177Total Dams
12High Hazard
2Significant
Dam Safety in Osage County, Oklahoma
Osage County has 177 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 12 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 2 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Osage County is 71 years old. The most common purpose is other. The tallest dam is Skiatook Dam at 143 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skiatook Dam | High | Not assessed | 143 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Kaw Dam | High | Not assessed | 125 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Birch Dam | High | Not assessed | 97 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Hulah Dam | High | Not assessed | 94 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1951 |
| Bluestem Lake | High | Fair | 87 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Shell Creek Lake Dam | High | Poor | 65 | Water Supply | 1922 |
| Hudson Lake | High | Fair | 60 | Water Supply | 1949 |
| Pawhuska Lake Dam | High | Fair | 57 | Water Supply | 1936 |
| Fairfax Lake | High | Fair | 55 | Water Supply | 1936 |
| Waxhoma Lake | High | Unsatisfactory | 50 | Water Supply | 1955 |
| Southern Great Plains Field Station | High | Not assessed | 33 | Irrigation | 1938 |
| Deer Lake | High | Not assessed | 15 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Charlotte | Significant | Satisfactory | 45 | Water Supply | 1924 |
| Sand Springs Municipal | Significant | Fair | 30 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Keeler Ww | Low | Not assessed | 80 | Other | 1970 |
| Lower Hominy | Low | Not assessed | 70 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Lookout | Low | Not assessed | 60 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Clyde | Low | Not assessed | 60 | Other | 1950 |
| Scs-cotton-coon-mission Cr Site-002 | Low | Not assessed | 54 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1989 |
| Scs-big Caney Creek Site-11 | Low | Not assessed | 52 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Oknoname 113033 | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Other | 2006 |
| Oknoname 113096 | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Other | 1950 |
| Keeler W. W. | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Other | 1970 |
| Higo ( Wah Shah She ) | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Scs-cotton-coon-mission Cr Site-001 | Low | Not assessed | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Scs-cotton-coon-mission Cr Site-003 | Low | Not assessed | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Oknoname 113025 | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Other | 1974 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Scs-cotton-coon-mission Cr Site-005 | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Kourtis Lake | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | |
| Merrifield Bros | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Hilbert Klinger | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Oknoname 113064 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113037 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1965 |
| Oknoname 113039 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Oknoname 113125 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1940 |
| Avant City | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Water Supply | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113010 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1947 |
| Oknoname 113080 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113103 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113008 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1949 |
| Oknoname 113065 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1940 |
| Unknown | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Oknoname 113040 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113140 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Oknoname 113143 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname Ok13108 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Water Supply | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113124 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1940 |
| Avant Utilites Auth. | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Water Supply | 1967 |
| Ug Butch | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1984 |
| Oknoname 113086 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1960 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1967 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Other | 1965 |
| Scs-cotton-coon-mission Cr Site-004 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Unknown | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113021 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1977 |
| Oknoname 113107 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113114 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113020 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1966 |
| Oknoname 113088 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113049 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1959 |
| Oknoname 113074 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113022 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1971 |
| Oknoname 113003 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Water Supply | 1949 |
| Oknoname 113141 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113090 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113036 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1943 |
| Oknoname 113042 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1957 |
| Oknoname 113120 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1940 |
| Kane J.f. | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Other | 1940 |
| Coe D.e. | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 30110 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | |
| Oknoname 113149 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 30161 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Other | 1998 |
| Adams | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1960 |
| Oknoname 113009 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| Oknoname 113089 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113117 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Peters Lake | Low | Poor | 30 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113044 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Oknoname 113043 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Oknoname 113034 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Oknoname 113148 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113122 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113108 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113123 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113015 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1964 |
| Oknoname 113019 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1961 |
| Oknoname 113038 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113113 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113018 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1947 |
| Oknoname 113121 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Sunset Lake | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113098 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113144 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113063 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Hominy | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Water Supply | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113126 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113119 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113071 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Eccleston J | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Oknoname 113142 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113032 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | |
| Oknoname 113011 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | |
| Cooper Ranch | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113073 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113016 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1939 |
| Hulah Restocking Pd | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1942 |
| Oknoname 113070 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113069 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113005 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1969 |
| Oknoname 113076 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113092 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113087 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113066 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Wim-wigor-spring | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Codding Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Keeler W. W. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1950 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Silver Lake Ranches Inc. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Other | 1940 |
| C C Bledsoe | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Crystal | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Oknoname 113145 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113062 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113102 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1960 |
| Oknoname 113118 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113112 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113047 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Friend Wf | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113156 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113062 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Adams Energy Co. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113091 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1950 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1940 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1940 |
| Silver Lake Ranches Inc. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113046 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Other | 1965 |
| Daddy Miller Spring | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113146 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113037 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1964 |
| Oknoname 113045 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Oknoname 031047 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113075 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113111 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113152 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113061 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113154 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113151 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 113001 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113072 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1950 |
| Mullendor E.c. III | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1966 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1960 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Other | 1940 |
| Oklahoma Centennial Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | |
| Oknoname | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Debris Control | |
| Oknoname 113101 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113017 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Oknoname 113023 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1969 |
| Drummond R | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1940 |
| Oknoname 30119 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2004 |
| Oknoname 113067 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | |
| Oknoname 113155 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113060 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113068 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |
| Oknoname 113093 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |
| Okla. Land & Cattle Co. | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Other | 1964 |
| Okla Land & Cattle Co | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Other | 1950 |
| Sooner Land & Cattle Co. | Undetermined | Not assessed | 50 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Oknoname 113002 | Undetermined | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Oknoname 113007 | Undetermined | Not assessed | 20 | Other | 1950 |