120Total Dams
1High Hazard
8Significant
Dam Safety in McCone County, Montana
McCone County has 120 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 1 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 8 carry a significant hazard classification.
The average dam in McCone County is 73 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Fort Peck Dam at 256 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Peck Dam | High | Not assessed | 256 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1940 |
| Crow #2 | Significant | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 |
| Balder Reservoir | Significant | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Angie | Significant | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 |
| Hudiburgh | Significant | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 |
| Pawlowski #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Nelson #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| John Ball Reservoir | Significant | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 |
| Mathilda #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Voegele #1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1955 |
| Berrys Land #3 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Groh #1 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Wendell #1 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Lisk Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Kwasney | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Harvard | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Clara | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Quick (l.) | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Fiske | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Berrys Land #4 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Crow #1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Wheatley Farms Inc #1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Christianson | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Wheatley Farms #2 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Waller | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Jordan Reservoir #1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| Quick, Floyd #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1937 |
| Paine | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Slimy Stock | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Paul Huber | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Ruff Creek Retention Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2003 |
| Dreyer | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1944 |
| Hannaland #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Martin #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Mothershead, R. | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Dreyer Brothers Incorporated #2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Dreyer Brothers Incorporated #1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Hedstorm Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Groh Stock | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Willough | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Berrys Land | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Heifer Pen | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Margaret Hays #1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Waters #5 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1907 |
| Upper O'dell Coulee Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Waters Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1949 |
| Antelope Creek Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Walkerville | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| F Whitmus #2 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Shefelbine | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Snowfall | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 |
| Howard | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Hannaland Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Frady #1 (mccone) | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Hilstad | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Shady Lane | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Wahl Stock Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1933 |
| Pawlowski Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| D Hannaland #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Mccloy, R. | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1943 |
| Nerud Ranch #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| North Place Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Dean S #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 |
| Dreyer #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Berrys Land #2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Murphy + Sons #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Dealers Choice | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Lyle Nelson #8 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Towe Farms Inc #4 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| L Pawlowski #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Good | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Hainie Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| Reinemer | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1939 |
| Jordan Reservoir #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Tillman #3 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| W Miller #1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Fillenworth #3 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Fillenworth Reservoir #1 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1938 |
| Thora #2 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| R C Mothershead #1 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1942 |
| Kniep Kamp | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Hintz | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Nomland Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Towe Farms Inc #1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Towe Farms Inc #2 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Essinger Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Frady #3 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Murphy #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Vine Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Nelson #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Teds Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Horse Trough | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Moos #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1943 |
| Tusler Creek Oyargers & Pardies | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Quick, Floyd #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Nelson Reservoir #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Lyle Nelson #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Towe Farms Inc #3 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Eugene S #1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Lyle Nelson #3 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Lyle Nelson #5 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| State-murphy Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Other | 1936 |
| Lyle Nelson #7 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Wayne #2 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Lyle Nelson #6 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| L Pawlowski #1 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Westgard | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Wackle | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| W Miller | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Nickwall | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Brown Bear | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Gibbs #1 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Game Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Murphy #2 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| T&s Stock Co #4 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |
| Thorn | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1971 |
| Heslo | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| For Sale | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Voss #1 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1935 |
| Murphy and Sons #2 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |