Irrigation Dams in Nebraska

Nebraska has 305 irrigation dams, of which 11 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Davis Creek Dam	Greeley	144	High	Not Available	1990
2	Trenton Dam	Hitchcock	144	High	Not Available	1953
3	Sherman Dam	Sherman	134	High	Satisfactory	1962
4	Merritt Dam	Cherry	126	High	Not Available	1964
5	Elwood Dam	Gosper	118	High	Fair	1976
6	Minatare Dam	Scotts Bluff	114	High	Not Available	1915
7	Virginia Smith Dam	Garfield	96	High	Not Available	1985
8	Jeffrey Dam	Lincoln	90	High	Satisfactory	1941
9	Kaupp Dam 4	Keya Paha	64	Low	Poor	1979
10	Nilson Dam	Keya Paha	63	Low	Satisfactory	1980
11	Stratbucker Dam	Washington	60	Low	Poor	1963
12	Semler Dam	Custer	58	Significant	Satisfactory	1978
13	Reiser Dam	Boyd	54	Low	Poor	1978
14	Shald Irrigation Dam	Holt	53	Low	Not Rated	1980
15	Lightner Dam (big L)	Knox	51	Low	Fair	2013
16	Oliver Dam	Kimball	48	High	Satisfactory	1910
17	Cline Dam	Boyd	46	Low	Not Rated	1976
18	Swan Creek 27	Jefferson	46	Low	Satisfactory	1991
19	Farwell Reg Dam	Howard	45	Low	Not Rated	1973
20	Lake Alice Dam 1	Scotts Bluff	44	High	Not Available	1912
21	Hitchcock Dam 3	Keya Paha	43	Low	Poor	1977
22	Rowan Dam (18-34-17w)	Keya Paha	42	Low	Not Rated	1977
23	Henderson Irrigation Dam	Boyd	41	Low	Satisfactory	2007
24	Keller Dam 1785	Boyd	41	Low	Satisfactory	1980
25	Schaaf Dam	Holt	41	Low	Poor	1977
26	Kaupp East Irrigation Dam	Keya Paha	41	Low	Poor	1961
27	Reiser Dam 2	Boyd	40	Low	Satisfactory	2014
28	Lechtenberg Lampman Dam (modified)	Boyd	40	Low	Not Rated	1977
29	Norman Dam	Dawes	40	Significant	Fair	1927
30	Swan Creek 89	Jefferson	40	Low	Satisfactory	1991
31	Schaardt Irrigation Dam	Johnson	40	Low	Satisfactory	2016
32	Bailey Floodwater Retention Dam	York	39	Low	Satisfactory	1992
33	Fuhrer Irrigation Dam	Boyd	38	Low	Satisfactory	1981
34	Copper Penny Dam	Cass	38	Low	Fair	1980
35	Cub Creek 9-b	Jefferson	38	Low	Satisfactory	1980
36	Kaupp West Irrigation Dam	Keya Paha	38	Low	Poor	1961
37	Rowan Dam (2-34-18w)	Keya Paha	38	Low	Poor	1977
38	Blum Dam	Boyd	37	Low	Not Rated	1977
39	Schmidt Irrigation Dam	Cedar	37	Low	Fair	1987
40	Hipke Storage Reservoir Dam	Holt	37	Low	Poor	1982
41	Smith Dam 1	Holt	37	Low	Poor	1968
42	Kurt Kechely Dam	Richardson	37	Low	Poor	1995
43	Sughrone Dam	Frontier	36	Low	Satisfactory	1978
44	Young Dam 1700	Holt	36	Low	Poor	1979
45	Binder Irrigation Diversion Dam 1	Pawnee	36	Low	Satisfactory	2022
46	Anderson Irrigation Dam	Boyd	35	Low	Fair	1982
47	Higgins Dam 2133	Keya Paha	35	Low	Poor	1971
