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

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