Dams in Franklin County, Missouri
152Total Dams
55High Hazard
4Significant
Dam Safety in Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County has 152 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 55 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 4 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Franklin County is 57 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Lonedell Lake Dam at 56 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonedell Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 56 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Melody Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 53 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Lake St. Clair Dam | High | Satisfactory | 49 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Baudendistel Dam | High | Satisfactory | 48 | Recreation | 2000 |
| Port Hudson Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 48 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1992 |
| Las Brisas Dam | High | Satisfactory | 46 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Lake Thunderbird Dam | High | Satisfactory | 45 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Lake Serene Dam | High | Satisfactory | 42 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Whispering Valley Lake #1 Dam | High | Satisfactory | 41 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Boston Lakewood Park Dam | High | Satisfactory | 41 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Winter Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 40 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Whispering Valley Lake #2 Dam | High | Satisfactory | 39 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Token Lake Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 38 | Recreation | |
| Anich Dam | High | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 2003 |
| Bumb Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 38 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Lake Torino Dam | High | Satisfactory | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Rentfrow Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 36 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Long View Lake Dam | High | Satisfactory | 36 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Horse Shoe Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Von Der Ahe | High | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Redhage Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Perkins East Lower Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Lake Aggravation Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Charles West Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | |
| Howell Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Hermit Hollow Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Bridgewater Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 32 | 1995 | |
| Sellenriek Dam | High | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Swantner Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Zinsmeyer Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 31 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Brown Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Mo No Name | High | Not Rated | 30 | ||
| Meadow Lake Estates Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1992 |
| Lake Aggravation | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Smith Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Peters Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Crescent Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Brown Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | 1982 | |
| Becker Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Anthonis,e Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Lake St Clair Number Three Dam | High | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Gundaker,g Dam | High | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Rainbow Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Lynch Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1938 |
| Lost Valley-west-lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Lake St Clair Number Two Dam | High | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Sherrel Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Strubberg Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Ankar Lake Dam (shallow) | High | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Stallman Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Whispering Valley Lake #3 | High | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Von Derosa Number 3 Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Lake Arrowhead Dam | High | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Carved Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Indian Rock Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 0 | Recreation | 1978 |
| Fawn Lake Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 43 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Adriatic Lake Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 36 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Jarvis Lake Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 34 | 1992 | |
| Foxboro Lake Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 33 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1974 |
| George Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Glen Owen Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 41 | 2005 | |
| Cool Valley Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 40 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Kopmann Farms - Field #n1 | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Grade Stabilization | 2007 |
| Camp Solidarity Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 37 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Denney Lake Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 37 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Pacific Fishing Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1969 |
| Lions Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Trulaske Lake Section 32 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Leaky Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | |
| Alpine Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Kopmann Farms Inc Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Grade Stabilization | 2005 |
| Trutsch Lakes-upper-dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Other | 1954 |
| Lake Von Der Rosa | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1976 |
| Friedel Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Koch Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Beckmann #1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Emil Jasper Trust | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Grade Stabilization | 1999 |
| Watson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Anglers Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Von Derosa Number 2 Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Philnor Farms | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Recreation | 2003 |
| Sprague Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1965 |
| Jarvis Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | 1988 | |
| Albert Unerstall | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Grade Stabilization | 1999 |
| Flaker Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Anderson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Williams Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Wilson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Beuke Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Schnitzer Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Mineral Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1904 |
| Duncan Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Debris Control | 1956 |
| Lake Marion Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Janssen Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Other | 1974 |
| Deppe Farms Tract #2110 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Other | 2005 |
| Laschke Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Stieren Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1975 |
| Janks Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Crazy Fox Farm Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Koedding Lake Dam (shallow) | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 |
| Trulaske Lake-section 25-dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Trulaske Lake-section 33-dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Netties Greenhouse Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Woodland Hills Subdivision Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | |
| Ruhl Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Pieper Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Mo No Name | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Mcginnis Lake | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1975 |
| Perkins West Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Debris Control | 1970 |
| Grutsch Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Grade Stabilization | 1996 |
| Buckner Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Irene Hidritch | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Other | 2003 |
| Vogt Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Sipe Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Evergreen Lakes-lower Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Evergreen Lake Dam Upper | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Newton Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Kamper Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1959 |
| Strothmann Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| John Brune Sr Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Other | 2004 |
| Deppermann Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Schroepfer Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Schepp Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Berndsen Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1969 |
| Cedar Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1925 |
| Mcadams Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | |
| Koelling Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Luecker Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Panhorst Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Struebbe's Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Meyer Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Meyer Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Other | |
| High Meadow Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Trutsch Lakes-lower-dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Other | |
| Mo-val Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Watters Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Johns Lake Dam (shallow) | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Ash Pond Dike(shallow) | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Other | 1969 |
| Missouri Botanical Gardens Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Other | 1960 |
| Perkins East Upper Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Water Supply | 1948 |
| Clover Bottom Fish Farm Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1968 |
| Carvers Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Johnson Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Emmett Brison Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Mononame 364 | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Justia J Weil | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Roadside Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Marie Otte Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Oscar F Juergens Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Lucky Nugget Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1969 |
| Roaring Springs Dam/(dry) | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Ash Pond Dike-north-(dry) | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Other | 1969 |