Fire Protection and Stock Pond Dams in South Dakota

South Dakota has 1852 fire protection and stock pond dams, of which 12 carry a high hazard classification. The dam maintains a small impoundment used for fire suppression, livestock watering, or as a fish pond.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Beckwith Dam	Haakon	75	Low	Not assessed	1977
2	Garrett Dam	Sully	64	Low	Not assessed	1980
3	Waterbury Dam	Gregory	60	Low	Not assessed	1976
4	Lowell West Dam	Sully	60	Low	Not assessed	1976
5	Orl Walcott #1	Lyman	53	Significant	Not assessed	1967
6	Burlington Dam	Fall River	52	Low	Not assessed	1919
7	Berry Dam	Mellette	50	Significant	Not assessed	1985
8	Herman #7	Jones	49	Low	Not assessed	1958
9	Prince Irrigation Dam #2	Stanley	46	Significant	Not assessed	1976
10	Raish Dam	Brule	45	Low	Not assessed	1949
11	Anderson #1	Mellette	45	Low	Not assessed	1956
12	Schillingstad-scholzen	Walworth	45	Low	Not assessed	1965
13	J.b. Love	Corson	44	Low	Not assessed	1964
14	Eide No.3	Gregory	43	Low	Not assessed	1975
15	G. French Homestead	Dewey	42	Low	Not assessed	1948
16	Sonnenschein Number 2	Stanley	42	Significant	Not assessed	1963
17	Louis Bonhorst Number 5	Stanley	42	Low	Not assessed	1962
18	Plum Creek Grazing Assn	Stanley	42	Low	Not assessed	1959
19	Baker Number 3	Jones	41	Low	Not assessed	1960
20	Herman #15	Jones	41	Low	Not assessed	1958
21	Blair #1	Haakon	40	Low	Not assessed	1950
22	School Section No. 5	Haakon	40	Low	Not assessed	1975
23	Richtor	Mellette	40	Low	Not assessed	1938
24	Odou Patterson	Perkins	39	Low	Not assessed	1952
25	Lawrence Donelan	Stanley	39	Low	Not assessed	1958
26	Hight Number 4	Jones	38	Low	Not assessed	1956
27	Herman #5	Jones	38	Low	Not assessed	1959
28	Bruce Herman	Lyman	38	Low	Not assessed	1960
29	Hutchinson Dam	Lyman	38	Low	Not assessed	1968
30	Krumm Dam	Corson	37	Low	Not assessed	1986
31	Eide No. 1	Gregory	37	Low	Not assessed	1969
32	Gordon Babcock	Pennington	37	Low	Not assessed	1951
33	Sonnenschien Number 3	Stanley	37	Low	Not assessed	1972
34	Knight Dam	Buffalo	36	Low	Not assessed	1951
35	Tubbs Moss Agate Dam	Fall River	36	Low	Not assessed	1947
36	Mendel Dam	Hutchinson	36	Low	Not assessed	1976
37	Stromer Herman No.2	Mellette	36	Low	Not assessed	1964
38	Prince & Sons Number 2	Stanley	36	Low	Not assessed	1961
39	Olsen Dam	Buffalo	35	Significant	Not assessed	1952
40	Sd Noname 224	Haakon	35	Significant	Not assessed	1950
41	Hight Number 2	Jones	35	Low	Not assessed	1955
42	Lyman Number 3	Jones	35	Low	Not assessed	1958
43	Christensen Dam	Lyman	35	Low	Not assessed	1968
44	Neilsen #1	Mellette	35	Low	Not assessed	1968
45	Bronson #2	Mellette	35	Low	Not assessed	1967
46	Nohrenberg No. 2	Mellette	35	Low	Not assessed	1957
47	Bob Houck No.3	Potter	35	Low	Not assessed	1985
48	Louis Bonhorst Number 2	Stanley	35	Low	Not assessed	1958
49	Louis Bonhorst Number 4	Stanley	35	Low	Not assessed	1961
50	K. Sutton	Sully	35	Low	Not assessed	1953
51	Benson Dam	Tripp	35	Low	Not assessed	1977
52	Cable Stockwater Dam No. 3	Buffalo	34	Low	Not assessed	1958
53	Gregorson No.1	Custer	34	Significant	Not assessed	1973
54	Baker Number 1	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1963
55	Dykstra Number 12	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1953
56	Dykstra Number 15	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1953
57	Dykstra Number 9	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1961
58	Brost Number 5	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1958
59	Dykstra Number 6	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1952
60	Brunskill Number 1	Jones	34	Low	Not assessed	1953
61	Tyler Dam	Marshall	34	Low	Not assessed	1996
62	Ambur Bros No.1	Mellette	34	Low	Not assessed	1953
63	Jensen Number 1	Mellette	34	Low	Not assessed	1962
64	K. Sutton	Sully	34	Low	Not assessed	1972
65	C. Wulff Stockwater Dam	Buffalo	33	Low	Not assessed	1956
66	Dwyer	Jerauld	33	Low	Not assessed	1966
67	Herman #2	Jones	33	Low	Not assessed	1971
68	Hix Number 1	Jones	33	Low	Not assessed	1965
69	Dejong Bros. 7	Lyman	33	Low	Not assessed	1962
70	Olsen Dam	Meade	33	Low	Not assessed	1980
71	Nohrenberg #3	Mellette	33	Low	Not assessed	1957
72	Roy Mcginnis	Perkins	33	Low	Not assessed	1956
73	C. Iverson	Potter	33	Low	Not assessed	1947
74	Norbert Bonhorst	Stanley	33	Low	Not assessed	1955
75	Gaylord Norman #2	Stanley	33	Low	Not assessed	1956
76	Bergner Dam	Brule	32	Low	Not assessed	1949
77	Bergner Dam 1	Brule	32	Low	Not assessed	1949
78	Stanley Smeenk Dam No. 1	Butte	32	Low	Not assessed	1950
79	Triple 7 Ranch Dam	Custer	32	Low	Not assessed	1963
80	D. Booth	Dewey	32	Low	Not assessed	1938
81	Timber Lake Cattle Co 3	Dewey	32	Low	Not assessed	1970
82	The Heppner Dam	Fall River	32	Low	Not assessed	1935
83	O'connell Dam	Haakon	32	Significant	Not assessed	1999
84	Mollison Dam	Hughes	32	Low	Not assessed	2000
85	Garber Dam	Hughes	32	Low	Not assessed	2000
86	Bauer Dam	Hutchinson	32	Low	Not assessed	1976
87	Herman #9	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1958
88	Herman #10	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1964
89	Herman #14	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1961
90	Brost Number 4	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1954
91	Iversen Number 3	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1959
92	Brost Number 6	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1953
93	Brost Number 1	Jones	32	Significant	Not assessed	1959
94	Ferdig Number 1	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1959
95	Smith and Brost Number 1	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1965
96	Brost Number 9	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1955
97	Esmay and Sandy #3	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1971
98	Wedean Number 1	Jones	32	Low	Not assessed	1959
99	Dejong Bros 1	Lyman	32	Low	Not assessed	1961
100	Mccasland and Schiller 4	Meade	32	Low	Not assessed	1968

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