Dams in Aiken County, South Carolina

143Total Dams

48High Hazard

7Significant

Dam Safety in Aiken County, South Carolina

Aiken County has 143 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 48 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 78 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Aiken County is 73 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Wood Valley Dam at 56 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Vaucluse Pond Dam	High	Fair	42	Hydroelectric	1877
Oakman Lake Dam	High	Fair	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1928
Woodside Dam 4	High	Fair	39	Irrigation	1991
Swints Lake Dam	High	Fair	37	Recreation	1951
Edisto Lake Dam	High	Fair	35	Irrigation	1974
Langley Pond Dam	High	Fair	33	Recreation	1920
O'neal Miller Dam	High	Fair	31	Recreation	1955
Woodside Dam 1	High	Fair	31	Recreation	1986
Woodside Dam 2	High	Fair	31	Recreation	1987
Laurel Lake Dam	High	Fair	30	Irrigation	1960
Trust Pond Dam	High	Fair	30	Recreation	1968
Royal Lake Dam	High	Fair	29	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Neeses Lake Dam	High	Fair	29	Recreation	1930
Gem Lake Estates Dam 1	High	Fair	29	Recreation
Camp Long Lake Dam	High	Fair	27	Recreation	1945
Lamb Pond Dam	High	Poor	26	Recreation
Baker Pond Dam	High	Fair	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
Michael Laughlin Dam	High	Fair	25	Recreation	1968
Flat Rock Pond Dam	High	Poor	25	Other	1920
Gem Lakes Estates Association Dam	High	Fair	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Seivern Lake Dam	High	Fair	25	Recreation	1972
Amick Farms Dam	High	Fair	24	Irrigation	1989
Houndslake Country Club Dam	High	Fair	24	Recreation
Aiken Outing Club Dam	High	Fair	24	Recreation	1960
Sudlow Lake Dam	High	Poor	23	Recreation	1915
Robert E Kirby Pond Dam	High	Fair	22	Recreation	1964
Chapman Pond Dam	High	Fair	21	Recreation	1948
Dixie Clay Company Dam	High	Fair	21	Other	1983
Laughlin Pond Dam	High	Fair	21	Recreation	1945
Ridgely Lake Dam	High	Fair	20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
Fox Haven Subdivision Dam	High	Fair	20	Flood Risk Reduction
Clearwater Lake Dam	High	Fair	20	Recreation	1929
Longleaf Plantation Dam	High	Fair	19	Recreation	1946
Misty Lake Dam	High	Fair	19	Recreation	1920
Mallard Lake Dam	High	Fair	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Ray Campbell Dam	High	Poor	19	Recreation	1968
Johnsons Lake Dam	High	Fair	18	Recreation
Edna Yon Dam	High	Poor	17	Recreation	1962
Capers Millpond Dam	High	Poor	16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1931
Mcelmurray Pond Dam	High	Fair	16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Sturm Dam	High	Poor	16	Recreation	1972
Florence T Hall Dam	High	Fair	15	Other
Lake Florence Dam	High	Unsatisfactory	15	Recreation	1960
Bridge Creek Pond Dam	High	Fair	15	Other	1960
Gem Lake Estates Dam 2	High	Fair	14	Recreation
Burgess Lake Dam	High	Fair	13	Recreation	1931
A W Bailey Dam	High	Fair	12	Recreation	1945
Tarrants Millpond Dam	High	Fair	9	Recreation	1910
Aiken Reservoir Dam	Significant	Fair	45	Water Supply	1983
Arrowhead Lake Dam	Significant	Not Rated	40	Recreation	1955
Pridgen Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	21	Recreation
Copley Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Reynolds Pond Dam	Significant	Poor	17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1910
Jasper Morris Pond Dam	Significant	Not Rated	16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1963
Kneeces Millpond Dam	Significant	Fair	15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1937
Wood Valley Dam	Low	Poor	56	Recreation	1978
Graniteville Co Dam 1	Low	Not Rated	45	Recreation	1968
Edisto Plant Basin Dam	Low	Fair	38	Other	1974
Graniteville Co Dam 2	Low	Poor	37	Recreation	1970
Jerry Holmes Dam	Low	Fair	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
William Lindenmyth Dam	Low	Poor	31	Recreation	1968
Arrowhead Lakes Dam	Low	Fair	31	Recreation	1958
Woodside Phase Iii Dam	Low	Poor	31	Irrigation	1931
Dibbles Pond Dam	Low	Fair	30	Other	1987
Ta Dubose Dam 1	Low	Poor	30	Recreation
Hartley Pond Dam	Low	Fair	29	Recreation	1978
Marietta Jackson Dam	Low	Poor	28	Irrigation	1992
Smiths Lake Dam	Low	Poor	28	Recreation	1951
Parkman Pond Dam	Low	Poor	27	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1993
Crystal Lakes Lower Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation
