Water Supply Dams in South Dakota

South Dakota has 49 water supply dams, of which 5 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores water for municipal, industrial, or agricultural use, helping ensure a reliable supply for the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Mitchell	Davison	55	High	Fair	1928
2	Elm Lake Dam	Brown	52	High	Satisfactory	1937
3	Willow Creek	Brown	49	High	Fair	1934
4	Sturgis #5	Meade	44	Significant	Not assessed	1959
5	City of Murdo Number #1	Jones	42	Significant	Not assessed	1938
6	Mirage	Spink	38	Low	Not assessed	1972
7	Sturgis #4	Meade	37	Significant	Not assessed	1929
8	Bruning No.1	Mellette	34	High	Fair	1934
9	Petranek #1	Mellette	33	Low	Not assessed	1934
10	City of Murdo Number #2	Jones	31	Low	Not assessed	1920
11	Eros Data Center Dam	Minnehaha	31	Low	Not assessed	1972
12	Sturgis #2	Meade	30	Significant	Not assessed	1894
13	Thomas Number 3	Jones	28	Low	Not assessed	1959
14	Tribe No.11	Ziebach	28	Low	Not assessed	1960
15	Tribe No.4	Ziebach	28	Low	Not assessed	1961
16	Dry Hole	Harding	27	Low	Not assessed	1951
17	Stephen Mission	Hyde	26	Low	Not assessed	1943
18	Rae Number 3	Jones	26	Low	Not assessed	1958
19	Carthage	Miner	26	Low	Not assessed	1964
20	U S a	Sully	26	Low	Not assessed	1938
21	Tribe No.7	Ziebach	26	Low	Not assessed	1960
22	Lookout	Lyman	25	Low	Not assessed	1938
23	Blaine Drageset	Corson	24	Low	Not assessed	1950
24	Trail City Dam	Corson	24	Low	Not assessed	1935
25	Tribal	Stanley	24	Low	Not assessed	1957
26	Tribe No.8	Ziebach	23	Low	Not assessed	1959
27	Tribe No.2	Ziebach	23	Low	Not assessed	1956
28	Tribe No.10	Ziebach	23	Low	Not assessed	1957
29	William Huether	Pennington	22	Low	Not assessed	1958
30	Sully Dam	Sully	22	Low	Not assessed	1938
31	Standing Rock Tribe	Corson	21	Significant	Not assessed	1939
32	Hamill Dam	Tripp	21	Low	Not assessed	1933
33	Tribe No.6	Ziebach	21	Low	Not assessed	1947
34	Tribe No.9	Ziebach	21	Low	Not assessed	1959
35	Standing Rock Tribe	Corson	20	Low	Not assessed	1940
36	Little Pond	Harding	20	Low	Not assessed	1951
37	Wolff Lake	McPherson	20	Low	Not assessed	1938
38	R.a. Gebracht	Perkins	20	Low	Not assessed	1951
39	Circle Eagle	Ziebach	20	Low	Not assessed	1939
40	Tribe No.3	Ziebach	20	Low	Not assessed	1952
41	Sargent Dam	Ziebach	20	Low	Not assessed	1937
42	Stinking Buffalo	Harding	19	Low	Not assessed	1951
43	Road Dam	Harding	19	Low	Not assessed	1953
44	Sd Noname 12	Pennington	17	Low	Not assessed	1952
45	Standing Rock Tribe	Corson	16	Low	Not assessed	1938
46	USA	Perkins	16	Low	Not assessed	1950
47	Farley Lake Dam	Grant	15	High	Fair	1910
48	Old Town Dam	Pennington	14	Low	Not assessed	1941
49	State of South Dakota	Potter	12	Low	Not assessed	1954

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