Flood Control Dams in North Carolina

North Carolina has 217 flood control dams, of which 140 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Fontana Dam	Graham	480	High	Not Available	1944
2	Hiwassee Dam	Cherokee	307	High	Not Available	1940
3	Chatuge Dam	Clay	150	High	Not Available	1942
4	W. Kerr Scott Dam	Wilkes	148	High	Not Available	1963
5	Waynesville Water Supply Dam	Haywood	142	High	Fair	1982
6	Mayo Active Ash Basin Dam	Person	110	High	Fair
7	Mayo Lake Dam	Person	100	High	Satisfactory
8	Little River Dam	Durham	95	High	Satisfactory	1984
9	Falls Lake Dam	Wake	92	High	Not Available	1981
10	Stewarts Creek Ws Dam #1a	Surry	91	High	Fair	1972
11	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #16	Stokes	88	High	Fair	1968
12	Atagahi Lake Dam	Transylvania	88	High	Fair	1973
13	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #10	Stokes	86	High	Fair	1967
14	Farmer Lake Dam	Caswell	77	High	Fair	1983
15	Deep Creek Watershed #5d Dam	Yadkin	75	High	Fair	2010
16	Roxboro West Ash Basin Dam	Person	70	High	Fair	1973
17	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #16	Rutherford	64	High	Fair	1979
18	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #4	Stokes	63	High	Fair	1977
19	Muddy Creek Dam #8	McDowell	62	High	Fair	1964
20	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #15	Stokes	59	Low	Fair	1962
21	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #2	Rutherford	56	High	Satisfactory	1995
22	Muddy Creek Dam #19	McDowell	55	Significant	Satisfactory	1961
23	Mayo Fgd Settling Basin Dam	Person	55	High	Satisfactory
24	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #23	Rutherford	54	High	Satisfactory	1979
25	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #22	Rutherford	54	High	Satisfactory	1978
26	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #14a	Stokes	54	High	Fair	1972
27	Crabtree Creek Ws Dam #11-a	Wake	54	High	Satisfactory	1980
28	Mayo Retention Basin Dam	Person	53	High	Satisfactory
29	Roxboro West Ash Basin Rock Filter Dam	Person	51	High	Fair	1986
30	Shelley Lake Dam	Wake	51	High	Satisfactory	1975
31	Crabtree Creek Ws Dam #5-a	Wake	50	High	Satisfactory
32	Second Broad River Ws #10a Dam	McDowell	49	Significant	Satisfactory	1984
33	Third Creek Watershed Dam #7a	Alexander	47	High	Fair	1955
34	Muddy Creek Dam #16	McDowell	46	Significant	Satisfactory	1963
35	Muddy Creek Dam #15	McDowell	46	Low	Satisfactory	1962
36	Second Broad River Ws #11-15 Dam	McDowell	45	High	Satisfactory	1994
37	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #6	Stokes	45	High	Fair	1971
38	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #7	Stokes	45	High	Fair	1981
39	Cane Creek Lake Dam	Union	45	Significant	Fair	1974
40	Fred G Bond Dam	Wake	45	High	Satisfactory	1970
41	Lake Crabtree Dam	Wake	45	High	Satisfactory	1988
42	Deep Creek Watershed #21 Dam	Yadkin	44	High	Fair	1964
43	Dutchman Creek Ws Dam #17	Davie	43	High	Fair	1985
44	Deep Creek Watershed #28 Dam	Yadkin	43	Low	Fair	1964
45	Reynolds Tobaccoville Dam	Forsyth	42	Low	Fair	1982
46	Muddy Creek Dam #6-b	McDowell	42	Significant	Satisfactory
47	Second Broad River Ws #11-16 Dam	McDowell	42	High	Satisfactory	1994
48	Town Fork Creek Ws Dam #13	Stokes	42	High	Satisfactory	1970
49	Lake Lynn Dam	Wake	42	High	Satisfactory	1976
50	Third Creek Watershed Dam #21	Iredell	41	High	Satisfactory	1954
