Recreation Dams in North Dakota

North Dakota has 173 recreation dams, of which 10 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Square Butte Creek Dam 6	Morton	81	Significant	Not assessed	2007
2	Daub Dam	Oliver	79	Significant	Not assessed	1971
3	Cottonwood Creek Dam	LaMoure	76	Significant	Not assessed	1973
4	Fish Creek Dam	Morton	65	Low	Not assessed	1971
5	Sweetbriar Creek Dam	Morton	65	High	Fair	1964
6	Blacktail Dam	Williams	63	Significant	Not assessed	1959
7	Sheep Creek Dam	Grant	61	Low	Not assessed	1969
8	Mcdowell Dam	Burleigh	59	Significant	Not assessed	1976
9	Epping Dam	Williams	56	Significant	Not assessed	1935
10	Raleigh Dam	Grant	54	Significant	Not assessed	1910
11	Camel Butte Dam	Golden Valley	53	Significant	Not assessed	1968
12	Clausen Springs Dam	Barnes	52	High	Poor	1967
13	Northgate Dam 2	Burke	51	Significant	Not assessed	1968
14	Erie Dam	Cass	51	Significant	Not assessed	1970
15	Lake Ilo Dam	Dunn	51	High	Fair	1937
16	Olson Fish Dam; Willard	Williams	50	Low	Not assessed	1969
17	Carbury Dam	Bottineau	49	Low	Not assessed	1982
18	Crown Butte Dam	Morton	48	Significant	Not assessed	1963
19	Mount Carmel Dam	Cavalier	47	Significant	Not assessed	1971
20	Stevens Dam; Joe	Barnes	46	Low	Not assessed	1967
21	White Earth Dam	Mountrail	46	High	Fair	1970
22	Froelich Dam	Sioux	46	Low	Not assessed	1962
23	Kota Ray Dam	Williams	46	Low	Not assessed	1933
24	Mcgregor Dam	Williams	45	High	Poor	1967
25	Indian Creek Dam	Hettinger	43	Significant	Not assessed	1979
26	Kulm Edgeley Dam	LaMoure	43	Low	Not assessed	1968
27	Seefeldt-limesand Dam	LaMoure	41	Low	Not assessed	1967
28	Thoreson-monson Dam	Barnes	40	Low	Not assessed	1966
29	Big Coulee Dam	Towner	39	Significant	Not assessed	1968
30	Tioga Dam	Williams	39	High	Poor	1963
31	Short Creek Dam 1	Burke	38	Significant	Not assessed	1962
32	Des Lacs City Dam	Ward	38	Low	Not assessed	1964
33	Nygren Dam	Morton	37	Low	Not assessed	1967
34	Velva Sportsman Dam	Ward	37	Low	Not assessed	1967
35	Tolna Dam 1	Nelson	36	Significant	Not assessed	1936
36	Iverson Dam; Marvin	Williams	35	Significant	Not assessed	1964
37	Heinze Dam	Barnes	33	Low	Not assessed	1966
38	Warsing Dam	Eddy	33	Low	Not assessed	1961
39	Schlecht-wiexel Dam	LaMoure	33	Low	Not assessed	1967
40	Harmony Lake	Mercer	32	Low	Not assessed	1998
41	Schlecht-thom Dam	LaMoure	31	Low	Not assessed	1968
42	Davis Fish Dam	Slope	31	Low	Not assessed	1963
43	164-073-25s	Rolette	30	Low	Not assessed	1930
44	Nieuwsma Dam	Emmons	29	Significant	Not assessed	1935
45	Carlson-tande Dam	Griggs	29	Low	Not assessed	1967
46	Sather Dam	McKenzie	29	Significant	Not assessed	1964
47	Redlin Dam	Stutsman	29	Low	Not assessed	1967
48	Fogderud & Haugen Dam	Barnes	28	Undetermined	Not assessed	1978
49	Odland Dam	Golden Valley	28	Low	Not assessed	1936
