Flood Control Dams in South Carolina

South Carolina has 143 flood control dams, of which 89 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	Cooper Dev - Pinopolis Dam	Berkeley	138	High	Fair	1942
2	Clemson Upper Diversion Dam	Oconee	75	High	Not Available	1961
3	Thicketty Creek Wcd 25	Cherokee	73	High	Fair	1973
4	Rabon Creek Wcd Dam 32	Laurens	72	High	Fair	1987
5	Santee	Berkeley	68	High	Fair	1942
6	Oolenoy River Wcd Dam 9	Pickens	66	High	Fair	1978
7	North Tyger River Wcd Dam 2	Spartanburg	61	High	Fair	1976
8	Beaverdam Creek Wcd Dam 4	Oconee	60	High	Fair	1973
9	Little Lynches Wcd Dam 12	Lancaster	57	High	Fair	1979
10	Beaverdam Creek Wcd Dam 2	Oconee	57	High	Fair	1974
11	Brown's Creek Wcd Dam 2	Union	57	High	Fair	1973
12	Cane Creek Wcd Dam 10d	Lancaster	56	High	Fair	1984
13	Thicketty Creek Wcd 19	Cherokee	55	High	Fair	1971
14	Rabon Creek Wcd Dam 20	Greenville	55	High	Fair	1985
15	Thicketty Creek Wcd 20	Cherokee	54	High	Fair	1967
16	Jackson-mill Creek Wcd Dam 7	Fairfield	54	Significant	Fair	1973
17	Rabon Creek Wcd Dam 21	Laurens	54	High	Fair	1980
18	Tinkers Creek Wcd Dam 21	Chester	53	Low	Fair	1973
19	Cane Creek Wcd Dam 7	Lancaster	53	High	Fair	1973
20	Thicketty Creek Wcd 26	Cherokee	52	High	Fair	1967
21	Huff Creek Wcd Dam 1b	Greenville	52	High	Fair	1965
22	Cane Creek Wcd Dam 18a	Lancaster	51	High	Fair	1978
23	Beaverdam-warrior Creek Wcd Dam 5	Laurens	51	Low	Fair	1980
24	Huff Creek Wcd Dam 4c	Greenville	50	High	Fair	1965
25	Beaverdam-warrior Creek Wcd Dam 2	Laurens	50	Low	Fair	1974
26	Coneross Creek Wcd Dam 1a	Oconee	50	High	Fair	1962
27	Rocky Creek Wcd Dam 9	Chester	49	Low	Fair	1977
28	Beaverdam Creek Wcd Dam 3a	Oconee	49	High	Fair	1981
29	Praters Creek Dam	Pickens	49	High	Fair	1956
30	Twelve Mile Creek Wcd Dam 5	Pickens	49	High	Fair	1957
31	Three And Twenty Creek Wcd Dam-tripp 14	Anderson	48	High	Fair	1973
32	Huff Creek Wcd Dam 5b	Greenville	48	High	Fair	1962
33	Duncan Creek Wcd Dam 6b	Laurens	48	Low	Fair	1970
34	Finleys Lake Dam	Pickens	48	High	Poor	1956
35	Beaverdam-warrior Creek Wcd Dam 1m	Laurens	46	High	Fair	1976
36	Fishing Creek Wcd Dam 2	York	46	High	Fair	1969
37	Brushy Creek Wcd Dam-hopkins 11a	Anderson	45	High	Fair	1960
38	Brushy Creek Wcd Dam-tripp 18	Anderson	45	High	Fair	1961
39	Thicketty Creek Wcd 18	Cherokee	45	High	Fair	1967
40	Cane Creek Wcd Dam 16	Lancaster	45	High	Fair	1972
41	Duncan Creek Wcd Dam 2	Laurens	45	High	Fair	1967
42	Three And Twenty Creek Wcd Dam-jameson 5b	Anderson	44	High	Fair	1967
43	Hollow Creek Watershed Dam 1	Lexington	44	Low	Fair	1986
44	Twelve Mile Creek Wcd Dam 8	Pickens	44	High	Fair	1956
45	Kingsley Commercial Road C Pond	York	44	Significant	Fair	2016
46	Rocky Creek Wcd Dam 6	Chester	43	High	Fair	1977
47	Duncan Creek Wcd Dam 5	Laurens	43	Low	Fair	1969
48	Oolenoy River Wcd Dam 10	Pickens	43	High	Fair	1976
49	Big Creek Wcd Dam-shorebrook 1	Anderson	42	High	Fair	1967
50	Brushy Creek Wcd Dam-kraemer 16	Anderson	42	High	Fair	1964
