131Total Dams
1High Hazard
5Significant
Dam Safety in Harding County, South Dakota
Harding County has 131 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 1 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 5 carry a significant hazard classification.
The average dam in Harding County is 70 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Ludlow Dam at 36 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Lake Dam | High | Fair | 32 | Recreation | 1948 |
| Rabbit Creek Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 34 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Niemi No.4 | Significant | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Smith Spreader Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | Irrigation | 1948 |
| Duck Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Salt Lake Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Ludlow Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Washout | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Evenson Irrigation Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Dead Buffalo | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Leger Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Scoria | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Sagebrush | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Dry Hole | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Water Supply | 1951 |
| Drolc No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Limpert No. 2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2018 |
| Sd Noname 130 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 |
| MUD Butte | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Argyle | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Sd Noname 232 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Wilson No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Parks Duck Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Jim's Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2003 |
| Lermeny Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1903 |
| Nelson Dam No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 |
| Paul's Irrigation Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Niemi No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Niemi No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Oja No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Praire Dog Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Sterns #1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Collins No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Fox Irrigation Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Benson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Matson | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Brown Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1982 |
| Cutler Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Clanton No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Nelson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| South Buttes | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 |
| North Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Jacobi Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Egland Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Antler | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Gilbert No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Niemi No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| John Catron No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Collins No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Walder No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Browns Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| Turtle Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Mink Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Vessey Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1935 |
| Nygaard Trout Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Truman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Haivala #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Little Pond | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1951 |
| Abigale | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Sterns No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Dunn Road Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| MUD Butte | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Lemm Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Tufte Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Leger Badlands Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Road Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Turbiville Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Barn | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Antrum | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Maurice Brengle | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Skull Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Teepee | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Lale Pond No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| White Pond No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Leger East | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Tadpole | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Jerde Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2005 |
| Schaur Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Road Draw Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | |
| Latham Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2017 |
| Limpert Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2003 |
| Stinking Buffalo | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Water Supply | 1951 |
| Hanson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Cother Clanton | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Rebuild No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Ted Matson | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Beer Mug Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Harold Millett Pond No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Crooked | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Hafner Duck Lake | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Road Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Water Supply | 1953 |
| Hett No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Gilbert No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Sd Noname 131 | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Catron Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Davis Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1946 |
| Evenson North Irrigation | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Clanton Spreader Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Lloyd Fox Dam No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Hansen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| West Butte | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Deer Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Gilbert Ranches Pond No. | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Floyd Cooper | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Meat Hook No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1958 |
| Largis Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| Brown Dam #2 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1982 |
| Ward Vanhorn | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Sd Noname 132 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Haivala #2 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Sd Noname 231 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Harold Millett Pond No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Leo Ruona Pond No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Holsti Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Johnson Bros 1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Alcorn | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Salmen No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Hess Pond No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| John Catron No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Lloyd Fox Dam No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Homer Faeller | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Niemi No.5 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Nygaard Leaky | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Salem No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Hett No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Oja No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Gilbert No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Moreau Shed Dam | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Lewton Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Nygaard Duckpond | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Sd Noname 106 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Joes Spreader Dam | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1951 |