67Total Dams
1High Hazard
4Significant
Dam Safety in Sioux County, Nebraska
Sioux County has 67 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 4 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 36 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Sioux County is 75 years old. The most common purpose is irrigation. The tallest dam is Deadman Draw Dam at 58 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter P Johnson Dam | High | Poor | 35 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Deadman Draw Dam | Significant | Satisfactory | 58 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Dout Dam 1 | Significant | Poor | 26 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Bernard Norman Dam 2 | Significant | Poor | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1970 |
| Hilda Norman Dam 3 | Significant | Poor | 18 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Speas Dam | Low | Poor | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Little Red Dam | Low | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Caladonia Dam | Low | Poor | 33 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Jordan Dam 2 | Low | Poor | 33 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Whitehead Dam | Low | Poor | 31 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Jordan Dam 3 | Low | Satisfactory | 31 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Spring Creek Dam 1118 | Low | Poor | 31 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Piester Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Badland Dam | Low | Poor | 30 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Hay Creek Wallace Dam | Low | Poor | 30 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Raben Dam 2 | Low | Poor | 30 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Bill Coffee Dam 1 | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Eberspecher Dam 1 | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Coffee Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 29 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Dodd Dam 2107 | Low | Poor | 29 | Other | 1962 |
| Wickersham Dam 2 | Low | Fair | 28 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Carbody (nid) | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Serres Dam 2 | Low | Satisfactory | 27 | Irrigation | 1946 |
| Ben Norman Dam | Low | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1943 |
| Crystal Lake Dam 1084 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Wickersham Dam | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Turner Dam | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Norman (nid) | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1963 |
| Semroska Dam | Low | Poor | 24 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Ned Painter Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 24 | Irrigation | 1978 |
| Schnurr Dam 2 | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | Irrigation | 1945 |
| Anderson Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 23 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Staudenmaier Dam | Low | Poor | 23 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Merlin Mader Dam 1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Agate Allot 1 Dam | Low | Poor | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Mader Dam 2 | Low | Satisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Wiedenfeld Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 22 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Henry Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 22 | Irrigation | 1979 |
| Dobesh Jackson Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Other | 1967 |
| Harwood Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Agate Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Andrews Dam | Low | Poor | 19 | Irrigation | 1936 |
| Eberspecher Dam | Low | Poor | 19 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Wasserburger Dam 2097 | Low | Satisfactory | 19 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Wasserburger Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 19 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| Meng Dam | Low | Fair | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Mader Dam 3 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Schaefer Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 18 | Irrigation | 1933 |
| Dunlap Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 18 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Plzett Dam | Low | Fair | 18 | Irrigation | 1929 |
| Shepherd Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Dunlap Dam 2 | Low | Satisfactory | 17 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Skavdahl Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Snyder Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 16 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Parsons Dam | Low | Fair | 16 | Other | 1962 |
| Wasserburger Dam 2108 | Low | Poor | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Buhr Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Bernard Norman Dam 1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1970 |
| Wallace Dam 1 | Low | Fair | 15 | Irrigation | 1947 |
| Box X Ranch Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Zimmerman Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Irrigation | 1904 |
| Coffee Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Lower Jordan Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 14 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Geiser Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 13 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Henry Dam 2 | Low | Satisfactory | 13 | Irrigation | 1930 |
| Barkers Spring Allot 3 | Low | Poor | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Semroska Dam 9790 | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1980 |