Recreation Dams in South Carolina

South Carolina has 1646 recreation dams, of which 405 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Lake Whelchel	Cherokee	73	High	Fair	1964
2	Lake Robinson Dam	Greenville	73	High	Fair	1984
3	Hickory Hollow Farm Dam	Spartanburg	66	Low	Poor	1971
4	Oolenoy Wcd Dam 40	Pickens	60	High	Fair	1984
5	Daves Pond Dam	York	58	Low	Unsatisfactory	1998
6	Wood Valley Dam	Aiken	56	Low	Poor	1978
7	Lake Lanier Dam	Greenville	55	High	Poor	1923
8	Chattooga Lake Dam	Oconee	55	High	Poor	1954
9	Silver Lake Dam	Spartanburg	52	High	Poor	1948
10	South Tyger Wcd Dam 5c	Greenville	51	High	Fair	1969
11	A P Bowden Pond Dam 1	Kershaw	50	Low	Poor	1975
12	Lake Leroy Dam	Oconee	50	High	Fair	1960
13	Dutchman Correctional Dam	Spartanburg	49	Low	Fair	1976
14	Lake John D Long	Union	49	High	Fair	1978
15	Weston Lake	Richland	48	High	Unsatisfactory	1971
16	Ophelias Dam	Union	48	Low	Poor	1800
17	Una S Johnson Dam	Cherokee	47	Low	Poor	1958
18	Theiler Lake Dam	Cherokee	47	Significant	Poor	1971
19	Look Up Lodge Dam	Greenville	47	High	Fair	1952
20	Lake Lyall Afpoa Dam	Orangeburg	47	High	Fair	1954
21	Lake Carolina Dam	Richland	47	High	Fair	1999
22	Graniteville Co Dam 1	Aiken	45	Low	Not Rated	1968
23	Parkins Lake Dam	Greenville	45	High	Poor	1953
24	Apalache Millpond Dam	Spartanburg	45	High	Fair	1904
25	Wachovia Hills Dam	Darlington	44	Low	Poor	1958
26	Bob Stein Dam	Oconee	44	Low	Fair
27	Fairview Farms Dam	Spartanburg	44	Low	Fair	1955
28	Forty Niner Lake Dam	Greenville	43	Low	Poor	1960
29	Lake Lynn Dam	Greenville	43	High	Fair	1945
30	Jb Tankersley Pond Dam	Greenville	43	High	Poor	1954
31	Chickasaw Point Dam	Oconee	43	Low
32	Thrift Brothers Dam	Oconee	43	Low	Poor	1970
33	James Cushman Dam	Pickens	43	High	Fair	1970
34	Congaree Construction Upper Dam	Richland	43	High	Fair	1966
35	Lyman Lake Dam	Spartanburg	43	High	Fair	1955
36	Caldwell Lake Dam	York	43	High	Unsatisfactory	1963
37	Una Johnson Dam	Cherokee	42	Low	Poor	1952
38	Thrift Lake Dam	Oconee	42	Low	Fair	1962
39	Duncan Park Lake Dam	Spartanburg	42	Significant	Fair	1935
40	Lake Cheohee Dam	Oconee	41	High	Fair	1950
41	Loyds Pond Dam	Pickens	41	High	Not Rated	1972
42	Arrowhead Lake Dam	Aiken	40	Significant	Not Rated	1955
43	Ranken Pond Dam	Anderson	40	High	Poor	1949
44	Country Club Pond Dam	Cherokee	40	High	Fair	1955
45	Lake Cherokee Dam	Cherokee	40	High	Fair	1971
46	Chester Reservoir Dam	Chester	40	High	Fair	1928
47	Currytowne Association Dam 2	Edgefield	40	Significant	Fair	1988
48	Mountain Lake Dam	Greenville	40	High	Fair	1889
49	H C Harper Pond Dam	Greenville	40	High	Fair	1973
