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