48	Bartos Irrigation Dam 2	Knox	35	Low	Poor	1979
49	Lundy Dam	Sheridan	35	Low	Poor	1950
50	Little Red Dam	Sioux	35	Low	Fair	1960
51	Skinner Dam	Burt	34	Low	Poor	1977
52	Birkel Dam	Butler	34	Low	Poor	1978
53	Ohmstede Dam	Webster	34	Significant	Fair	1947
54	Hamling Dam	Boyd	33	Low	Poor	1968
55	Anderson Dam 809	Dawes	33	Low	Not Rated	1950
56	Singleton Reservoir Dam	Gage	33	Low	Satisfactory	2016
57	Knapple	Gosper	33	Low		1941
58	Asimus Dam	Holt	33	Low	Poor	1962
59	Don Doerr Irrigation Dam	Knox	33	Low	Satisfactory	1987
60	Schlagel Road Dam	Red Willow	33	Low	Poor	1984
61	Ahern Dam No 1	Richardson	33	Low	Satisfactory	2017
62	Lake Alice Dam 1-1/2	Scotts Bluff	33	High	Not Available	1913
63	Caladonia Dam	Sioux	33	Low	Poor	1954
64	Jordan Dam 2	Sioux	33	Low	Poor	1941
65	Eilers Multi-purpose Dam	Boyd	32	Low	Satisfactory	1989
66	Kappelman Dam	Keya Paha	32	Low	Poor	1964
67	Richardson Dam 433	Keya Paha	32	Low	Poor	1955
68	Eagles Nest Dam	Keya Paha	32	Low	Poor	1964
69	Peterson Dam	Keya Paha	32	Low	Poor	1977
70	Schlichtemeier Dam 1	Cass	31	Low	Satisfactory	1975
71	W-m Dam	Cass	31	Low	Satisfactory	1975
72	Spring Creek Dam 1606	Dawes	31	Low	Satisfactory	1978
73	Campbell Dam 480	Furnas	31	Low	Poor	1942
74	Schwindt Dam	Holt	31	Low	Fair	1962
75	Prouty Irrigation Dam	Holt	31	Low	Poor	1981
76	Hitchcock Dam	Keya Paha	31	Low	Poor	1961
77	Walnut Creek 4	Lancaster	31	Significant	Satisfactory	1982
78	Whitehead Dam	Sioux	31	Low	Poor	1950
79	Jordan Dam 3	Sioux	31	Low	Satisfactory	1959
80	Spring Creek Dam 1118	Sioux	31	Low	Poor	1952
81	Dam 22-9-4	York	31	Low	Satisfactory	1984
82	Blitzkie Dam	Boyd	30	Low	Satisfactory	1977
83	Jameson Dam	Cass	30	Low	Fair	1976
84	Peterson Dam 2	Keya Paha	30	Low	Poor	1977
85	Knigge Dam - East	Knox	30	Low	Poor	1970
86	Scott Dam 1744	Nance	30	Low	Poor	1980
87	Lyle Nejezchleb Dam	Nuckolls	30	Low	Fair	1989
88	Tietjen Banks Irrigation Dam	Nuckolls	30	Low	Fair	1985
89	Wehrman Dam 1386	Nuckolls	30	Low	Poor	1979
90	Cook Dam	Rock	30	Low	Poor	1951
91	Badland Dam	Sioux	30	Low	Poor	1953
92	Hay Creek Wallace Dam	Sioux	30	Low	Poor	1950
93	Raben Dam 2	Sioux	30	Low	Poor	1951
94	Dennis Vrbka Road Dam	Butler	29	Low	Satisfactory	1980
95	Orris Corman Dam	Dawes	29	Low	Satisfactory	1994
96	Mcmeekin Dam	Dawes	29	Low	Satisfactory	1953
97	Southeast Community College Irrigation Dam	Gage	29	Low	Not Rated	1988
98	Olberding Dam	Holt	29	Low	Satisfactory	1974
99	Tielke Dam 1	Holt	29	Low	Satisfactory	1963
100	Olson Dam 1270	Kearney	29	Low	Satisfactory	1973

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