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