155Total Dams
2High Hazard
1Significant
Dam Safety in Perkins County, South Dakota
Perkins County has 155 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 2 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 1 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dam has a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Perkins County is 70 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Shadehill Dam at 145 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadehill Dam | High | Not assessed | 145 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1951 |
| Mark Fisher Dam | High | Poor | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Zeke Allart Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Odou Patterson | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Flat Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Roy Mcginnis | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Sorum Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Morris Jensen | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Marlo Johnson | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Coal Springs Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Morris Hamilton | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| East Lemmon | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Recreation | 1930 |
| Kermit-johnson-no.1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Jenson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Escott Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Tom Gabbert | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Johnson Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Vobedja | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Dutton Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Gerbracht Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1998 |
| State of Sd | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Robert Kressly | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Fairview Ranch Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2004 |
| Harold Hedstron | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Eugene Welder | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Mollman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2002 |
| Lodgepole Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1937 |
| Earl Pullins | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Frank-ruby | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| John Johnson | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Cole Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Walt Crawford | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Morris Jensen | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Kelly Escott Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1996 |
| Marlo Johnson | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Lester Sein | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Pasture 8 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1985 |
| Bison | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Recreation | 1947 |
| Pasture 6en Du Swsw | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1985 |
| Christ Orwick | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Eldrod Kolb | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Nolan Sexton | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Joe Wunder | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Herman Kaubish Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| White Hill Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1930 |
| Besler Dam No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| Rowbotham Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1933 |
| Ivan Mills | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Floyd Hall | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Jack Bastain | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Gary Larson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Wm T Malloy | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Riedy Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Recreation | 1934 |
| Pasture 9 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1995 |
| Besler Dam No. 4 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| Besler Dam No. 5 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2001 |
| F. Witte | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Robert Reeder | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Leland Edwards | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Miller Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Miller Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Louie Englehardt | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Lewellan Engelhardt | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Mario Johnson | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| G.m. Strand | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| White Ranch | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Herman Kaubish Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| D. Dunn | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Chapman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1965 |
| Rose Karnen | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Robert Kressly | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Keith Hansen | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Lenard Chapman | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Joe Wiesinger | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Smaltz Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Miller Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| John Isaac | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Rudolph Larson | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Alex Krischen | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| J.b. Mcginnis | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Pearl Ross | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Grady Wilson Jr. | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| R.a. Gebracht | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1951 |
| Besler Dam No. 3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| Talley Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Leland Edwards | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| R. Wolff | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Wd Crockett | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Lenard Chapman | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Roy Brown | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Ervin Wolff | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Frank Gebracht | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| John Penor | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Two Buttes Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Miller Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Ben Clark | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Richard Woll | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Dell Oliver | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Simpson Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Muth Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| Peck Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1934 |
| John Penor | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Beryl Veal | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Alex Krischen | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Gary Larson | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Ernest Kolb | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| George Clark | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Tom Mason | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Robert Week | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| George Jesfjeld | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Clifford Seidel | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Herman Van Den Berg | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Robinson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1936 |
| V. Anders | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| William Baxter | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Richard Wolff | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Howard Capp | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Simons Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Arnt Jorgenson | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Glenn Wishard | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Kolb Dam | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1975 |
| Joe Hulm | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Arthur Preszier | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| USA | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Water Supply | 1950 |
| Howard Capp | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Francis Veal | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Howard Capp | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Harold Flatmoe | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Louie Englehardt | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Allen Robinson | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| William Freise | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| George Hulm | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Hauge Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Besler Dam No. 6 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2010 |
| Besler Dam #2 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| South Fork Impoundment | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1992 |
| D. Ulrich | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1910 |
| Leland Edwards | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Leland Edwards | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Deer Creek South | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1991 |
| Ernest Kolb | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Ben Clark | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Z. Drum | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 |
| Raymond Meyer | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Beryl Veal | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Wayne Kennedy | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| John Tescher | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Wayne Besler | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Martin Sander | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| J. Tischler | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| W. Reedy | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| C&f Ranch | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Mcluin Seymour | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Joe Wunder | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Deer Creek North | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1991 |