |
| 98 | Niedner Lake Dam | St. Charles | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1967 |
| 99 | Clement Lake Dam | St. Charles | 25 | Low | Not Rated | 1975 |
| 100 | D+r Lake Upper Dam | Wright | 25 | High | Not Rated | 1970 |