Dams in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
141Total Dams
38High Hazard
11Significant
Dam Safety in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Orangeburg County has 141 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 38 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 11 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 88 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Orangeburg County is 73 years old. The most common purpose is recreation. The tallest dam is Lake Lyall Afpoa Dam at 47 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lyall Afpoa Dam | High | Fair | 47 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Fogle Dam 1 | High | Poor | 34 | Recreation | 1961 |
| Stillinger Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Granger Pond Dam | High | Poor | 27 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Stroman/richardson Dam | High | Fair | 25 | Other | 1990 |
| Fogle Dam 2 | High | Fair | 25 | Recreation | 1961 |
| Jody Milhouse Dam | High | Fair | 24 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Ea Fogles Pond Dam | High | Poor | 24 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Livingstons Lake Dam | High | Poor | 23 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Lower Santee Shores Dam | High | Poor | 23 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Paul Geddings Dam | High | Fair | 22 | Other | 1990 |
| Smoak Pond Dam | High | Poor | 21 | Recreation | |
| Hutto Pond Dam | High | Fair | 21 | Recreation | |
| Gues Pond Dam | High | Fair | 20 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Alec Chaplin Dam | High | Fair | 19 | Recreation | 1930 |
| Sutcliffe Pond Dam | High | Poor | 19 | Recreation | |
| Etheredge Millpond Dam | High | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | |
| Gressettes Pond Dam | High | Poor | 18 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Mackie Tyler Dam | High | Fair | 18 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Wm Davis Pond Dam | High | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Kenny Bates Dam | High | Fair | 16 | Recreation | |
| Joseph Headden Dam | High | Fair | 16 | Recreation | |
| Zeigler Pond Dam | High | Fair | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Pricketts Pond Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1959 |
| Patten Seed Co Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Eugene And Michele Miller Dam | High | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1930 |
| James Albergotti Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | |
| Flemings Pond Dam | High | Fair | 15 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Hutto's Millpond Dam | High | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Ruesch Pond Dam | High | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Livingstons Pond Dam | High | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Praters Pond Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 13 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Robert Shirer Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Oleander Drive Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Recreation | |
| Jeanne Kean Dam | High | Fair | 13 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Whetstone Fishing Lake | High | Fair | 12 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Northside Country Club Dam | High | Poor | 12 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Kitchens Dam | High | Fair | 10 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Twin Lakes Dam | Significant | Poor | 20 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Shuler Dam | Significant | Fair | 18 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Harleys Millpond Dam | Significant | Fair | 16 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Layseth Mill Pond Dam | Significant | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Haydens Pond Dam | Significant | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Gresette Pond Dam | Significant | Fair | 13 | Recreation | |
| Ginger Lake Dam | Significant | Fair | 13 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Priester Millpond Dam | Significant | Fair | 12 | Recreation | 1900 |
| Thelma Gibson Pond Dam | Significant | Fair | 11 | Recreation | |
| Busbees Pond Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 10 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Landings Dam | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 8 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Fannings Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 30 | Recreation | 1950 |
| L E Miller Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 25 | Recreation | 1950 |
| David Earl Bates Dam | Low | Poor | 25 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Ingletts Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 25 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Norman Fogle Dam | Low | Poor | 25 | Recreation | |
| Santee State Park Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 25 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Millers Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 24 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Collums Lumber Mill Dam | Low | Poor | 23 | Recreation | 1962 |
| Woodrow W Tyler Dam | Low | Fair | 22 | Recreation | |
| Strickland Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 22 | Recreation | 1950 |
| C Keith Davis Dam | Low | Poor | 22 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Orangeburg Substation Dam | Low | Satisfactory | 22 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1936 |
| Lewis Davis Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Northlake Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Boyleston Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 21 | Recreation | 1960 |
| J Lanier Kennerly Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | |
| Ccc Pond Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | 1950 | |
| Todd F Williams Dam | Low | Poor | 20 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Harry Griffith Dam | Low | Poor | 19 | Recreation | |
| Phillip Rand Dam | Low | Poor | 19 | Recreation | 1950 |
| Kean/fha Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | |
| Shaffer Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 18 | Recreation | |
| Rp Bonnette Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Irrigation | 1978 |
| Bests Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Smith/culler Dam | Low | Poor | 18 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Arends Hidden Acre Pond | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Dillon-metts Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Recreation | |
| Valentine Pond Dam | Low | Fair | 17 | Recreation | 1875 |
| Gasque Farm Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Irrigation | 1985 |
| Mounts Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 17 | Other | 1972 |
| Woodland Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Wannamaker Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | |
| Dukes Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | |
| Thomas Mccants Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | |
| Culler Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1895 |
| River Ridge Farms Dam | Low | Fair | 16 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Wa Jones Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Sc Electric & Gas Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Inabinet Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | |
| Little Ponderosa Lake Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1957 |
| J A Moss Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 16 | Recreation | 1875 |
| Caw Caw Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Lake Marston Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 16 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Lake Clare Dam | Low | Fair | 15 | Recreation | |
| R E Young Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Robert Schrimpf Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1988 |
| Kilgus Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Shulls Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1942 |
| Mary Shecut Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Santee State Park Dam 2 | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Sam Fogles Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Hickory Hill Plantation Dam 1 | Low | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Chaplin/collums Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1945 |
| Herman Goehring Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1999 |
| Culler Pond Dam | Low | 14 | Recreation | 1960 | |
| Connor Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1940 |
| J C Shecut Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Bonnettes Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1952 |
| David O'cain Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Pooles Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 14 | Recreation | 1954 |
| Cleveland Street Dam | Low | Fair | 14 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Fort Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Davis Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1964 |
| Jimmy Gardner Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Culler Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1875 |
| Barbara Williams Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Genoa Group Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Williamsons Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1953 |
| Bunch Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Dukes Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Hoffman Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1958 |
| Te Wannamaker Pond 2 Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Pardees Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Hickory Hill Plantation Dam 2 | Low | Poor | 13 | Recreation | |
| Te Wannamaker Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | |
| Bulls Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | 1955 |
| Bonnettes Ricefield Dam | Low | Poor | 12 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Bolins Millpond Dam | Low | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1964 |
| R S Jameson Dam | Low | Fair | 11 | Recreation | |
| Woods Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1965 |
| Ruth B Ulmer Dam | Low | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1960 |
| Hughes Pond Dam | Low | Poor | 11 | Recreation | 1920 |
| Blue Circle Dam | Low | Not Rated | 10 | Recreation | 1880 |
| Webb Dam | Low | Unsatisfactory | 10 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Wannamaker Pond 1 Dam | Low | Poor | 9 | Recreation | 1970 |
| Orangeburg Nat Fish Hatch | Undetermined | 20 | Recreation | ||
| Aimee Smiths Pond Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 17 | Recreation | |
| Williamson Irrigation Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Irrigation | ||
| Williams Pond Dam | Undetermined | 15 | Recreation | ||
| Lower Northside Country Club Dam | Undetermined | Poor | 15 | Recreation | |
| Julian Ott Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 14 | Recreation | |
| Church Of The Redeemer Dam | Undetermined | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1920 |