176Total Dams
0High Hazard
3Significant
Dam Safety in Custer County, Montana
Custer County has 176 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Another 3 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 2 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Custer County is 70 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Barta, A.j. #2 at 34 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venn #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Noble (custer) | Significant | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Venn #8 | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Barta, A.j. #2 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Sundial | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Robinson #4 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Balsam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Irrigation | 1967 |
| Fox #5 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Jones (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| L Krutzfeldt #5 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Love | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Bixler #5 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Moore #2 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 |
| Lockie #5 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Beardsley Retention Dam | Low | Poor | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2003 |
| Herzog #1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Balsam #3 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| French #2 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Leidholt Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | ||
| Griffin | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| 20 Dam | Low | Poor | 29 | 2003 | |
| Haughan #2 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 |
| Beardsley #7 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Robinson #1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| M Hardy #3 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1958 |
| Robinson #3 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| Watts #1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| Brewer #3 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Glasscock #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Rodgers | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Porta | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Pine Hills | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| W Krutzfeldt #2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Shipley's (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| L Krutzfeldt #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| H M Scott #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Fortune #5 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Christensen #8 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Robinson #2 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| Young #1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Gray #3 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Irrigation | 1949 |
| Fox #4 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| French #10 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| French #11 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| W Krutzfeldt #3 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Harding 1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Kountz | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| French #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Fox | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Doran | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Reed #5 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Rafferty #3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Physic Creek | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Forest Creek (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Fortune #2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Allan #2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Christensen #3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Powell #1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Fox #3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Monarch #3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Failing #3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| W Krutzfeldt #4 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| E Hardy #4 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Rafferty #4 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| French #12 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Moore #7 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| L Krutzfeldt #2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Stiles #1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1930 |
| Hamlick Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Witcher | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Hirsch #1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Scott #2 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Rogers #2 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Glasscock #2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Nefsy #4 (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Christensen #6 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Jones #4 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| T-diamond #1 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| L and L | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| French #9 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Jones #1 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Gumbo #3 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Ogdahl #3 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Severson #2 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Robinson #8 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Allen #5 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Herzog #3 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Lockie #10 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| W Krutzfeldt #1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Nefsy #2 (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Bixler #2 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Lockie #6 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Heckmiller #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| French #8 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Tonn #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Robinson #9 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Rafferty #5 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Haughian #10 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1970 |
| Haughian #12 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1970 |
| Gray #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1939 |
| Balsam #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Woodard #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Griffin #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Severson #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Bumgardner | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Herzog #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Murray #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| E Hardy #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Failing #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Goodale #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Beardsley #6 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Lockie #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Whitetail (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Muri #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Moffitt #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| L Krutzfeldt #6 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Cap Rock #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Leland #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Peila #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Ronning #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Chezum #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Barta, A.j. #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Fortune #3 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Buddle #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Balsam #6 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Larson #2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Robinson #7 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Todd #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Lockie #2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Fox #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Cattle Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| H M Scott #2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Nefsy #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Coal Creek Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| French #18 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Hall (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Gray #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Haughian #15 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Lockie #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| Mather #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Failings #5 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Haughian #5 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Venn #7 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| J Hardy #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| W E Scott #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Tonn #3 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Mitvalsky #1 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Haughian #16 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Moffitt #1 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| French #5 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Powell #2 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Gumbo #4 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Lazy S #2 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Cap Rock #4 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Venn #9 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Reed #4 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Reichert #1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Grimes Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Clark (custer) | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1958 |
| Lockie #7 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Hanson #1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Lockie #4 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| B-6 #4 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Odegard #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Hogan #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Rafferty #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Tonn #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Brewer #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Diamond #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Larson #3 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Hook #2 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Colvin #2 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Mc Lean #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Miles City Sewage Disposal Pond #1 | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Other | 1954 |
| Miles City Sewage Disposal Pond #3 | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Other | 1954 |
| Miles City Sewage Disposal Pond #2 | Low | Not assessed | 8 | Other | 1954 |