Dams in Meade County, South Dakota

177Total Dams

5High Hazard

7Significant

Dam Safety in Meade County, South Dakota

Meade County has 177 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 5 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Meade County is 68 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Buffalo Lake Road Dam 2 at 82 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Red Owl	High	Fair	36	Recreation	1937
Durkee	High	Fair	32	Recreation	1938
Opal Dam	High	Fair	22	Recreation	1937
Howie Dam	High	Fair	22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
C. Vansickel	High	Poor	17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1936
Buffalo Lake Road Dam 2	Significant		82	Recreation	1961
Sturgis #5	Significant		44	Water Supply	1959
Sturgis #4	Significant		37	Water Supply	1929
Sturgis #2	Significant		30	Water Supply	1894
J. Reed	Significant		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
H. Freeze	Significant		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1938
Hale 1	Significant		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1940
Curlew	Low		43	Recreation	1956
Nelson Dam	Low		34	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2001
Olsen Dam	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1980
Mccasland And Schiller 4	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Cecil Vig	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1963
Tift Dam	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
E.j. Mooney Dam No.1	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1959
Malon Dam	Low		31	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2001
Earl Mcpherson Dam No.1	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Tisdale Lake	Low		30	Recreation	1935
Prairie View Farms Inc.1	Low		30	Irrigation	1973
Mccasland And Schiller 1	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
D & D Farms	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
Ronald Philips Dam No.1	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Sanders Dam	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1937
Simons	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1997
Herford Lake	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1935
Bruch Bros.	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
Snook	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Samuelson Dam	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
D. Talley	Low		28	Irrigation	1964
Bedingfield Dam	Low		28	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2006
B. Helleckson	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1939
E. Hoffman No.9	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
G. Boke No.1	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1944
R. Talley No.1	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
Samuelson Dam #2	Low		27	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1999
T. Mahaffey	Low		26	Irrigation	1948
Harwood	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
Bonita Springs Lake	Low		26	Recreation	1935
Marvin Reinhold Dam No.1	Low		26	Irrigation	1959
Mccasland And Schiller 3	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
Lewis & Tinsley Dam	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1959
Mt. View Ranch Dam	Low		25	Irrigation	1965
Walter D. Miller Dam #1	Low		25	Irrigation	1963
J. Huston	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Barry	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1945
M. Ogrady	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Miller Dam	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1967
R. Howie	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
D. Nuzum	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
D. Timmons	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1973
E. Hoffman No. 2	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
Fischbach	Low		24	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Poss Dam	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1978
L. Bachand	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1943
S. Schroder	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
William Olson	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
Jensen Dam	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
Cecil Vig	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
M. Weyers	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
E. Hoffman No. 1	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
L. Reeves No.3	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
Francis Chaffee Dam No.1	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1957
Cecil Vig No. 4	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
Talley Dam	Low		22	Recreation	1938
C. Jordan	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Christ Orwick	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
E. Hoffman No. 4	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
R. Compton	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
D. Gifford No.1	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1964
Cecil Vig	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1963
Carl Lungren Dam No.1	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1935
Timmons Wetland Dam	Low		22	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1995
Phillips Dam	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
Clarence Goff	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
A. Oakland	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
W. Grueb	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
T. Sternard	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1938
Ollie Stomprud	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
Collins Dam	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
Ralph Hampton	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
Samuelson Bros. No.2	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
C. Nuzum No.2	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
E. Hoffman No. 3	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Carl Humphrey Dam No.1	Low		21	Irrigation	1966
L. Ingalls No.2	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
S. Baxter No. 1	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
Charles Weiss	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
E. Wilson	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1947
Delbridge Dam	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1931
Udager Dam	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Patterson Holding	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
Samuelson Bros. No.1	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Diamond F Ranch	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1938
Harold Mikudik	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
Vig Dt Dam	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Silbernagel Dam	Low		20	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
A. Simons	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
P. Bachman	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
Lundren 2	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Jordan Mundil	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
W. Jordan	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
E. Hoffman No. 5	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
G. Boke No.2	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Floyd Strong	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
Bruch Bros. No.2	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
Lee Crowser Dam No.1	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
Howes Grazing Association	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1998
Shirley Miller	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
Blair Dam	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1985
Christ Orwick	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Robert Schuelke	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
E. Mooney	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1947
Ted Olson	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
William Patterson	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
E. Hoffman No. 6	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
Paul Young	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
D. Gifford No.2	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1959
Raymond Hanzlik	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
Bobby Peters 2	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1963
Roger Weiss	Low		18	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Freeman	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1938
G. Welter	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1945
W. Richardson	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
N. Vansickel	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1949
W. Mann No.1	Low		17	Irrigation	1948
Kellogg 1	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1940
Mccasland And Schiller 2	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Charles Weiss	Low		17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
I. Thompson	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
Anderson 5	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1945
Wolken 1	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
Wolken 2	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
A. Fischbach Dam	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Williamson Dam	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1984
R. Hampton No.1	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1954
W. Mann No.2	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1947
C. Nuzum No.1	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
Reeves Cattle Co. No.2	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
P. Lorang Grazing Assn	Low		16	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1952
Haines Dam No. 1	Low		16	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2000
Scull Dam	Low		15	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2013
Martha Munroe	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
Peters 1	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
Mooney 1	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
Walter Ingals	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
W. Mann No.3	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1956
E. Hoffman No.8	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Samuelson Bros. No.4	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
E.b. Wilson	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
L. Ingalls No.1	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1942
S. Simon Dam	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
Charles Weiss	Low		15	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1950
State Land	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
D. Keffeler	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Anderson 1	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1940
Russell Dam	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
D. Wood	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1948
Blazek Dam	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1943
Sd Komes 1	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
E. Hoffman No. 7	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
Reeves Cattle Co. No.1	Low		14	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
A. Samuelson No.1	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1942
N. Overdahl	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1945
T. Mason	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
Richard Williamson	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1953
Wilson Ranch Dam	Low		13	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Haines Dam No. 2	Low		13	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2000
John Anderson 2	Low		12	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1945
R. Howie	Low		11	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1946
R. Talley No.2	Low		11	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
Strong 2	Low		11	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1960
George Levin Dam No.1	Low		10	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1951
Wilcox Dam	Low		10	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2009

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