83Total Dams
0High Hazard
4Significant
Dam Safety in Stanley County, South Dakota
Stanley County has 83 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Another 4 carry a significant hazard classification.
The average dam in Stanley County is 57 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Prince Irrigation Dam #2 at 46 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Irrigation Dam #2 | Significant | Not assessed | 46 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1976 |
| Sonnenschein Number 2 | Significant | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Ralph Hedman | Significant | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Haskins Number 1 | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 |
| Louis Bonhorst Number 5 | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Plum Creek Grazing Assn | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Lawrence Donelan | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Sonnenschien Number 3 | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Prince & Sons Number 2 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Louis Bonhorst Number 2 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Louis Bonhorst Number 4 | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Stoeser No. 6 | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Grade Stabilization | 2017 |
| Norbert Bonhorst | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Gaylord Norman #2 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Gaylord Norman #1 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| Norman Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Stoeser No 8 | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2018 |
| Bown Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Livermore | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Hedman Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Louis Bonhorst #1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Stoeser No. 5 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Grade Stabilization | 2017 |
| Allen Stirling Number 2 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| J.e. Sheehan Es #1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Bergeson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1995 |
| Stoeser Dam #2 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1976 |
| David Olson | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Hollingsworth-shaffer Ranch Dam | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2013 |
| Duwayne Slaathaug #1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Joe Schomer 1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Mathews Bros. Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| W.n. Barrick Es | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Mcquistion West Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2004 |
| Stockwater Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1984 |
| Stoeser No. 7 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2010 |
| Chisholm Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Louis Bonhorst Number 3 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Mathews Bros. Number 2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Prince & Sons Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Bad River Cattle Co. #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Bad River Cattle Co. #2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Henry Wilson | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Leslie Caldwell | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Norman Es | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Alvin Horman | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Sonnenschein Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Plum Creek Grazing Assn | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Harold Stirling | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Louis Caldwell | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Walter Thompson | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Goodman Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Charles Frazier | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Stoeser No. 4 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Recreation | 2008 |
| Allen Stirling Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| J.e. Sheehan Es #3 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Tribal | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Water Supply | 1957 |
| Carl Hansen | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Grass Creek 727 (nid) | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Williams No 3 (nid) | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Robert Calkinsor | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Bob Stoeser Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1996 |
| Mcquistion East Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2004 |
| Double Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Joe Schomer 2 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Doolittle Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2018 |
| John Saucerman Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Stoeser Dam #3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1976 |
| Gaylord Saucerman | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Otto Schmidt | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Rose Ranch Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1993 |
| Hedman #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| F.r. Fackelman | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Bergeson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2008 |
| Ernest Nemec Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Bernard Stoeser | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Hayes | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Recreation | 1937 |
| Norman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2015 |
| Roscoe Riggle | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Anderson Number 1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Neuharth Dam #2 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1993 |
| Williams 783 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1938 |
| Sd Noname 289 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Neuharth Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1993 |