Dams in McCone County, Montana
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 Available | 256 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1940 |
| Crow #2 | Significant | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | |
| Balder Reservoir | Significant | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 | |
| Angie | Significant | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 | |
| Hudiburgh | Significant | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Pawlowski #1 | Significant | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| Nelson #1 | Significant | 20 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| John Ball Reservoir | Significant | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| Mathilda #1 | Significant | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Voegele #1 | Low | 35 | Other | 1955 | |
| Berrys Land #3 | Low | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 | |
| Groh #1 | Low | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Wendell #1 | Low | 34 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Lisk Creek Dam | Low | 33 | Irrigation | 1931 | |
| Kwasney | Low | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Harvard | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Clara | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Quick (l.) | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1968 | |
| Fiske | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Berrys Land #4 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 | |
| Crow #1 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Wheatley Farms Inc #1 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Christianson | Low | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Wheatley Farms #2 | Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Waller | Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Jordan Reservoir #1 | Low | 28 | Irrigation | 1969 | |
| Quick, Floyd #1 | Low | 27 | Irrigation | 1937 | |
| Paine | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 | |
| Slimy Stock | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 | |
| Paul Huber | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 | |
| Ruff Creek Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2003 |
| Dreyer | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1944 | |
| Hannaland #1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| Martin #1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Mothershead, R. | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| Dreyer Brothers Incorporated #2 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 | |
| Dreyer Brothers Incorporated #1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Hedstorm Reservoir | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Groh Stock | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Willough | Low | 24 | Irrigation | 1952 | |
| Berrys Land | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Heifer Pen | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Margaret Hays #1 | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Waters #5 | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1907 | |
| Upper O'dell Coulee Reservoir | Low | 24 | Irrigation | 1952 | |
| Waters Dam #1 | Low | 24 | Irrigation | 1949 | |
| Antelope Creek Reservoir | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| Walkerville | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 | |
| F Whitmus #2 | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 | |
| Shefelbine | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Snowfall | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Howard | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Hannaland Reservoir | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Frady #1 (mccone) | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Hilstad | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Shady Lane | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Wahl Stock Reservoir | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1933 | |
| Pawlowski Reservoir | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| D Hannaland #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Mccloy, R. | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1943 | |
| Nerud Ranch #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| North Place Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Dean S #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 | |
| Dreyer #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Berrys Land #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Murphy + Sons #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Dealers Choice | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| Lyle Nelson #8 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| Towe Farms Inc #4 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | |
| L Pawlowski #3 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Good | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Hainie Reservoir | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 | |
| Reinemer | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1939 | |
| Jordan Reservoir #2 | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1936 | |
| Tillman #3 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | |
| W Miller #1 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Fillenworth #3 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Fillenworth Reservoir #1 | Low | 17 | Irrigation | 1938 | |
| Thora #2 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| R C Mothershead #1 | Low | 17 | Irrigation | 1942 | |
| Kniep Kamp | Low | 16 | Irrigation | 1941 | |
| Hintz | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Nomland Dam | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Towe Farms Inc #1 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| Towe Farms Inc #2 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 | |
| Essinger Reservoir | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Frady #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 | |
| Murphy #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Vine Reservoir | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Nelson #2 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Teds Reservoir | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Horse Trough | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Moos #1 | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1943 | |
| Tusler Creek Oyargers & Pardies | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1936 | |
| Quick, Floyd #2 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 | |
| Nelson Reservoir #2 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Lyle Nelson #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| Towe Farms Inc #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Eugene S #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Lyle Nelson #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Lyle Nelson #5 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| State-murphy Dam | Low | 15 | Other | 1936 | |
| Lyle Nelson #7 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Wayne #2 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Lyle Nelson #6 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| L Pawlowski #1 | Low | 13 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Westgard | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Wackle | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| W Miller | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Nickwall | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Brown Bear | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Gibbs #1 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Game Reservoir | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 | |
| Murphy #2 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| T&s Stock Co #4 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Thorn | Low | 10 | Irrigation | 1971 | |
| Heslo | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 | |
| For Sale | Low | 10 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Voss #1 | Low | 10 | Irrigation | 1935 | |
| Murphy And Sons #2 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |