Recreation Dams in South Dakota

South Dakota has 218 recreation dams, of which 49 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Sheridan Lake	Pennington	134	High	Not assessed	1939
2	Buffalo Lake Road Dam 1	Ziebach	95	Significant	Not assessed	1961
3	Buffalo Lake Road Dam 2	Meade	82	Significant	Not assessed	1961
4	Horsethief Lake	Pennington	65	High	Not assessed	1940
5	Oglala	Oglala Lakota	62	High	Unsatisfactory	1941
6	Marindahl	Yankton	58	High	Poor	1953
7	Center Lake Dam	Custer	56	High	Fair	1935
8	Crow Creek	Buffalo	55	Significant	Poor	1939
9	Stockade Lake Dam	Custer	53	High	Fair	1930
10	Menno Dam	Hutchinson	53	High	Fair	1935
11	Richmond	Brown	52	High	Poor	1935
12	Indian Scout	Todd	50	High	Satisfactory	2010
13	James Diversion Dam	Beadle	47	Low	Not assessed	1964
14	Lakota	Custer	47	High	Not assessed	1962
15	Ghost Hawk	Todd	47	High	Unsatisfactory	1975
16	Hurley	Potter	46	Significant	Not assessed	1933
17	Henry	Bon Homme	45	Significant	Not assessed	1938
18	Boy Scouts of America	Pennington	44	Low	Not assessed	1975
19	Fourth Street Dam	Hughes	43	High	Fair	1993
20	Curlew	Meade	43	Low	Not assessed	1956
21	Iron Cr Lake	Lawrence	41	High	Not assessed	1937
22	Beaulieu	Tripp	41	High	Fair	1947
23	Rank Dam	Buffalo	40	High	Poor	1935
24	Bismark Lake	Custer	40	High	Not assessed	1937
25	Blue Cloud Abbey Dam #2	Grant	40	Low	Not assessed	1978
26	New Wall Lake	Pennington	40	Low	Not assessed	1947
27	Richard Glines	Corson	39	Significant	Not assessed	1910
28	Standing Rock No. 1	Corson	39	High	Fair	1935
29	Faulkton Dam	Faulk	39	High	Fair	1936
30	Legion Lake Dam	Custer	38	High	Fair	1934
31	Sylvan Lake Dam	Custer	37	High	Fair	1906
32	Kyle	Oglala Lakota	37	High	Satisfactory	1935
33	Rosebud	Todd	37	High	Satisfactory	1935
34	Red Owl	Meade	36	High	Fair	1937
35	Deerfield Park	Pennington	36	High	Fair	1981
36	Parmelee	Todd	36	High	Fair	1968
37	Bohle Dam	Corson	35	Low	Not assessed	1937
38	Amsden	Day	35	Low	Not assessed	1937
39	Blue Cloud Abbey Dam #1	Grant	35	Low	Not assessed	1951
40	White Clay	Oglala Lakota	35	High	Unsatisfactory	1936
41	Flat Creek Dam	Perkins	35	Low	Not assessed	1934
42	Lake Campbell	Campbell	34	Low	Not assessed	1934
43	East Morristown Lake	Corson	34	Low	Not assessed	1910
44	Lake Louise	Hand	34	Low	Not assessed	1932
45	Stephen Mission	Hyde	34	Low	Not assessed	1939
46	May & Sons, Inc.	Jackson	34	Low	Not assessed	1978
47	Loyalton (stafford)	Edmunds	33	Low	Not assessed	1934
48	Sunshine	Haakon	33	Low	Not assessed	1933
49	Sorum Dam	Perkins	33	Low	Not assessed	1934
50	Ring Thunder	Todd	33	High	Fair	1974
51	Dowd Dam	Charles Mix	32	Low	Not assessed	1935
52	Snake Creek Rec. Area Dam	Charles Mix	32	Low	Not assessed	1995
53	Lake Corsica Dam	Douglas	32	High	Poor	1939
54	Mina	Edmunds	32	Significant	Not assessed	1934
55	Gardner Lake Dam	Harding	32	High	Fair	1948
56	Woodruff	Hughes	32	Low	Not assessed	1937
57	Durkee	Meade	32	High	Fair	1938
58	Wilmarth	Aurora	31	Low	Not assessed	1937
59	Brueschke Dam	Dewey	31	High	Fair	1933
60	Lake Dakotah	Hand	31	Low	Not assessed	1938
61	Guericke	Hutchinson	31	Low	Not assessed	1967
62	Quirk Dam	Hyde	31	Low	Not assessed	1935
63	Wicksville	Pennington	31	Low	Not assessed	1935
64	Mitchell Lake	Pennington	31	High	Not assessed	1936
65	Coal Springs Dam	Perkins	31	Low	Not assessed	1934
66	Bown Dam	Stanley	31	Low	Not assessed	1957
67	Wells Dam	Brule	30	Low	Not assessed	1935
68	Dante Lake Dam	Charles Mix	30	Low	Not assessed	1938
69	Isabel	Dewey	30	High	Fair	1935
70	Little Moreau #1	Dewey	30	Low	Not assessed	1933
71	Dimock	Hutchinson	30	Low	Not assessed	1937
72	Alvine Dam	Lake	30	Low	Not assessed	1974
73	White Lake Dam	Marshall	30	Significant	Not assessed	1933
74	Tisdale Lake	Meade	30	Low	Not assessed	1935
75	Assam	Minnehaha	30	Significant	Not assessed	1968
76	East Lemmon	Perkins	30	Low	Not assessed	1930
77	Redfield Lake	Spink	30	High	Poor	1939
78	Woolhizer Dam	Tripp	30	Low	Not assessed	1935
79	Geddes	Charles Mix	29	Low	Not assessed	1940
80	Brakke Dam	Lyman	29	Significant	Not assessed	1937
81	Jenson Dam	Perkins	29	Low	Not assessed	1934
82	Sully 2	Todd	29	High	Satisfactory	1935
83	Hamak	Faulk	28	Low	Not assessed	1938
84	Fairfax Lake	Gregory	28	Low	Not assessed	1934
85	Hickman Dam	Marshall	28	Low	Not assessed	1939
86	Harr Dam	Minnehaha	28	Low	Not assessed	1977
87	Owanka	Pennington	28	Low	Not assessed	1935
88	Bruce Dam	Pennington	28	Low	Not assessed	1937
89	Vobedja	Perkins	28	Low	Not assessed	1934
90	Cedar Creek Dam	Bennett	27	Low	Not assessed	1989
91	Pudwell Dam	Corson	27	Significant	Not assessed	1939
92	Waggoner	Haakon	27	Significant	Not assessed	1940
93	Capitol Lake Dam	Hughes	27	High	Fair	1921
94	Tripp	Hutchinson	27	Low	Not assessed	1934
95	Canton Dam No.1	Lincoln	27	Significant	Not assessed	1977
96	Byre Dam	Lyman	27	Significant	Not assessed	1940
97	Denby Dam	Oglala Lakota	27	Low	Not assessed	1939
98	Ottumwa Dam	Haakon	26	Significant	Not assessed	1938
99	Larsen Dam	Lyman	26	Low	Not assessed	1937
100	Bonita Springs Lake	Meade	26	Low	Not assessed	1935

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