High Risk Dams in Missouri

Missouri has 35 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 1475 high hazard dams in Missouri, 35 (2%) have concerning condition ratings — 1 rated poor and 34 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Fletcher Tailings Dam	Reynolds	201	Unsatisfactory	Tailings	1965
Gun Club Lake Dam	Washington	85	Unsatisfactory	Tailings	1962
Upper Little Black D-2	Ripley	73	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Lake Waukomis Dam	Platte	68	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1968
Sayersbrook Dam	Washington	67	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1971
Lake Wauwanoka Dam	Jefferson	60	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1942
Khani Dam	St. Charles	57	Unsatisfactory		2001
Zuni Lake Dam	Crawford	51	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1977
Sterling Hollow	Texas	50	Poor
Porzeinski Lake Dam	St. Francois	50	Unsatisfactory
Tapawingo Lake Dam	St. Louis	49	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Trimble Lake Dam-east	Callaway	48	Unsatisfactory	Other	1958
Richwoods Mine B Dam	Washington	48	Unsatisfactory	Tailings	1943
Clark Dam	Cape Girardeau	47	Unsatisfactory
Whetstone Creek Big Lake Dam	Callaway	47	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1956
Crane Lake	Iron	46	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1971
Dresser Ind. Old #1	Washington	45	Unsatisfactory	Tailings	1968
Vitale Lake	Pike	44	Unsatisfactory
Lakeside Lake	Jackson	44	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1982
Spring Fork Lake Dam	Pettis	43	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1925
Wings Lower Lake Dam	Washington	42	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1996
Sandy Creek	Lincoln	41	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	2012
Forest Haven Lake	Jackson	41	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1981
Blair Lake Dam	Pike	40	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Wings Lake Upper Dam	Washington	40	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1998
Madison Mine Main Dam	Madison	40	Unsatisfactory	Tailings	1950
Evans Lake	Camden	39	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1988
Timber Creek Lake Dam	Jefferson	39	Unsatisfactory		1982
Kool Breeze Ridge Dam	Perry	39	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1976
Token Lake Dam	Franklin	38	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Tcj Landco Dam	Crawford	38	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	2006
Glass Lake Reserve, Llc	Camden	38	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	2002
Gladstone Lake Dam	Boone	37	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1986
Brex Lake Dam	Boone	37	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Greystone Lake	Buchanan	37	Unsatisfactory	Recreation

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