51	Wateree Creek Wcd Dam 1	Fairfield	42	Low	Fair	1963
52	Huff Creek Wcd Dam 3a	Greenville	42	High	Fair	1961
53	Huff Creek Wcd Dam 2a	Greenville	42	High	Fair	1962
54	Beaverdam-warrior Creek Wcd Dam 33	Laurens	42	Low	Fair	1977
55	Twelve Mile Creek Wcd Dam 16	Pickens	42	High	Fair	1955
56	Broadmouth Creek Wcd Dam-247-w 9	Anderson	41	High	Fair	1966
57	Thicketty Creek Wcd 16b	Cherokee	41	High	Fair	1967
58	Wateree Creek Wcd Dam 4	Fairfield	41	Low	Fair	1960
59	Twelve Mile Creek Wcd Dam 22	Pickens	41	High	Fair	1960
60	Broad River Trace Dam	Richland	41	Low	Fair	1999
61	Pat Hartness Dam	Spartanburg	41	Significant	Fair	1998
62	Wateree Creek Wcd Dam 2	Fairfield	40	Low	Fair	1963
63	Cliffs Valley Dam	Greenville	40	High	Fair	2002
64	Oakman Lake Dam	Aiken	39	High	Fair	1928
65	Rocky Creek Wcd Dam 1	Chester	39	Low	Fair	1974
66	Duncan Creek Wcd Dam 10	Laurens	39	Low	Fair	1969
67	Fishing Creek Wcd Dam 1	York	39	High	Fair	1970
68	Jackson-mill Creek Wcd Dam 2	Fairfield	38	Low	Fair	1975
69	Beaverdam-warrior Creek Wcd Dam 4	Laurens	38	Significant	Fair	1974
70	Coneross Creek Wcd Dam 8	Oconee	38	High	Fair	1962
71	Michelin Us2 Sandy Springs Dam	Anderson	37	Low
72	Broadmouth Creek Wcd Dam-minor 4	Anderson	37	Low	Fair	1966
73	Three And Twenty Creek Wcd Dam-griffis 9b	Anderson	37	High	Fair	1968
74	Rocky Creek Wcd Dam 8	Chester	37	High	Fair	1977
75	Jackson-mill Creek Wcd Dam 1	Fairfield	37	Low	Satisfactory	1981
76	Beaverdam Creek Wcd Dam 5	Oconee	37	High	Fair	1971
77	Big Creek Wcd Dam-rentz/williams 2	Anderson	36	High	Fair	1967
78	Broadmouth Creek Wcd Dam-newry-rice 2	Anderson	36	Low	Fair	1965
79	Hammett Lake Dam	Cherokee	36	Significant	Fair	1963
80	Haile Gold Mine - Fwdd	Lancaster	36	Undetermined
81	Twelve Mile Creek Wcd 54a	Pickens	36	High	Fair	1965
82	Georges Creek Wcd Dam 1a	Pickens	36	High	Fair	1972
83	Sunny Hill Farms Dam	Cherokee	35	Undetermined	Unsatisfactory
84	South Tyger River Wcd 4c Mush Creek	Greenville	35	Significant	Fair	1974
85	Little River Wcd Dam 17	Laurens	35	Low	Fair	1988
86	Montebello Subdivision Dam E	Greenville	34	Significant	Fair	2000
87	Coneross Creek Wcd Dam 9a	Oconee	34	High	Fair	1963
88	Coneross Creek Wcd Dam 21	Oconee	34	High	Fair	1963
89	Fishing Creek Wcd Dam 50	York	34	High	Fair	1970
90	Hills Creek Wcd Dam	Chesterfield	33	High	Fair	1964
91	Beaverdam Creek Wcd Dam 2	Edgefield	33	High	Fair	1964
92	Little River Wcd Dam 24	Laurens	33	High	Fair	1988
93	Little River Wcd Dam 2b	Laurens	33	High	Fair	1990
94	Bobby Mcbride Dam	Newberry	33	Low	Poor
95	Broadmouth Creek Wcd Dam-phillips 8	Anderson	32	High	Fair	1965
96	Three And Twenty Creek Wcd Dam-robinson 15	Anderson	32	High	Fair	1968
97	Jackson-mill Creek Wcd Dam 8	Fairfield	32	Low	Fair	1980
98	Little River Wcd Dam 16	Laurens	32	Low	Fair	1988
99	Little River Wcd Dam 3	Laurens	32	High	Fair	1988
100	Harbison Structure 9	Lexington	32	High	Fair	1983

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