Flood Control Dams in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 215 flood control dams, of which 149 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	East Branch Dam	Elk	184	High	Not Available	1952
2	Youghiogheny Dam	Fayette	184	High	Not Available	1944
3	Beltzville Dam	Carbon	177	High	Not Available	1969
4	Kinzua Dam	Warren	177	High	Not Available	1965
5	George B Stevenson	Cameron	166	High	Satisfactory	1956
6	Alvin R. Bush Dam	Clinton	165	High	Not Available	1962
7	Mahoning Creek Dam	Armstrong	162	High	Not Available	1941
8	Tionesta Dam	Forest	154	High	Not Available	1940
9	Cowanesque Dam	Tioga	151	High	Not Available	1980
10	Conemaugh Dam	Westmoreland	144	High	Not Available	1952
11	Crooked Creek Dam	Armstrong	143	High	Not Available	1940
12	Prompton Dam	Wayne	140	High	Not Available	1961
13	Curwensville Dam	Clearfield	131	High	Not Available	1965
14	Hammond Dam	Tioga	122	High	Not Available	1978
15	Loyalhanna Dam	Westmoreland	120	High	Not Available	1942
16	Little Pine Creek	Lycoming	113	High	Poor	1950
17	General Edgar Jadwin Dam	Wayne	110	High	Not Available	1960
18	Blue Marsh Dam	Berks	100	High	Not Available	1977
19	Hankin	Chester	100	Low	Fair	1989
20	Locust Creek (pa-423)	Schuylkill	98	High	Fair	1964
21	Goose Pond Run (pa-464)	Monroe	97	High	Fair	1975
22	Robinson Fork (pa-647)	Washington	95	High	Satisfactory	1977
23	Woodcock Creek Dam	Crawford	90	High	Not Available	1973
24	Leavitt Branch (pa-463)	Monroe	90	High	Poor	1976
25	Union City Dam	Erie	88	High	Not Available	1971
26	Little Schuylkill River (pa-422)	Schuylkill	87	High	Satisfactory	1968
27	Pa-486	Washington	86	High	Satisfactory	1979
28	Two Mile Run	Venango	85	High	Fair	1971
29	Taxiway "e" Detention Basin	Allegheny	84	Significant	Satisfactory	1996
30	York Indian Rock Dam	York	83	High	Not Available	1942
31	Cross Creek (pa-661)	Washington	82	High	Satisfactory	1979
32	Pa-485	Washington	78	High	Satisfactory	1977
33	Stillwater Dam	Susquehanna	77	High	Not Available	1960
34	Taylor Pond (pa-446)	Pike	76	High	Fair	1963
35	Hamilton Lake (pa-602)	Tioga	76	High	Fair	1967
36	Enlow Fork (pa-648)	Washington	76	High	Satisfactory	1987
37	Pa-483	Washington	74	High	Satisfactory	1973
38	Briar Creek (pa 498)	Columbia	70	High	Fair	1987
39	Shenango Dam	Mercer	68	High	Not Available	1965
40	Harmon Creek (pa-484)	Washington	67	High	Satisfactory	1971
41	Peace Valley (pa-617)	Bucks	66	High	Satisfactory	1973
42	Kelsey Creek (pa-600)	Tioga	66	High	Satisfactory	1967
43	Pa-480	Washington	66	High	Satisfactory	1979
44	Hibernia (pa-436f)	Chester	65	High	Fair	1994
45	Eberle (pa-456)	Tioga	65	High	Satisfactory	1964
46	Brooklyn Run (pa-468)	Susquehanna	64	High	Fair	1967
47	Beechwood Lake (pa-454)	Tioga	63	High	Fair	1963
48	Pa-479	Washington	63	High	Satisfactory	1969
49	Glendale	Cambria	60	High	Fair	1960
