High Risk Dams in Nevada

Nevada has 26 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 160 high hazard dams in Nevada, 26 (16%) have concerning condition ratings — 22 rated poor and 4 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Cat Creek	Mineral	123	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1932
Cave Creek Dam	White Pine	83	Poor	Recreation	1932
Bishop Creek Dam	Elko	80	Unsatisfactory	Irrigation	1912
Eagle Valley Reservoir Dam	Lincoln	72	Poor	Recreation	1965
Las Vegas Wash Upper Detention Basin Dam	Clark	71	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1993
North Virginia Detention Dam	Washoe	60	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Mill Creek Dam No 2	Washoe	60	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Illipah Pond Dam	White Pine	60	Poor	Irrigation	1981
Echo Canyon Dam	Lincoln	58	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1970
Smith Creek Dam	Lander	54	Poor	Irrigation	1938
Bowman Dam	Clark	52	Poor	Water Supply	1950
Verdi Meadows Wastewater Disposal Dam	Washoe	49	Poor	Other	1973
Northgate Golf Course Dam	Washoe	46	Poor	Recreation
Pittman Horizon Ridge Detention Basin Dam	Clark	44	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Kingston Canyon Dam	Lander	41	Poor	Recreation	1969
Summerlin Detention Basin #5 Dam	Clark	39	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
Lamoille Road Detention Dam	Elko	37	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
F-1 Dam Detention Basin	Clark	26	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	2004
Wilcox Canyon #1 Dam	Washoe	25	Poor	Irrigation
Spring Mountain Ranch Dam	Clark	19	Poor	Irrigation	1945
Sierra Sage Ponds	Washoe	16	Poor	Recreation	1966
Sheep Camp Detention Dam	Lyon	16	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Pagni Dam	Washoe	15	Poor	Irrigation
Duck Creek East Dam	White Pine	15	Poor	Water Supply
Home Ranch Canyon Dam	Washoe	15	Unsatisfactory	Irrigation
Washoe Lake Dam	Washoe	12	Poor	Irrigation

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