Flood Control Dams in North Dakota

North Dakota has 95 flood control dams, of which 33 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	Heart Butte Dam	Grant	142	High	Not assessed	1949
2	Jamestown Dam	Stutsman	110	High	Not assessed	1954
3	Pipestem Dam	Stutsman	110	High	Not assessed	1974
4	Senator Young Dam	Cavalier	96	High	Poor	1961
5	Dead Colt Creek Dam	Ransom	92	Significant	Not assessed	1984
6	Maple River Dam	Cass	89	High	Satisfactory	2006
7	Middle Branch Park River Dam 5	Walsh	87	Significant	Not assessed	2006
8	Bowman-haley Dam	Bowman	79	High	Not assessed	1967
9	Middle Branch Park River 8	Walsh	79	Significant	Not assessed	1970
10	Bourbanis Dam	Cavalier	76	Significant	Not assessed	1957
11	Matejcek Dam	Walsh	76	High	Poor	1966
12	Beaver Creek Dam (bc-20)	Steele	75	Significant	Not assessed	1988
13	Middle Branch Park River 9	Cavalier	74	Significant	Not assessed	1970
14	Olson Dam	Pembina	74	High	Poor	1957
15	Kolding Dam	Grand Forks	71	Significant	Not assessed	1972
16	Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 9	Grand Forks	71	High	Fair	1979
17	Square Butte Creek Dam 5	Oliver	71	High	Fair	1979
18	Hanks Corner Dam	Cavalier	70	Significant	Not assessed	1955
19	Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 5	Grand Forks	70	High	Fair	1975
20	Maple River Dam (t-180)	Cass	69	High	Fair	1985
21	Olga Dam	Cavalier	69	Low	Not assessed	1955
22	Upper Turtle R.fld.ret. 2	Grand Forks	62	Low	Not assessed	1974
23	Baldhill Dam	Barnes	60	High	Not assessed	1950
24	Bylin Dam	Walsh	60	High	Poor	1964
25	Boundary Creek Dam #3	Bottineau	59	Low	Not assessed	1973
26	Middle Branch Park River Dam 6	Walsh	58	Significant	Not assessed	1974
27	Fordville Dam	Grand Forks	54	High	Poor	1978
28	Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 4	Grand Forks	52	High	Fair	1980
29	Beulah Flood Control Dam	Mercer	52	High	Satisfactory	1982
30	Chyle Dam	Walsh	52	Significant	Not assessed	1966
31	Tewaukon Ws-t-7	Sargent	50	Significant	Not assessed	1961
32	Whitman Dam	Nelson	49	Significant	Not assessed	1965
33	Square Butte Creek Dam 4	Oliver	49	Significant	Not assessed	1974
34	Renwick Dam	Pembina	49	High	Satisfactory	1962
35	Mott Watershed Dam	Hettinger	47	High	Fair	1969
36	Herzog Dam	Pembina	46	Significant	Not assessed	1957
37	Middle Branch Park River 10	Cavalier	45	Significant	Not assessed	1971
38	Tewaukon Ws-t-1-a Dam	Sargent	44	Significant	Not assessed	1963
39	Neideffer Flood Control Dam	Burleigh	43	Low	Not assessed	1983
40	Tewaukon Ws T-2	Sargent	41	Low	Not assessed	1965
41	Spirit Lake Bia 5	Benson	40	High	Satisfactory	1987
42	Swan Buffalo Detention Dam 5	Cass	39	Significant	Not assessed	1961
43	Weiler Dam	Pembina	39	Significant	Not assessed	1957
44	Spirit Lake Bia 4 North	Benson	38	High	Satisfactory	1987
45	Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 1	Grand Forks	38	Significant	Not assessed	1977
46	Square Butte Creek Dam 2	Oliver	38	Significant	Not assessed	1973
