Irrigation Dams in North Carolina

North Carolina has 366 irrigation dams, of which 95 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	Cranberry Dam	Avery	58	Significant	Satisfactory
2	Williams Lake Dam #3	Moore	55	Low	Fair	1967
3	Lama Farm Lower Dam	Lincoln	52	Low	Fair
4	Price Dam	Danville	50	Low	Not Rated
5	Long Valley Lake Dam	Buncombe	48	Low	Satisfactory	1983
6	Legacy Irrigation Storage Pond Dam	Chatham	46	Low	Fair	2007
7	Wakefield Lake Dam #2	Wake	45	Low	Satisfactory	1953
8	David Hyatt Nursery Dam #1	Union	44	Low	Satisfactory
9	High Meadows Lake Dam	Alleghany	43	High	Fair
10	Linville Ridge Dam	Avery	43	High	Fair	1981
11	Red Hill Quartz Plant Dam	Mitchell	42	High	Satisfactory	1997
12	Gammons Dam	Surry	40	High
13	David Hyatt Nursery Dam #2	Union	40	Low	Satisfactory
14	Cataloochee Ski Slope Dam	Haywood	39	High	Fair	1998
15	Shagreen Nursery Dam	Cleveland	38	Low	Fair	1993
16	Earp Lake Dam	Johnston	38	High	Fair	1967
17	Copeland Pond Dam	Martin	38	Low	Poor
18	Thurlow Lake Dam	Moore	38	High	Fair	1956
19	Edwards Lake Dam	Cabarrus	37	Low	Fair
20	Lowe's Ssc Dam (aka Csc Mooresville Dam)	Iredell	37	High	Fair	2003
21	Saylors Lake Dam	Mitchell	36	Significant	Satisfactory
22	Hampton Lake Dam	Alleghany	35	Low	Not Rated
23	Perry Walters Dam	Davidson	35	Low	Not Rated	1990
24	Harris Lake Dam #2	Franklin	35	Low		1972
25	Williams Lake Dam #4	Moore	35	Low	Not Rated	1968
26	Washburn Lake Dam	Rockingham	35	Low	Fair	1950
27	Murray Corriher Dam #3	Rowan	35	Low	Fair	1986
28	Wakefield Lake Dam #1	Wake	35	Low		1952
29	Hasentree Irrigation Storage Pond Dam	Wake	35	Low	Fair	2007
30	Holding Lake Dam	Wake	35	High	Satisfactory	1958
31	Sweetgrass Dam	Watauga	35	High	Fair	2008
32	Pine Grove Golf Club Lower Dam	Cleveland	34	Low	Fair
33	Foxfire Dam #1	Moore	34	Low	Fair	1984
34	Mclawhorn Pond Dam	Craven	33	Low		1975
35	J.c. Howard Dam	Lenoir	33	High	Fair	1994
36	Dibrell Farm Dam	Rockingham	33	Low	Fair	1986
37	Carrigan Irrigation Pond Dam	Iredell	32	Low	Not Rated
38	Raleigh Rescue Mission Dam	Johnston	32	Low	Fair
39	River Mont Dam	Surry	32	Low	Fair
40	Richmond Dam	Caswell	31	Low	Not Rated
41	Gary Davis Dam	Lincoln	31	Low	Fair	1987
42	Lawrence Lyerly Dam	Moore	31	Low	Fair	1995
43	J L Dawkins Pond Dam #2	Richmond	31	Low	Not Rated
44	Carver Lake Dam	Caswell	30	Low	Fair	1945
45	Allen Dam	Franklin	30	Low
46	Cherryville Country Club Lake Dam	Gaston	30	Low	Fair
47	Hardin Lake Dam	Guilford	30	Low	Fair	1966
48	Lake Carolina Dam	Harnett	30	High	Fair	1965
49	Toby Campbell Dam	Iredell	30	Low	Fair	1994