50	Johnson Dam; Mervin	McKenzie	28	Low	Not assessed	1972
51	Steiner Dam	Hettinger	27	Low	Not assessed	1967
52	Krapp Brothers Dam	Stutsman	27	Low	Not assessed	1968
53	Dazey Dam	Barnes	26	Low	Not assessed	1935
54	Welk Dam	Emmons	26	Low	Not assessed	1938
55	Blumhart Dam	McIntosh	26	Low	Not assessed
56	Syvrud Dam; M G	Morton	26	Low	Not assessed	1965
57	Mosbrucker Dam; Anton	Oliver	26	Low	Not assessed	1967
58	Balta Dam	Pierce	26	Low	Not assessed	1937
59	Olson Dam; Steven	Barnes	25	Low	Not assessed	1965
60	Kalina Dam	Bowman	25	Low	Not assessed	1940
61	Wilson Dam	Dickey	25	Low	Not assessed	1968
62	Mott City Dam	Hettinger	25	Low	Not assessed	1910
63	Boehm Dam; Leo	Morton	25	Low	Not assessed	1964
64	Kuntz Dam; James 2	Wells	25	Low	Not assessed	1964
65	Wolf Butte Dam	Adams	24	Low	Not assessed	1936
66	Schwalbe Dam; Delry	Dunn	24	Low	Not assessed	1967
67	New Rockford Railroad Dam 1	Eddy	24	Low	Not assessed	1945
68	Schlenker (lehr-beglau) Dam	LaMoure	24	Low	Not assessed	1970
69	Edsrud Dam; Myron	Nelson	24	Low	Not assessed	1971
70	Galde Dam; Lloyd	Nelson	24	Low	Not assessed	1968
71	Dukart Dam; Elmer	Stark	24	Low	Not assessed	1970
72	Nelson Dam; Selmar	Williams	24	Low	Not assessed	1975
73	Spring Lake Dam	Bowman	23	Low	Not assessed	1935
74	Baukol-noonan Dam 1	Divide	23	Low	Not assessed	1986
75	Niagra Township Dam 2	Grand Forks	23	Low	Not assessed	1935
76	Howard Dam	Grant	23	Low	Not assessed	1938
77	Blickensderfer Dam; Paul	Hettinger	23	Low	Not assessed	1975
78	Giedt Dam	McIntosh	23	Low	Not assessed	1939
79	Muggli Dam; Victor 5	Morton	23	Low	Not assessed	1969
80	Welch Dam	Sioux	23	Low	Not assessed	1936
81	Prairie No. 1	Sioux	23	High	Poor	1966
82	Triebold Dam; Vernon	Barnes	22	Low	Not assessed	1969
83	Lien Dam; Leonard (south)	Hettinger	22	Low	Not assessed	1966
84	Jolin Dam; Warren	LaMoure	22	Low	Not assessed	1935
85	Keldron Dam	Sioux	22	Low	Not assessed	1934
86	Lynch Dam	Steele	22	Low	Not assessed	1934
87	Thompson Dam; Norman 1	Wells	22	Low	Not assessed	1968
88	Kordonowy Dam; Joe	Billings	21	Low	Not assessed	1936
89	Kersten Dam; Gertude	Bottineau	21	Low	Not assessed	1993
90	Lowe Dam; Donald	Bowman	21	Low	Not assessed	1969
91	Moores Dam	Dickey	21	Low	Not assessed	1949
92	Regent Dam - Spring Creek Dam	Hettinger	21	Low	Not assessed	1934
93	Yanktonai Dam	McLean	21	Significant	Not assessed	1935
94	Golden Lake Dam	Steele	21	Low	Not assessed	1957
95	Anderson Dam; Lawrence	Barnes	20	Low	Not assessed	1939
96	Carlson Dam	Grant	20	Low	Not assessed	1937
97	Lien Dam; Leonard (north)	Hettinger	20	Low	Not assessed	1966
98	Belfield Railroad Dam	Stark	20	Significant	Not assessed	1910
99	Dougherty Dam	Walsh	20	Low	Not assessed	1935
100	Ray Railroad Dam	Williams	20	Low	Not assessed	1890

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