47	Acorn Ridge	Ramsey	37	High	Satisfactory	2012
48	Elm River Detention Dam 2	Traill	36	Significant	Not assessed	1966
49	Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 8	Grand Forks	35	Significant	Not assessed	1973
50	Upper Maple River Dam	Steele	35	Significant	Not assessed	2015
51	Goschke Dam	Pembina	33	Significant	Not assessed	1958
52	Spirit Lake St. Michael 2	Benson	32	High	Satisfactory	1987
53	Swan Buffalo Detention Dam 8	Cass	32	Significant	Not assessed	1968
54	Spirit Lake Spring Lake	Benson	30	High	Satisfactory	1987
55	Upper Turtle R.fld.ret. 7	Grand Forks	30	Low	Not assessed	1973
56	Spirit Lake Jetty 2	Benson	28	High	Satisfactory	1997
57	Swan Buffalo Detention Dam 12	Cass	28	Significant	Not assessed	1960
58	Willow Cr-park R Detdam#1	Pembina	28	Significant	Not assessed	1968
59	Morrison Dam	Pembina	28	Low	Not assessed	1956
60	Garrison Dam - Williston Levee	Williams	28	High	Not assessed	1953
61	Spirit Lake St. Michael 3	Benson	27	High	Satisfactory	1987
62	English Coulee Dam	Grand Forks	27	High	Satisfactory	1990
63	30th Street Detention Basin	Ward	27	Significant	Not assessed
64	Spirit Lake Bia 4 South	Benson	26	High	Satisfactory	1987
65	Elm River Detention Dam 1	Steele	25	Significant	Not assessed	1964
66	Lunder Dam; Wayne	Cass	24	Low	Not assessed	2005
67	Jackman Coulee Dam 2	Burleigh	23	High	Satisfactory	2003
68	Spirit Lake Jetty 1	Benson	22	High	Satisfactory	1997
69	Spirit Lake St. Michael 1	Benson	22	High	Satisfactory	1987
70	Jackman Coulee Dam 1	Burleigh	22	Low	Not assessed	2003
71	Stegner Dam; William 1	Bowman	20	Low	Not assessed	1972
72	Elm River Detention Dam 3	Cass	20	Significant	Not assessed	1962
73	Sarnia Dam	Nelson	20	Low	Not assessed	1936
74	Soukop Dam	Walsh	18	Significant	Not assessed	1962
75	Kratochvil Dam	Walsh	18	Low	Not assessed	1962
76	Hiddenwood Lake Dam	Ward	18	Low	Not assessed	1933
77	Pond 4	Cass	17	Undetermined	Not assessed
78	Zahn Dam; Joseph	Oliver	17	Low	Not assessed	1964
79	Spirit Lake Kurtz	Benson	16	High	Satisfactory	2013
80	County Rd15 Detention Dam	Ward	16	Low	Not assessed	1999
81	Landgren Dam B; Marvin	McLean	15	Low	Not assessed	1968
82	Hurricane Lake Joint Wrd1	Towner	15	Low	Not assessed	1977
83	Richland Co Wrd Dry Dam 1	Richland	14	Low	Not assessed	1984
84	Nd No Name 127	McLean	11	Low	Not assessed	1942
85	Ward Co. Hwy Dept Dam	McLean	10	Low	Not assessed	1999
86	Antelope Creek Dry Dam	Richland	10	Low	Not assessed	2001
87	Nesheim Dam; Mark 2	Mountrail	9	Low	Not assessed	2001
88	Studeness Dam; Leo	Benson	8	Low	Not assessed	1960
89	Billings Lake Wpa 2 Dam	Cavalier	8	Low	Fair	1999
90	Hansen Marsh	Ramsey	8	Low	Not assessed	2002
91	Jamestown Ice House Dam	Stutsman	8	Low	Not assessed	1890
92	Stoney Slough Pool 3-4-5	Barnes	7	Low	Not assessed	1936
93	Hyatt Slough Wma 2	Dickey	7	Low	Not assessed	1998
94	Seitz Dam	Foster	7	Low	Not assessed	2002
95	Hankinson Energy Pond	Richland	7	Low	Not assessed

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