Fish and Wildlife Dams in South Dakota

South Dakota has 222 fish and wildlife dams, of which 3 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates habitat for fish and wildlife, supporting local ecosystems and potentially serving conservation goals.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Deerfield Dam	Pennington	171	High	Not assessed	1947
2	Smith Dam	Lyman	43	Low	Not assessed	2006
3	Little Moreau #2	Dewey	42	Low	Not assessed	1960
4	Saucerman Dam	Haakon	40	Low	Not assessed	1974
5	River Farms Pond	Charles Mix	38	Low	Not assessed	2020
6	Alexander Dam	Sully	38	Low	Not assessed	1976
7	Sutton Bay Dam	Sully	37	Low	Not assessed	2002
8	Pitan Dam	Jones	36	Low	Not assessed	1982
9	Ammann Dam	Roberts	35	Low	Not assessed	2008
10	Rabbit Creek Dam	Harding	34	Significant	Not assessed	1970
11	Zebroski	Hughes	34	Low	Not assessed	1975
12	Nelson Dam	Meade	34	Low	Not assessed	2001
13	Little White River Dam	Bennett	32	High	Fair	1938
14	Ziemer Dam	Roberts	32	Low	Not assessed	1998
15	Darrell Nelson Dam	Yankton	32	Low	Not assessed	2015
16	Collins Dam	Ziebach	32	Low	Not assessed	2000
17	Alkali Creek Dam	Butte	31	Low	Unsatisfactory
18	Ulmer Dam	Hutchinson	31	Low	Not assessed	1975
19	Malon Dam	Meade	31	Low	Not assessed	2001
20	Dry Creek Subimpoundment	Charles Mix	30	Low	Not assessed	1984
21	Stern Dam	Clark	30	Low	Not assessed	2005
22	Nelson Dam	Haakon	30	Low	Not assessed	1976
23	Bourk No.1	Hughes	30	Low	Not assessed	1977
24	Shaeffer Dam	McCook	30	Low	Not assessed	2008
25	Stoeser Dam #2	Stanley	30	Low	Not assessed	1976
26	Wieman Dam	Turner	30	Low	Not assessed	2007
27	Pothast Dam	Ziebach	30	Low	Not assessed	2003
28	Jacobs Dam	Moody	29	Low	Not assessed	1987
29	Lewandowski Dam	Roberts	29	Low	Not assessed	2006
30	Waletich Dam	Roberts	29	Low	Not assessed	2000
31	Hollingsworth-shaffer Ranch Dam	Stanley	29	Low	Not assessed	2013
32	Seefeldt Dam	Clark	28	Low	Not assessed	1992
33	Stewart	Clay	28	Low	Not assessed	1971
34	Pat Brown	Custer	28	Low	Not assessed	1998
35	Miller Falls Canyon	Fall River	28	Low	Not assessed	1958
36	Kadoka (nid)	Jackson	28	High	Not assessed	1930
37	Bedingfield Dam	Meade	28	Low	Not assessed	2006
38	Gerbracht Dam	Perkins	28	Low	Not assessed	1998
39	Margery Houck Dam	Potter	28	Low	Not assessed	1998
40	Mcquistion West Dam	Stanley	28	Low	Not assessed	2004
41	Kroupa Dam	Brule	27	Low	Not assessed	1949
42	Falk Dam	Hughes	27	Low	Not assessed	1999
43	Kip Krull Dam #2	Hughes	27	Low	Not assessed	1999
44	Peno Lake	Hyde	27	Low	Not assessed	1935
45	Parrow Dam	Marshall	27	Low	Not assessed	2009
46	Samuelson Dam #2	Meade	27	Low	Not assessed	1999
47	Fairview Ranch Dam	Perkins	27	Low	Not assessed	2004
48	Harms Dam	Roberts	27	Low	Not assessed	2011
49	Solberg Dam	Roberts	27	Low	Not assessed	2009
50	Gibbons No. 3	Brookings	26	Low	Not assessed	2000
51	Gibbons No. 4	Brookings	26	Low	Not assessed	2000
52	Gary Ham Dam	Butte	26	Low	Not assessed	2002
53	Clausen Dam	Dewey	26	Low	Not assessed	2002
54	Carlson	Faulk	26	Low	Not assessed	2009
55	Jim's Creek Dam	Harding	26	Low	Not assessed	2003
56	Wolf Dam	Lake	26	Low	Not assessed	2009
57	Perch Lake Dam	McPherson	26	Low	Poor	1977
58	Mollman Dam	Perkins	26	Low	Not assessed	2002
59	Quade Dam	Roberts	26	Low	Not assessed	2009
60	Dan Gray No. 3	Dewey	25	Low	Not assessed	1955
61	Snavely No. 1	Tripp	25	Low	Not assessed
62	Mitchell Dam	Ziebach	25	Low	Not assessed	1978
63	Stickney (jones)	Aurora	24	Low	Not assessed	1965
64	Little White River Dike	Bennett	24	Low	Not assessed	1934
65	Texley East	Corson	24	Low	Not assessed	1989
66	Lindskov Dam	Corson	24	Low	Not assessed	1960
67	Steffen Dam	Gregory	24	Low	Not assessed	2007
68	Schumacher Dam	Hughes	24	Low	Not assessed	1992
69	Kip Krull Dam	Hughes	24	Low	Not assessed	1995
70	Krull Dam #2	Hughes	24	Low	Not assessed	1995
71	May & Sons Dam	Jackson	24	Low	Not assessed	1979
72	Ogren Dam	Marshall	24	Low	Not assessed	1993
73	Pasture 8	Perkins	24	Low	Not assessed	1985
74	Pasture 6en Du Swsw	Perkins	24	Low	Not assessed	1985
75	Lone Tree Dam	Tripp	24	Low	Not assessed	2004
76	Snavely No. 2	Tripp	24	Low	Not assessed
77	Dry Lake Dam	Brookings	23	Low	Fair	1997
78	Brooks Dam	Dewey	23	Low	Not assessed	2001
79	Nelson Dam No. 2	Fall River	23	Low	Not assessed	1999
80	Jones Dam	Jackson	23	Low	Not assessed	1997
81	Thompson Dam	Lyman	23	Low	Not assessed	2010
82	Mikkelson Dam	Marshall	23	Low	Not assessed	2009
83	Peters Dam	Marshall	23	Low	Not assessed	1997
84	Besler Dam No.1	Perkins	23	Low	Not assessed	2000
85	Medicine Knoll Gpa Dam	Sully	23	Low	Not assessed	2012
86	Lake Charles Dam	Turner	23	Low	Not assessed	1994
87	Thompson Ranch Dam	Fall River	22	Low	Not assessed	2003
88	Finley Dam	Hughes	22	Low	Not assessed	2005
89	Lower Booth	Jones	22	Low	Not assessed	2024
90	Ogren Dam No. 2	Marshall	22	Low	Not assessed	2009
91	Ortman Dam	McCook	22	Low	Not assessed	2001
92	Timmons Wetland Dam	Meade	22	Low	Not assessed	1995
93	Pace Dam	Pennington	22	Low	Not assessed	2002
94	Besler Dam No. 4	Perkins	22	Low	Not assessed	2000
95	Besler Dam No. 5	Perkins	22	Low	Not assessed	2001
96	Gibbons Dam	Brookings	21	Low	Not assessed	1996
97	Crowe Dam	Fall River	21	Low	Not assessed	1936
98	Anderson Dam	Lyman	21	Low	Not assessed
99	Velda Ramser Dam	Lyman	21	Low	Not assessed	1994
100	Kennebec Grazing Assoc. Dam	Lyman	21	Low	Not assessed

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