50	Pete Pond Dam 2	Greenville	40	Low	Poor	1953
51	Upper Golden Hills Dam	Lexington	40	High	Poor
52	Lake Jemike Dam 1	Oconee	40	High	Fair	1944
53	Issaqueena Lake Dam	Pickens	40	Low	Fair	1940
54	Park Lake Dam	Spartanburg	40	High	Fair	1962
55	Frank Mcmakin Dam	Spartanburg	40	Significant	Fair	1959
56	Croft State Park Lake Dam	Spartanburg	40	Significant	Fair	1960
57	Anderson Pond Dam	Anderson	39	High	Fair	1952
58	Pineview Lakes Dam 1	Chester	39	High	Fair	1958
59	Jaws Dam	Edgefield	39	Low	Poor
60	Wateree Creek Wcd Dam 3	Fairfield	39	Low	Fair	1963
61	South Tyger River Wcd Dam 2c	Greenville	39	High	Fair	1969
62	Mountain Rest Lake Dam	Oconee	39	High	Fair	1960
63	B F Finley Dam 2	Pickens	39	High	Fair	1954
64	Lake Calton Dam	Pickens	39	High	Fair	1958
65	Lake Saranac Dam	Spartanburg	39	Low	Fair
66	Ludington Pond Dam	Edgefield	38	Low	Poor	1977
67	Joe Williams Pond Dam	Greenville	38	Low	Fair
68	R Austin Gilbert Jr Dam	Greenville	38	Low
69	Mountain Lake Dam	Oconee	38	High	Fair	1958
70	Lake Patricia Dam	York	38	High	Fair	1942
71	Greenwood West Pond Dam	Abbeville	37	High	Poor	1989
72	Graniteville Co Dam 2	Aiken	37	Low	Poor	1970
73	Swints Lake Dam	Aiken	37	High	Fair	1951
74	Broadway Lake Dam	Anderson	37	Significant	Fair	1940
75	Horace Seigler Dam	Anderson	37	Undetermined	Poor	1991
76	Randall Pond Dam	Edgefield	37	Low	Fair	1978
77	Ehlers Pond Dam	Greenville	37	Significant	Fair	2015
78	Lake Mollirene Dam	Greenville	37	High	Fair	1952
79	Friddle Lake Dam	Greenville	37	High	Fair	1960
80	Lake Gintomo Dam	Greenville	37	High	Fair	1966
81	Bowen Pond Dam	Kershaw	37	Low	Poor	1953
82	Wd Abercrombie Mine Dam	Laurens	37	Low	Poor	1989
83	Upper Quail Hollow Dam	Lexington	37	High	Fair	1971
84	Whitewater Lake Dam	Oconee	37	High	Fair	1961
85	Lake Zimmerman Dam	Spartanburg	37	High	Fair	1939
86	Kingsley Clear Springs Dam	York	37	High	Fair	1950
87	Lick Fork Lake Dam	Edgefield	36	Undetermined	Fair	1935
88	Eugene Frick Pond Dam	Fairfield	36	Low	Poor	1974
89	Lake Caldwell Dam	Greenville	36	High	Fair	1968
90	Wabac Pond Dam	Greenville	36	Low	Fair	1959
91	Pucketts Ferry Dam C1	Greenwood	36	High	Fair	1988
92	Ben Lippen School Dam	Richland	36	Low	Poor	1990
93	Tucker Lake Dam	Richland	36	Low	Fair	1967
94	Lake Edwin Johnson Dam	Spartanburg	36	Significant	Fair	1942
95	Lake Wineemoko Dam	Union	36	Low	Poor
96	Foster Park Dam	Union	36	Significant	Fair	1929
97	Luquire Pond Dam	Edgefield	35	Low	Poor	1975
98	Dr Taylors Pond Dam	Fairfield	35	Low	Poor	1972
99	Sweetwater Inc Dam	Greenville	35	High	Fair	1968
100	Huntington Lake Dam	Greenville	35	High	Fair	1950

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