Dams in Lexington County, South Carolina
119Total Dams
43High Hazard
11Significant
Dam Safety in Lexington County, South Carolina
Lexington County has 119 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 43 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 11 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 54 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Lexington County is 90 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Saluda Backup Berm at 213 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saluda Backup Berm | High | Satisfactory | 213 | Hydroelectric | 2005 |
| Upper Golden Hills Dam | High | Poor | 40 | Recreation | |
| Upper Quail Hollow Dam | High | Fair | 37 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Mallard Lakes Dam 2 | High | Fair | 35 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Batesburg Reservoir Dam | High | Poor | 32 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Harbison Structure 9 | High | Fair | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Sterling Lake Pond Dam | High | Fair | 32 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Misty Lake Dam | High | Fair | 28 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Frances And Bill Irwin Dam | High | Fair | 27 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Shealy Pond Dam | High | Poor | 26 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Lake Quail Valley Dam | High | Fair | 25 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Nursery Hill Dam | High | Fair | 25 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Chapin Park Dam | High | Poor | 25 | Recreation | 1978 |
| Lexington Old Mill Pond Dam | High | Fair | 24 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Whiteford Lake Dam | High | Poor | 23 | Recreation | 1989 |
| Lower Quail Hollow Dam | High | Fair | 22 | Recreation | 1971 |
| Whisperlake Dam | High | Fair | 21 | Recreation | |
| Little Coldstream Dam | High | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Shirley And Fred Specht Dam 1 | High | Fair | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| L L Rikard Dam | High | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Herbert Risinger Dam | High | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Whitehall Dam 1 | High | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Lake Princeton Dam | High | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Whitehall Dam 2 | High | Fair | 18 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Saxe-gotha Millpond Dam | High | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Jeff Hunt Dam | High | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1937 |
| Lake Pauline Dam | High | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1910 |
| Swansea Lake Dam | High | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Fort Pond Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 17 | Recreation | 1910 |
| Morange Pond Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 16 | Recreation | 1935 |
| J W Corley Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Bush Gardens Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | |
| Boice Porth Dam | High | Fair | 14 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Pooles Upper Millpond Dam | High | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1929 |
| Brady Porth Dam | High | Poor | 13 | Irrigation | |
| Martins Grove Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Recreation | |
| Faskin Lane Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Recreation | |
| Clayton Rawl Farms Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Irrigation | |
| Laurel Meadows Drive Dam | High | Poor | 11 | Recreation | |
| Silver Lake Dam | High | Poor | 11 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1938 |
| Barr Lake Dam | High | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Gibson's Pond Dam | High | Satisfactory | 6 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Huffstetler Pond Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 5 | Recreation | |
| Dixon Pond Dam | Significant | Fair | 29 | Recreation | 1947 |
| Covington Lakes Subdivision Dam | Significant | Fair | 28 | Recreation | 1986 |
| Mission Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 26 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Roland-alvarez Pond Dam | Significant | Poor | 26 | Recreation | |
| Crystal Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 25 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Brodie Millpond | Significant | Fair | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Roy Jeffcoat Dam | Significant | Fair | 20 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Big Coldstream Dam | Significant | Fair | 18 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Tolleson Pond Dam | Significant | Fair | 16 | Recreation | |
| Troy And Beverly Gunter Dam | Significant | Fair | 16 | Recreation | 1958 |
| James Ramage And Partnership Dam | Significant | Fair | 16 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Hollow Creek Watershed Dam 1 | Low | Fair | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Penn Sand Glass Dam | Low | Fair | 39 | Other | 1974 |
| Arrants Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 34 | Recreation | 1880 |
| Farming Creek Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1998 |
| Davis Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 26 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Rast Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 26 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Walter And Susan Shealy Dam | Low | Fair | 25 | Recreation | 1930 |
| Ballingtons Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 24 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Tailings Pond Expansion | Low | Fair | 22 | Tailings | |
| Bessie Jumper Dam | Low | Poor | 22 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Collum Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 22 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Lutheran Church Dam | Low | Poor | 22 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Miller Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Lucas Millpond Dam | Low | Fair | 21 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Ballington Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Benjamin Satcher Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Bignon Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Cheryl Templeton Dam | Low | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Adcock Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 19 | Recreation | 1968 |
| Crystal Springs Lake Dam | Low | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Frick Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 18 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Abells Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Oswald Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Donald E Clamp Dam | Low | Fair | 18 | Irrigation | 1977 |
| Carolina Living Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Koons Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Ralph Senterfeit Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Pitts Lake Dam | Low | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1831 |
| Taylor Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Urquhart Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1920 |
| Old Rowe Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Gantts Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Zimmerman Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Bouknight Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Geiger Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 16 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Shirley And Fred Specht Dam 2 | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Steedman Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1860 |
| Sybil Berry Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Paxton Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1882 |
| Crout Pond Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 1938 |
| Stone Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Daniel Poole Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1920 |
| Christ Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Harmon Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Wood-berry Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1930 |
| Ww And Betty Bruner Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Mccolumn W Fallow Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1900 |
| W D Corley Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Clarks Millpond Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1920 |
| Hidden Valley Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Basil Mack Dam | Low | Fair | 13 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1999 |
| Huckabees Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1901 |
| N F Jeffcoat Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Taylor Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 12 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Feagles Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Hutto Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 12 | Recreation | |
| Spires Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 11 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Sweet Bay Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Joe Phillips Pond Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 11 | Recreation | 1910 |
| Wilbur And Marge Corley Dam | Low | 10 | Recreation | 1965 | |
| Guignard Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 9 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Columbia Airport Dam | Low | Fair | 8 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Phillips/blankenship Dam | Low | Not Rated | 8 | Recreation | |
| Areharts Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 7 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Louise Sprott Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 19 | Recreation | 1963 |