Dams in Phillips County, Montana
174Total Dams
3High Hazard
7Significant
Dam Safety in Phillips County, Montana
Phillips County has 174 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 3 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 7 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Phillips County is 76 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Frenchman Dam at 63 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Dike Da | High | Not Available | 28 | Irrigation | 1915 |
| Pr-19 Retention Dam | High | Satisfactory | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Weigand Reservoir East | High | Not Rated | 21 | ||
| Frenchman Dam | Significant | 63 | Irrigation | 1953 | |
| Veseth Reservoir | Significant | 30 | Irrigation | 1925 | |
| West Alkali Reservoir | Significant | 25 | Irrigation | 1902 | |
| Veseth Ann Veseth #2 | Significant | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 | |
| Ester Lake (phillips) | Significant | 17 | Irrigation | 1954 | |
| Roth #2 | Significant | 15 | Irrigation | 1947 | |
| Frenchman Ir. Company #1 | Significant | 10 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Bar Island Detention Dam | Low | Poor | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Square Butte Detention Dam | Low | Poor | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Lark Detention Dam | Low | Fair | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Current Detention Dam | Low | Poor | 34 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Sentinel Detention Dam | Low | Fair | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Blunt Ranches #4 | Low | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| Wm Knight #2 | Low | 30 | Other | 1942 | |
| Wm Knight #1 | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1940 | |
| Private Reservoir | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| Lazy J-d #1 | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1952 | |
| Sagebrush #2 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 | |
| Lazy J-d #4 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 | |
| Lazy Jd #12 | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Robinson | Low | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1945 | |
| Pr-18 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| Bison Bone Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Pr-54 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Pr-137 King Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1937 |
| Murky Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Chanlin | Low | 27 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Nelson (phillips) | Low | 27 | Irrigation | 1920 | |
| Gull Wing Detention Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Dodson Diversion Dam | Low | Not Available | 26 | Irrigation | 1910 |
| Ernest | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Ork | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Rocky | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| E Wasson #1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Martin #1 (phillips) | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Carters Reservoir | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1954 | |
| Tree Bark #2 | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1957 | |
| Big (phillips) | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1956 | |
| Veseth And Veseth #4 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| Lazy J-d #2 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Matador Ranch #8 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 | |
| Little Warm Spring Creek | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1938 | |
| French Fry #2 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Wapiti Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1984 |
| Barnard Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | ||
| Little Bunny Detention Dam | Low | Fair | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Seven-up Detention Dam | Low | Fair | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Khomeni | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Tarawa Retention Dam | Low | Poor | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Old Dibbler Ret. Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1912 |
| Pr-110 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Colen | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Onwatt | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1932 | |
| Cotter | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Row | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Clausen | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Gertrude | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| M Newby | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Hanson (phillips) | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Bozo | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Herman #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Noel #3 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Halvor #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1925 | |
| Koss #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Morrison | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| None | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1949 | |
| Alley Oop | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Tree Bark #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Demontigny | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1954 | |
| Gilda Radner | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| E Wasson #2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Koss #3 | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1945 | |
| Isaac Frye #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| French Fry #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Pea Ridge #1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | ||
| Simple Simon Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | ||
| Pr-156 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1937 |
| Hand #3 | Low | 19 | Irrigation | 1954 | |
| Wild Horse Dam Pd | Low | Not Rated | 19 | ||
| Philips | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1930 | |
| Kelso #5 | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1949 | |
| Isaac Frye #4 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Pr-40 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| Pr-83 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Lone Tree | Low | 17 | Irrigation | 1946 | |
| Offerdahl-johnson Dam | Low | 17 | Irrigation | 1980 | |
| Sambo #1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 17 | ||
| Fort Belknap No. 16 | Low | Not Rated | 17 | ||
| Pr-161 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 |
| Pr-11 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1942 |
| Lonesome | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| Wilke Dam | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1912 | |
| Stratton Reservoir | Low | 16 | Irrigation | 1945 | |
| Schoolhouse #6 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Cottonwood Grazing #4 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | ||
| Pr-71 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Pr-88 Retention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Flat Retention Dam / Mister Bill Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 |
| Lefdehl | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1928 | |
| Vesvick | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Muddy | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Mitchell One | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| Veseth And Veseth #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Sunday Milk | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Kelso #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Turkey Track | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Drabbels | Low | 15 | Recreation | 1960 | |
| Roth #1 | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Chicken Of The Sea | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | ||
| Randi | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Raymond (phillips) | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Isaac Frye #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Martawn Veseth #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Mrlca #1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Blunt Ranch #3 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| David Drum #3 | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Ohs | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 | |
| Wiederrick | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Bruckner #2 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1929 | |
| Guttormson #1 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 | |
| Burke #1 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Halvor #1 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1917 | |
| J-5 Ranch #1 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 | |
| Schoolhouse #7 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | |
| Schoolhouse #5 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | |
| American Prairie Reserve Pond 6 | Low | 14 | |||
| J-5 Ranch #2 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Veseth And Veseth #3 Dam Pd | Low | Not Rated | 14 | ||
| J-5 Ranch #3 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1978 | |
| Second Telegraph | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Plethora | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| D Drum | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Austin Dam | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Noel #1 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Schoolhouse #2 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1928 | |
| Matador Ranch #6 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Schoolhouse #4 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 | |
| De Puydt | Low | 12 | Irrigation | 1935 | |
| Mable #2 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Matador Ranch #4 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Cottonwood Grazing #2 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| David Drum #4 | Low | 12 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Austin #2 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| R Pankratz #1 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| David Drum #1 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| American Prairie Reserve Pond 3 | Low | 12 | |||
| Matovich One | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Matador Ranch #10 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 | |
| David Drum #2 | Low | 12 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Pr-21 Ret. Dam./whitewater Lake | Low | Fair | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Peigneux | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Hillbilly | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Rocky #1 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1931 | |
| Noel #2 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1925 | |
| W B Black | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| Rocky #2 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 | |
| Early Bird | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Pet Rock | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Olson #2 (phillips) | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 | |
| R Ereaux #1 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Number Twenty Reservoir | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| T-bar | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Hewitt Dam | Low | Poor | 10 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1938 |
| Jfk | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Schoolhouse #3 | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| Tuttle | Low | 8 | Irrigation | 1958 | |
| Buckin'horse | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Lang Corners | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Blunt Ranches #2 | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Meeting Place | Low | 8 | Irrigation | 1960 | |
| Kelso #3 | Low | 8 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 |