Dams in Harding County, South Dakota
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 Rated | 34 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1970 |
| Niemi No.4 | Significant | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Smith Spreader Dam | Significant | 15 | Irrigation | 1948 | |
| Duck Dam | Significant | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Salt Lake Dam | Significant | 11 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Ludlow Dam | Low | 36 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Washout | Low | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Evenson Irrigation Dam | Low | 30 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Dead Buffalo | Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Leger Irrigation | Low | 28 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Scoria | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 | |
| Sagebrush | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Dry Hole | Low | 27 | Water Supply | 1951 | |
| Drolc No.1 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Limpert No. 2 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2018 | |
| Sd Noname 130 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Mud Butte | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Argyle | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Sd Noname 232 | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Wilson No.2 | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Parks Duck Dam | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Jim's Creek Dam | Low | 26 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2003 | |
| Lermeny Dam | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1903 | |
| Nelson Dam No.1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 | |
| Paul's Irrigation Dam | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1953 | |
| Niemi No.3 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Niemi No.1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Oja No.1 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Praire Dog Creek Dam | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Sterns #1 | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Collins No.1 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Fox Irrigation Dam | Low | 23 | Irrigation | 1959 | |
| Benson Dam | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Matson | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Brown Dam #1 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1982 | |
| Cutler Dam | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Clanton No.1 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Nelson Dam | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| South Buttes | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1920 | |
| North Dam | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Jacobi Dam | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Egland Dam | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Antler | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Gilbert No.2 | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Niemi No.2 | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| John Catron No.1 | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 | |
| Collins No.2 | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Walder No.1 | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Browns Pond Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| Turtle Creek Dam | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Mink Dam | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Vessey Dam | Low | 21 | Recreation | 1935 | |
| Nygaard Trout Dam | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Truman Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Haivala #1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Little Pond | Low | 20 | Water Supply | 1951 | |
| Abigale | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Sterns No.2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Dunn Road Dam | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Mud Butte | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Lemm Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Tufte Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Leger Badlands Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Road Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Turbiville Irrigation | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Barn | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| Antrum | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 | |
| Maurice Brengle | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Skull Creek Dam | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Teepee | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Lale Pond No.2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| White Pond No.1 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Leger East | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Tadpole | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Jerde Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2005 | |
| Schaur Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Road Draw Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | |
| Latham Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2017 | |
| Limpert Dam | Low | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2003 | |
| Stinking Buffalo | Low | 19 | Water Supply | 1951 | |
| Hanson Dam | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Cother Clanton | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Rebuild No.1 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Ted Matson | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 | |
| Beer Mug Dam | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Harold Millett Pond No.2 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Crooked | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Hafner Duck Lake | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Road Dam | Low | 19 | Water Supply | 1953 | |
| Hett No.2 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Gilbert No.1 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Sd Noname 131 | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Catron Irrigation | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1951 | |
| Davis Irrigation | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1946 | |
| Evenson North Irrigation | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| Clanton Spreader Dam | Low | 18 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Lloyd Fox Dam No.3 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Hansen Dam | Low | 18 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 | |
| West Butte | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Deer Dam | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 | |
| Gilbert Ranches Pond No. | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Floyd Cooper | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Meat Hook No.1 | Low | 17 | Irrigation | 1958 | |
| Largis Dam | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Brown Dam #2 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1982 | |
| Ward Vanhorn | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Sd Noname 132 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Haivala #2 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Sd Noname 231 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Harold Millett Pond No.1 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Leo Ruona Pond No.1 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Holsti Dam | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Johnson Bros 1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Alcorn | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Salmen No.1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Hess Pond No.1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 | |
| John Catron No.2 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Lloyd Fox Dam No.2 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Homer Faeller | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Niemi No.5 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Nygaard Leaky | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Salem No.2 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Hett No.1 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Oja No.2 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Gilbert No.3 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Moreau Shed Dam | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Lewton Dam | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Nygaard Duckpond | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Sd Noname 106 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Joes Spreader Dam | Low | 10 | Irrigation | 1951 |