High Risk Dams in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has 37 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 420 high hazard dams in Oklahoma, 37 (8%) have concerning condition ratings — 28 rated poor and 9 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Lake Ellsworth	Comanche	96	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1961
Lake Carl Blackwell	Payne	72	Poor	Water Supply	1937
Okmulgee Lake	Okmulgee	68	Poor	Water Supply	1928
Shell Creek Lake Dam	Osage	65	Poor	Water Supply	1922
Overholser	Oklahoma	61	Poor	Water Supply	1919
Hominy Lake	Creek	60	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1956
Chickasha Lake	Caddo	57	Poor	Water Supply	1958
Shawnee City Lake No.1	Pottawatomie	55	Poor	Water Supply	1936
Clayton Lake	Pushmataha	53	Poor	Recreation	1946
Quanah Parker Dam	Comanche	53	Poor	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1936
Waxhoma Lake	Osage	50	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1955
Jim Hall Lake	Okmulgee	49	Poor	Water Supply	1928
Cushing Lake	Payne	48	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1950
Weleetka Lake	Okfuskee	45	Poor	Recreation	1923
Sahoma Lake	Creek	45	Poor	Water Supply	1947
New Beggs	Okmulgee	43	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1965
Lake Bar-dew Dam	Washington	41	Poor	Recreation	1938
Brown Lake	Pittsburg	41	Poor	Water Supply	1943
Stigler Lake	Haskell	40	Unsatisfactory	Water Supply	1939
Carlton Lake	Latimer	40	Poor	Recreation	1938
Blue River Dam	Bryan	40	Poor	Water Supply	1979
Wewoka	Seminole	38	Poor	Water Supply	1925
Nichols Lake	Okmulgee	37	Poor	Recreation	1910
Orchard Lake Dam	Adair	35	Poor	Irrigation	1970
Guthrie Lake	Logan	33	Poor	Water Supply	1919
Upper Canyon	Comanche	30	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1905
Hobart	Washita	29	Poor	Water Supply	1933
Parthenia Lake	Creek	28	Poor	Recreation	1934
Lacy	Murray	27	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1920
Dry Creek Detention Pond	Oklahoma	25	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Massey	Oklahoma	21	Poor	Other	1970
Summit Lake	Cleveland	21	Poor	Recreation	1960
Templo De Alabanza	Cleveland	20	Poor	Recreation	1940
Twin Lakes West	Oklahoma	20	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1930
Pines East	Oklahoma	17	Poor	Recreation	1925
Sportsmans Club	Oklahoma	15	Poor	Recreation	1948
Knight	Oklahoma	15	Poor	Recreation	1962

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