50	National Fruit Products Dam	Lincoln	30	High	Fair
51	Baldwin Lake Dam	Montgomery	30	Low	Fair	1963
52	Parsons Brothers Lake Dam	Montgomery	30	Low	Fair	1952
53	Bengston Lake Dam #1	Moore	30	Low	Fair	1965
54	Williams Lake Dam #5	Moore	30	Low	Fair	1968
55	F. Marsh Pond Dam	Moore	30	Low	Fair	1981
56	Bass Lake Dam	Nash	30	Low	Fair	1960
57	Lovelace Dam	Rockingham	30	Low	Not Rated	1978
58	Medberry Lake Dam	Rockingham	30	Low	Fair	1958
59	Jackson Lake Dam	Sampson	30	Low	Fair	1959
60	Hedgecock Lake Dam	Stokes	30	Low	Not Rated
61	Martin Marietta #1 Dam	Wake	30	Low	Satisfactory
62	Evans Lake Dam	Wake	30	Low	Fair	1954
63	Moss Lake Dam	Wake	30	High	Fair	1972
64	Wake Stone Dam	Wake	30	Low	Fair	1953
65	Catawba Springs Golf Dam Lower	Catawba	29	High	Fair
66	Lakota Farm Dam	Guilford	29	High	Fair
67	Hoot-n-hollar Dam	Iredell	29	Low	Fair	1991
68	Paul Jenkins Dam	Lincoln	29	Low	Fair
69	Research Lake Dam #2	Montgomery	29	Low	Fair	1966
70	Ollie Neal Dam	Rockingham	29	Low	Not Rated
71	Donald Rand Dam	Rowan	29	Low	Fair	1981
72	Brooks Dam	Stanly	29	High	Satisfactory	1980
73	Jackson Dam	Vance	29	Low	Fair
74	Hasentree Golf Community Dam	Wake	29	High	Satisfactory	2006
75	Mcelwee Dam	Wilkes	29	Low	Not Rated	1999
76	C. A. Robinson Dam	Wilkes	29	Significant	Fair	1988
77	Campbell Dam	Alamance	28	Low	Not Rated
78	Hawkins Dam	Caswell	28	Low	Not Rated
79	Bernard Dam	Caswell	28	Low	Not Rated
80	Rock Barn Pond Dam	Catawba	28	Low	Fair
81	Briar Chapel Reclamation Facility 5-day Upset Pond Dam	Chatham	28	High	Fair	2008
82	John S. Allen Dam	Forsyth	28	Low	Not Rated	2006
83	Loflin Lake Dam	Forsyth	28	Low	Fair
84	Eddins Pond Dam	Franklin	28	Low	Fair
85	Heffinger Lake Dam	Rockingham	28	Low	Not Rated	1981
86	Simpson Lake Dam	Rockingham	28	Low	Fair	1958
87	Dumaine Lake Dam #1	Rockingham	28	Low	Fair	1966
88	Taylor Lake Dam	Stokes	28	Low	Not Rated
89	Jones Lake Dam	Wake	28	Low	Poor	1953
90	Icenhour Dam	Alexander	27	Low	Fair	1988
91	Briar Chapel Reclamation Facility Central Pond Dam	Chatham	27	Significant	Fair	2008
92	Tanglewood Dam	Forsyth	27	Low	Fair	1958
93	Rochelle Lake Dam	Halifax	27	Significant	Satisfactory	1960
94	Smith Lake Dam	Harnett	27	Low	Fair	1935
95	Carolina Lakes Dam #1	Harnett	27	High	Fair	1985
96	Larkin Golf Course North Dam	Iredell	27	High	Fair
97	Carolina Golf And Country Club Irrigation Dam	Mecklenburg	27	High	Fair	2007
98	Randall Monroe Dam	Moore	27	Low	Fair	1991
99	Lake Mckenzie Dam	Moore	27	Low	Fair	1957
100	Anderson Dam	Rockingham	27	Low	Not Rated	1996

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