111Total Dams
0High Hazard
7Significant
Dam Safety in Carter County, Montana
Carter County has 111 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 6 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Carter County is 72 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Helen B at 81 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ding Dong | Significant | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Sand Rock | Significant | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 |
| Penny | Significant | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Dye #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1918 |
| Phillippi #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Soda Creek | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1937 |
| Fly Swatter #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 |
| Helen B | Low | Not assessed | 81 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Gardner #1 (east Dam) | Low | Not assessed | 46 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| Helen B Dent Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 37 | ||
| Ernest Wallstein Dam | Low | Poor | 36 | ||
| Clem-reid #1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Nuhn #3 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| La Ze #1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Sidney Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | ||
| Lost Calf Detention Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Earl Krietel #4 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| K and L Mc Dowell #3 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| K and L Mcdowell #7 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Lemon Hart | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Gardner #2 (west Dam) | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1964 |
| Black Wolff #3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Price #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Mcknight #2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Cockran Grazing #3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Mcknight #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Gussie #2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| German #9 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Cockran Grazing #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Cockran Grazing #5 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| K and L Mcdowell #5 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Blackfoot Detention Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Gussie #3 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Pintail Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | 2003 | |
| Apache Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| German #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Jardee | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Rosecraze | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Sneezie | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Ringling #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Mowbray #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Nies | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Ace of Diamonds | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Wallenstein | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1945 |
| Jello | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1886 |
| Gerald Craft #6 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Grumpy | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| German #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Dye #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Edward Lanning #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Instant Tang | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| One D-4 Ranch | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Two D-4 Ranch | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Johnston and Son Ranch #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Cockran Grazing #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Gerald Craft #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Whitetail Detention Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Wyotana Ranch #4 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Nuhn #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Major #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Jerk #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Setinc #1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Padden #2 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1971 |
| Hanley | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Korneman | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| King of Diamonds | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Burch | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Zelzo | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1920 |
| Jack of Diamonds | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Thompson Creek Dam(proposed) | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Wyotana Ranch #5 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Cockran Grazing #4 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Cline #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Bum Lamb | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 |
| Kool-aid | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Harkin | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1979 |
| Rolph #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Edward Lanning #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Pete | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Ed Rath #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Oliver Detention Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2003 |
| Scoup Dam | Low | Fair | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Oliver, J. #1 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Irrigation | 1934 |
| The Pinta | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1977 |
| Courtney Herefords #3 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Marys Lamb | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Gerald Craft #2 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Tauck #3 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Snow White | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Long Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Pilster Diversion One Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Arbuckle #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Homer #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Aces Wild | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| R Owen #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1923 |
| Arbuckle #2 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1909 |
| Hubbard #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 |
| Blackford #5 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Black Wolff #2 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1979 |
| Earl Krietel #3 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| L Cline #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Little Boy Blue | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1919 |
| Gerald Craft #5 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Rudy's Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1932 |
| Velvet | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Jack of Hearts | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Jack of Spades | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Larry Pilster #2 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Gerald Craft #1 | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Cline #3 | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| R Owen #2 | Low | Not assessed | 7 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 |