Irrigation Dams in South Dakota

South Dakota has 97 irrigation dams, of which 6 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Angostura Dam	Fall River	193	High	Not assessed	1949
2	Belle Fourche Dam	Butte	122	High	Not assessed	1911
3	Sargent Irrigation Dam	Tripp	67	Low	Not assessed	1972
4	Logan Thoene No.1	Gregory	63	Low	Not assessed	1975
5	Kaiser Dam	Tripp	48	Low	Not assessed	2014
6	Novatny Brothers No.1	Tripp	42	Low	Not assessed	1975
7	He Dog	Todd	41	High	Satisfactory	1936
8	Nelson Dam	Charles Mix	40	Low	Not assessed	1980
9	Lesmeister Dam	Corson	40	Low	Not assessed
10	Oscar Micheaux Dam	Gregory	40	Low	Not assessed	1974
11	Werdel West Dam	Hand	40	Low	Not assessed	2008
12	Bradfield Divers. & Dete	Jackson	40	Low	Not assessed	1962
13	Perry Dam	Mellette	40	Low	Not assessed	1994
14	Belle Fourche Diversion Dam	Butte	36	Low	Not assessed	1907
15	Ludlow Dam	Harding	36	Low	Not assessed	1951
16	Merkwan Dam	Charles Mix	35	Low	Not assessed	1981
17	Spearfish Valley Ranch	Lawrence	32	Low	Not assessed	1968
18	Canyon Lake Dam	Pennington	31	High	Fair	1976
19	Varilek Fishpond #1	Charles Mix	30	Significant	Not assessed	1970
20	American Luthern Church	Corson	30	Low	Not assessed	1960
21	Evenson Irrigation Dam	Harding	30	Low	Not assessed	1955
22	Prairie View Farms Inc.1	Meade	30	Low	Not assessed	1973
23	Viet No.1	Ziebach	30	Low	Not assessed	1962
24	Baumfalk Dam	Bon Homme	29	Low	Not assessed	2012
25	Viet No.2	Ziebach	29	Low	Not assessed	1962
26	M. Scism No.1	Custer	28	Low	Not assessed	1973
27	Fishko Dam #2	Fall River	28	Low	Not assessed	1968
28	Werdel East Dam	Hand	28	Low	Not assessed	2008
29	Leger Irrigation	Harding	28	Low	Not assessed	1950
30	D. Talley	Meade	28	Low	Not assessed	1964
31	Calvin Andersen Dam	Davison	27	Low	Not assessed	1968
32	Pfister Pond #2	Fall River	27	Low	Not assessed	1950
33	Sd Noname 147	Jackson	27	Significant	Not assessed	1960
34	Wolf Creek	Oglala Lakota	27	High	Unsatisfactory	1965
35	Blessing No.1	Tripp	27	Low	Not assessed	1977
36	Bernard Armstrong	Haakon	26	Significant	Not assessed	1969
37	T. Mahaffey	Meade	26	Low	Not assessed	1948
38	Marvin Reinhold Dam No.1	Meade	26	Low	Not assessed	1959
39	Jacquot Dam	Bennett	25	Significant	Not assessed	1960
40	Pettegrew Dam	Fall River	25	Low	Not assessed	1910
41	Paul's Irrigation Dam	Harding	25	Low	Not assessed	1953
42	Praire Dog Creek Dam	Harding	25	Low	Not assessed	1951
43	Glen Baker Dam	Lawrence	25	Low	Not assessed	1962
44	Larsen Irrigation Dam	Lyman	25	Low	Not assessed	1978
45	Mt. View Ranch Dam	Meade	25	Low	Not assessed	1965
46	Walter D. Miller Dam #1	Meade	25	Low	Not assessed	1963
47	Peno Grazing Association	Pennington	25	Low	Not assessed	1952
48	Jack Freeman	Ziebach	25	Low	Not assessed	1960
49	Johnson Dam	Deuel	24	Low	Not assessed	1965
50	Whidby Structure 20	Jackson	24	Significant	Not assessed	1966
51	Swayze Irr. Dam #2	Roberts	24	Low	Not assessed	1980
52	Copeland Dam	Todd	24	Low	Not assessed	1973
53	Alfred J. Burke Dam No.1	Butte	23	Low	Not assessed	1960
54	Fox Irrigation Dam	Harding	23	Low	Not assessed	1959
55	Walter Dennis Irrigation	Jackson	23	Low	Not assessed	1960
56	Sd Noname 20	Pennington	23	Low	Not assessed	1963
57	Budahl	Ziebach	23	Low	Not assessed	1959
58	Julian Cheney	Pennington	22	Low	Not assessed	1950
59	Davis Ranch Inc. No.1	Butte	21	Low	Not assessed	1914
60	Harold Arnold	Corson	21	Low	Not assessed	1950
61	Browns Pond Dam	Harding	21	Low	Not assessed	1962
62	Walter Dennis Irrigation	Jackson	21	Low	Not assessed	1960
63	Carl Humphrey Dam No.1	Meade	21	Low	Not assessed	1966
64	Swayze Irr. Dam	Roberts	21	Low	Not assessed	1981
65	Sammons	Ziebach	21	Low	Not assessed	1967
66	L. Woodward	Ziebach	21	Low	Not assessed	1961
67	Johnson Dam	Charles Mix	20	Low	Not assessed	1972
68	Dunn Road Dam	Harding	20	Low	Not assessed	1955
69	Turbiville Irrigation	Harding	20	Low	Not assessed	1950
70	Skull Creek Dam	Harding	20	Low	Not assessed	1950
71	Corn Creek	Mellette	20	High	Unsatisfactory
72	Sd Noname 100	Pennington	20	Low	Not assessed	1965
73	Dehaan Livestock Dam	Charles Mix	19	Low	Not assessed	1976
74	G. Flier	Custer	19	Low	Not assessed	1958
75	Sd Noname 110	Pennington	19	Low	Not assessed	1953
76	Estabrook Dam	Aurora	18	Low	Not assessed	1976
77	Catron Irrigation	Harding	18	Low	Not assessed	1951
78	Davis Irrigation	Harding	18	Low	Not assessed	1946
79	Evenson North Irrigation	Harding	18	Low	Not assessed	1950
80	Clanton Spreader Dam	Harding	18	Low	Not assessed	1955
81	Cottonwood Field Station	Jackson	18	Low	Not assessed	1937
82	Dorman Dam	Lyman	18	Low	Not assessed	1939
83	Horton Dam #2	Roberts	18	Low	Not assessed	1976
84	White Rock Colony Nouth Dam	Roberts	18	Low	Not assessed
85	Meat Hook No.1	Harding	17	Low	Not assessed	1958
86	W. Mann No.1	Meade	17	Low	Not assessed	1948
87	Prokop Dam	Jackson	16	Low	Not assessed	1975
88	White Rock Colony South Dam	Roberts	16	Low	Not assessed
89	Hanson Pond	Brown	15	Significant	Not assessed	1910
90	Smith Spreader Dam	Harding	15	Significant	Not assessed	1948
91	Christensen Dam	Lyman	15	Low	Not assessed
92	George Knapp Dam	Pennington	15	Low	Not assessed	1955
93	US Gov`t Dam	Butte	13	Low	Not assessed	1945
94	Wild Oak Golf Club Dam No. 1	Davison	13	Low	Not assessed	2002
95	Onida Feeders Dam	Sully	13	Low	Not assessed	1976
96	Crook Dam	Spink	11	Low	Not assessed	1951
97	Joes Spreader Dam	Harding	10	Low	Not assessed	1951

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