High Risk Dams in Rhode Island

Rhode Island has 34 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 95 high hazard dams in Rhode Island, 34 (35%) have concerning condition ratings — 34 rated poor and 0 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Almy Reservoir	Providence	33	Poor	Other	1865
Pascoag Reservoir Upper	Providence	27	Poor	Recreation	1860
Hawkins Pond	Providence	24	Poor	Recreation	1865
Flat River Reservoir	Kent	24	Poor	Recreation	1873
Centerville Pond	Kent	23	Poor	Other	1885
Hughesdale Pond Upper	Providence	22	Poor	Other
Harrisville Pond	Providence	22	Poor	Recreation	1854
Forestdale Pond	Providence	20	Poor		1883
Gardiner Pond	Newport	20	Poor	Water Supply	1885
Oak Swamp Reservoir	Providence	20	Poor	Recreation	1865
Waterman Lake	Providence	19	Poor	Recreation	1837
Sprague Lower Reservoir	Providence	19	Poor	Recreation	1822
Curran Lower Reservoir	Providence	17	Poor	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1950
Grist Mill Apartments	Kent	16	Poor
Simmons Upper Reservoir	Providence	16	Poor	Debris Control	1865
Coventry Reservoir	Kent	15	Poor	Recreation	1875
Tiogue Lake	Kent	15	Poor	Recreation	1875
Keech Pond	Providence	15	Poor	Recreation	1952
Clarkville Pond	Providence	14	Poor	Recreation	1872
Handy Pond Upper	Providence	12	Poor	Other
Wilbur Pond	Providence	12	Poor	Recreation	1854
St Marys Pond	Newport	12	Poor	Water Supply	1878
Burlingame Reservoir Upper	Providence	12	Poor	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1885
Spear Pond	Providence	11	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Black Rock Reservoir	Kent	11	Poor	Recreation	1885
Hefler Farm Pond	Washington	11	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Wakefield Pond	Washington	9	Poor	Other
Holley Lane Pond	Providence	8	Poor
Lake Washington	Providence	6	Poor	Recreation	1930
Bridlewood Upper End	Providence	5	Poor
Bowdish Lower	Providence	0	Poor
Rodman Mill	Washington	0	Poor
Louisquisset Flood Control	Providence	0	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction
Slocum Road Upper	Washington	0	Poor

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