50	North Fork (pa-406)	Potter	58	High	Fair	1960
51	Shawnee Lake	Bedford	56	High	Fair	1950
52	Mauch Chunk Lake (pa-462)	Carbon	55	High	Fair	1971
53	Neifert Creek (pa-422a)	Schuylkill	55	High	Satisfactory	1968
54	Hamburg Flood Control (pa-477)	Berks	52	High	Fair	1965
55	Greenlick Run (pa-656)	Fayette	52	High	Satisfactory	1973
56	Martins Creek (pa-467)	Susquehanna	52	High	Fair	1967
57	Hadley (pa-489)	Mercer	51	High	Fair	1968
58	Pa-481	Washington	51	High	Satisfactory	1984
59	Pymatuning	Crawford	50	High	Fair	1933
60	Lake Wilhelm (pa-475)	Mercer	50	High	Satisfactory	1969
61	Cross Creek (pa-662)	Washington	50	High	Satisfactory	1983
62	Breckenridge Detention	Allegheny	49	Significant	Satisfactory
63	Bridgeport (pa-655)	Westmoreland	49	High	Satisfactory	1992
64	Core Creek (pa-620)	Bucks	47	High	Fair	1976
65	Foster Joseph Sayers Dam - Howard Levee	Centre	47	High	Not Available	1966
66	Saw Mill	Montgomery	47	High	Fair	1968
67	Hamburg Flood Control (pa-476)	Berks	46	High	Fair	1965
68	Robin Run (pa-612)	Bucks	46	High	Fair	1971
69	Warrington (pa-611)	Bucks	45	High	Fair	1976
70	Clark Mills (pa-490)	Mercer	45	High	Fair	1971
71	Newtown (pa-621)	Bucks	44	High	Fair	1980
72	Bull Run	Westmoreland	44	High	Satisfactory	1934
73	Barneston (pa 432)	Chester	43	High	Fair	1983
74	Hilltown (pa-625)	Bucks	42	High	Fair	1980
75	Village Two At New Hope	Bucks	41	Undetermined	Not Rated	1980
76	Conneautville (pa-112)	Crawford	41	High	Fair	1984
77	Midfield Sedimentation Pond	Allegheny	40	High	Satisfactory	1988
78	Rainbow (pa-460)	Crawford	40	High	Fair	1964
79	Saul Run (pa-458)	Mercer	40	High	Satisfactory	1963
80	Burnt Cabin Dunlap Creek (pa-471)	Fayette	39	High	Satisfactory	1967
81	Pa-482	Washington	38	High	Satisfactory	1970
82	Huntingdon Smithfield Lily Creek	Huntingdon	37	High	Satisfactory	1967
83	Griffin (pa-455)	Tioga	37	High	Satisfactory	1963
84	Beaver Creek (pa-433)	Chester	36	High	Satisfactory	1975
85	Kintz Creek (pa-439)	Pike	36	High	Poor	1970
86	Hosensock (pa-424)	Schuylkill	35	High	Fair	1960
87	Duncan Ave West Flood Control	Allegheny	34	Significant	Satisfactory
88	Railroad Creek (pa-615)	Bucks	34	High	Fair	1977
89	Feldman (pa-420)	Wayne	33	High	Fair	1961
90	Sky View Lake (pa-440)	Pike	32	High	Fair	1964
91	Pine Run (pa-616)	Bucks	31	High	Fair	1974
92	R G Struble Lake (pa-431)	Chester	31	High	Satisfactory	1971
93	Pa-445	Wayne	31	High	Poor	1961
94	Blue Marsh Dam - Bernville Levee	Berks	30	High	Not Available	1977
95	Francis E. Walter Dam - Saddle Dike	Luzerne	30	High	Not Available	1961
96	Stoneboro (pa-474)	Mercer	30	High	Fair	1966
97	University Park Airport Pond 4a	Centre	29	Significant	Fair	1998
98	Crooked Creek (pa-488)	Mercer	29	High	Fair	1994
99	Tioga Dam - Mansfield Levee	Tioga	29	High	Not Available	1979
100	Martin (pa-419)	Wayne	29	High	Poor	1960

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