109Total Dams
4High Hazard
7Significant
Dam Safety in Fergus County, Montana
Fergus County has 109 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 4 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dam has a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Fergus County is 71 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is East Fork Dam at 93 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fork Dam | High | Satisfactory | 93 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Pike Creek Dam | High | Satisfactory | 81 | Recreation | 1977 |
| Big Casino Creek Dam | High | Satisfactory | 80 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Hanson Creek Dam | High | Satisfactory | 72 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Elderly Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Red | Significant | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Fish (fergus) | Significant | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Winifred, North | Significant | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Arther Dengel #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1948 |
| Carter Pond, Lower (fergus) | Significant | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Carter Pond, Upper (fergus) | Significant | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Big John M | Low | Not assessed | 52 | Irrigation | 1972 |
| Stone Ranch Dam | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2001 |
| Graber #2 | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Armells Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Cottonwood | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Limpke #2 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1932 |
| Petranek Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 |
| Mauland Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1946 |
| Archer #2 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Irrigation | 1964 |
| Puppie Tail | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Irrigation | 1963 |
| Jo | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Tutsch Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Murray | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Lazy Jd #10 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Durfee Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | |
| Kindle #2 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Crazy Creek Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1946 |
| Wicker Basket #2 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Ed Styer #3 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Petticoat Junction | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Buffalo Wallow Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | ||
| Indian #4 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Rindal | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Norman #2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1999 |
| North Roy | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Taylor Reservoir (fergus) | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Fergus County #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Old Mcdonalds Pig | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Ed Styer #5 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 |
| Cafe Mocha | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Ruseteun #2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| O J Rindal | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Weaver Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Fink Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Hey Joe Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Peters #2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Styer #2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Petranek | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Umstead Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Whisker Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1954 |
| Wicker Basket #1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Helluva | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Colver | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Irrigation | 1939 |
| Brunton | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Taylor Fish (fergus) | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1951 |
| Norman #4 (fergus) | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1945 |
| Hess | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 |
| Dutch | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Cimrhakl #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 |
| Butcher | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Adams, L. (fergus) | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Sagebrush #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Reeves | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 |
| O Lane #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Ed Styer #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Cimrhakl #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Cimrhakle #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Robert Bold #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Wet Mutt | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Ed Styer #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Little Crooked Rudolph | Low | Unsatisfactory | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Cement Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Kingsbury 1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Eva Murphy #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Heble | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Albert #2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Jakes Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1946 |
| Albert #1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Chicken | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Cooper Adams #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Ford Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1949 |
| Warren Weaver #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Spring Creek Irrigation (fergus) | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1964 |
| Cope | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Havre Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Adams #2 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Jelly Bean | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Eva Murphy #1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Willmore | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Gordon | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Benes Bank | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Fergus #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Too Far Gone | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Cooper-adams #4 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Baby Food | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Dewry | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Pn Grazing Association #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Coffee Mate | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Sluggett #1 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Cooper-adams #5 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Cooper-adams #6 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Van Haur | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1937 |
| Hughes Junior #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Bear Creek Reservoir Center Dam | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Muppet | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Fink #2 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Robert Bold #3 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Sluggett #2 | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Irrigation | 1960 |