51	Second Broad River Ws #11-18a Dam	McDowell	41	Low	Satisfactory	1994
52	Belews Creek Retention Basin Dam	Stokes	41	Significant	Fair	2017
53	Deep Creek Watershed #19a Dam	Yadkin	41	High	Fair	1961
54	Deep Creek Watershed #12 Dam	Yadkin	41	Significant	Fair	1963
55	Belews Creek Holding Basin Dam	Stokes	40	High	Fair	2017
56	Crabtree Creek Ws Dam #20-a	Wake	40	High	Satisfactory	1977
57	Deep Creek Watershed #10 Dam	Yadkin	40	High	Fair	1963
58	Town Fork Creek Watershed Dam #1-b	Forsyth	39	High	Fair	1968
59	Town Fork Creek Watershed Dam #5	Forsyth	39	High	Fair	1970
60	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #13	Rutherford	39	High	Fair	1990
61	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #4	Rutherford	39	Significant	Fair	1987
62	Bedford At Falls River Dam #1	Wake	39	High	Satisfactory	2004
63	Deep Creek Watershed #22a Dam	Yadkin	39	High	Fair	1968
64	Third Creek Watershed Dam #19	Iredell	38	Low	Fair	1956
65	Second Broad River Ws #11-14 Dam	McDowell	38	Low	Satisfactory	1994
66	Lakepointe Corporate Center Dam	Mecklenburg	38	High	Fair	1999
67	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #11-19	Rutherford	38	Low	Fair	1994
68	Deep Creek Watershed #18 Dam	Yadkin	38	Low	Fair	1963
69	Deep Creek Watershed #30a Dam	Yadkin	38	High	Fair	1968
70	Chatuge Dam - Saddle Dam No. 3	Clay	37	High	Not Available	1942
71	Dutchman Creek Ws Dam #18	Davie	37	Low	Fair	1978
72	Town Fork Creek Watershed Dam #6	Forsyth	37	High	Fair
73	Third Creek Watershed Dam #37	Iredell	37	Low	Fair	1966
74	Muddy Creek Dam #20	McDowell	37	Significant	Satisfactory
75	Muddy Creek Dam #2-c	McDowell	37	Significant	Satisfactory	1972
76	Dutchman Creek Ws Dam #15a	Davie	36	High	Fair	1972
77	Town Fork Creek Watershed Dam #2	Forsyth	36	High	Fair	1970
78	Proctor & Gamble Co South Lake Dam	Guilford	36	Low	Not Rated	1981
79	Third Creek Watershed Dam #18	Iredell	36	High	Satisfactory	1960
80	Muddy Creek Dam #3	McDowell	36	High	Satisfactory
81	Roxboro West Fgd Settling Pond Dam	Person	36	Low	Fair	2008
82	Roxboro East Fgd Settling Pond Dam	Person	36	Low	Fair	2010
83	Roxboro Fgd Forward Flush Pond Dam	Person	36	Low	Fair	2008
84	Carlson Farms Lake Dam	Guilford	35	Significant	Fair	1962
85	Muddy Creek Dam #4	McDowell	35	Significant	Satisfactory
86	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #11-24b	Rutherford	35	Low	Fair	1994
87	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #4, 5	Stokes	35	Low	Fair
88	Dutchman Creek Ws Dam #5	Davie	34	High	Fair	1974
89	Union Cross Business Park Dam	Forsyth	34	Low	Not Rated
90	Third Creek Watershed Dam #11	Iredell	34	Low	Fair	1956
91	Muddy Creek Dam	McDowell	34	High	Poor	1975
92	Second Broad River Ws #11-20a Dam	McDowell	34	Low	Satisfactory	1994
93	Ballantyne Lower Dam	Mecklenburg	34	Low	Fair	1997
94	2nd Broad River Watershed Dam #14	Rutherford	34	High	Fair	1982
95	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #8a	Stokes	34	High	Fair	1998
96	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #31	Stokes	34	Low	Fair	1990
97	Little Yadkin River Ws Dam #9	Stokes	34	High	Fair
98	Crabtree Creek Ws Dam #2	Wake	34	High	Fair	1972
99	Crabtree Creek Ws Dam #18	Wake	34	High	Satisfactory	1973
100	Third Creek Watershed Dam #10	Iredell	33	Low	Fair	1957

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