Dams in Fergus County, Montana
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 dams have 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 | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 | |
| Red | Significant | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Fish (fergus) | Significant | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Winifred, North | Significant | 24 | Irrigation | 1936 | |
| Arther Dengel #1 | Significant | 24 | Irrigation | 1948 | |
| Carter Pond, Lower (fergus) | Significant | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Carter Pond, Upper (fergus) | Significant | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Big John M | Low | 52 | Irrigation | 1972 | |
| Stone Ranch Dam | Low | 40 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2001 | |
| Graber #2 | Low | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Armells Reservoir | Low | 38 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Cottonwood | Low | 38 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Limpke #2 | Low | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1932 | |
| Petranek Reservoir | Low | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Mauland Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1946 |
| Archer #2 | Low | 33 | Irrigation | 1964 | |
| Puppie Tail | Low | 32 | Irrigation | 1963 | |
| Jo | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Tutsch Reservoir | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 | |
| Murray | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Lazy Jd #10 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Durfee Creek Dam | Low | 30 | Irrigation | ||
| Kindle #2 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Crazy Creek Reservoir | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1946 | |
| Wicker Basket #2 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Ed Styer #3 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Petticoat Junction | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Buffalo Wallow Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | ||
| Indian #4 | Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 | |
| Rindal | Low | Not Available | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Norman #2 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1999 | |
| North Roy | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Taylor Reservoir (fergus) | Low | 27 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Fergus County #1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | ||
| Old Mcdonalds Pig | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Ed Styer #5 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Cafe Mocha | Low | 25 | Recreation | 1950 | |
| Ruseteun #2 | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1962 | |
| O J Rindal | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Weaver Dam | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 | |
| Fink Reservoir | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| Hey Joe Reservoir | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Peters #2 | Low | 24 | Irrigation | 1961 | |
| Styer #2 | Low | 24 | Irrigation | 1961 | |
| Petranek | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Umstead Reservoir | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Whisker Dam | Low | 24 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1954 | |
| Wicker Basket #1 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Helluva | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Colver | Low | 22 | Irrigation | 1939 | |
| Brunton | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Taylor Fish (fergus) | Low | 22 | Recreation | 1951 | |
| Norman #4 (fergus) | Low | 21 | Irrigation | 1945 | |
| Hess | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Dutch | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Cimrhakl #4 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 | |
| Butcher | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Adams, L. (fergus) | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1957 | |
| Sagebrush #3 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Reeves | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| O Lane #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 | |
| Ed Styer #4 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Cimrhakl #3 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Cimrhakle #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Robert Bold #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Wet Mutt | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Ed Styer #2 | Low | 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 | 20 | Irrigation | 1936 | |
| Kingsbury 1 | Low | Not Available | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Eva Murphy #4 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Heble | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Albert #2 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Jakes Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1946 |
| Albert #1 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Chicken | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Cooper Adams #1 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Ford Irrigation | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1949 | |
| Warren Weaver #1 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Spring Creek Irrigation (fergus) | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1964 | |
| Cope | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Havre Reservoir | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Adams #2 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Jelly Bean | Low | 16 | Irrigation | 1940 | |
| Eva Murphy #1 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Willmore | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| Gordon | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Benes Bank | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Fergus #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 | |
| Too Far Gone | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Cooper-adams #4 | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| Baby Food | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Dewry | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Pn Grazing Association #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Coffee Mate | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Sluggett #1 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Cooper-adams #5 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Cooper-adams #6 | Low | 13 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| Van Haur | Low | 12 | Irrigation | 1937 | |
| Hughes Junior #1 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | |
| Bear Creek Reservoir Center Dam | Low | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Muppet | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Fink #2 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Robert Bold #3 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Sluggett #2 | Low | 9 | Irrigation | 1960 |