Norma S Grice Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation
Lois Lockhart Dam	Low	Poor	25	Irrigation	1974
Eggleston Lake Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1954
Mixon Lake Dam	Low	Poor	24	Recreation	1956
Holmes Long Branch Dam	Low	Fair	24	Irrigation	1978
Ta Dubose Dam 2	Low	Poor	24	Recreation
Camp Gravatt Pond Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1960
Houndslake Corp Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1973
Holmes Pond Dam	Low	Poor	22	Irrigation	1950
Scott Pond Dam	Low	Fair	22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Larry Murray Dam	Low	Fair	22	Recreation	1960
Kathleen S Collum Dam	Low	Poor	22	Recreation	1958
Reid Lake Dam	Low	Poor	22	Recreation	1968
Webb Dam	Low	Poor	21	Recreation	1960
Roy/chritton/key Dam	Low	Fair	21	Recreation
Malcolm B Rawls Dam	Low	Poor	21	Recreation	1952
Huttos Pond Dam	Low	Poor	20	Recreation	1953
Scotts Pond Dam	Low	Poor	20	Recreation	1920
J P Kneece Dam	Low	Poor	20	Recreation	1978
Johnsons Pond Dam	Low	Poor	19	Recreation	1930
Wildwood Lake Dam	Low	Poor	19	Other	1957
Chalk Hill Millpond Dam	Low	Poor	19	Recreation	1960
Cedar Lake Dam	Low	Poor	19	Recreation	1960
Cooks Pond Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1955
Wilson/brantley Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1960
Palmetto Place Dam	Low	Poor	18	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Garvins Pond Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1940
Kent Ingram Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1901
L B Williams Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1973
Luther Williams Dam	Low	Fair	18	Recreation	1915
Alice S Gaskin Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1942
Ray Lucas Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation
Upper Pond Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1937
Francis W Caughman Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1938
Mary M Bradley Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1960
Bonnie Land Co Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation
Yonce Millpond Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1958
Thomas W Sawyer Dam	Low	Poor	17	Other	1935
Starnes/brown Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1960
Maxine Weathersby Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1951
Rh Anderson Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1935
George Ott Dam	Low	Poor	16	Recreation	1953
Holley Haven Dam	Low	Fair	16	Recreation	1910
Julia Dubose Pond Dam	Low	Poor	16	Recreation	1960
Cook Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1910
Anderson Millpond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1910
Herndon Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1938
Boyd Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1910
Johnson Lake Dam	Low	Poor	15	Other	1958
Johnsons Lake Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1955
Sandra C Sawyer Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1951
Dicks Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1959
Corbett's Pond Dam	Low		15	Recreation	1955
Ronald Dew Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation	1960
Kimberly Clark Lagoon Dam	Low	Fair	14	Other	1967
John J Lewis Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation	1915
Collums Millpond Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation	1940
Paul Swartz Pond Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation	1953
Mathis Realty Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation
Whitehead Pond Dam	Low	Poor	13	Recreation	1963
Baughmans Pond Dam	Low	Poor	13	Recreation	1942
T B Hallman Dam	Low		13	Recreation	1935
Rainbow Falls Dam	Low	Fair	13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Jones Pond Dam	Low	Poor	13	Recreation	1960
Webbs Pond Dam	Low	Not Rated	12	Recreation
Tylers Pond Dam	Low	Poor	12	Recreation	1940
Aiken State Park Dam	Low	Poor	12	Recreation	1932
Able/corbett Pond Dam	Low		12	Recreation	1955
Lake Heron Dam	Low	Poor	12	Other	1917
Garvins Millpond Dam	Low	Poor	11	Recreation	1948
James K Jarrett Dam	Low	Poor	10	Recreation	1960
Kings Ridge Dam 4	Undetermined		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Millers Pond Dam	Undetermined	Unsatisfactory	16	Recreation

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