108Total Dams
3High Hazard
3Significant
Dam Safety in Ziebach County, South Dakota
Ziebach County has 108 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 3 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 3 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Ziebach County is 72 years old. The most common purpose is fire protection, stock, or small fish pond. The tallest dam is Buffalo Lake Road Dam 1 at 95 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Smith Dam | High | Poor | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Bud Young Section 3 | High | Poor | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Bednar Dam | High | Poor | 19 | Recreation | 1933 |
| Buffalo Lake Road Dam 1 | Significant | Not assessed | 95 | Recreation | 1961 |
| Dragest Dam | Significant | Fair | 32 | Other | 1977 |
| V. Miller No.2 | Significant | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Hickman No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Collins Dam | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 |
| Viet No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| Pothast Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2003 |
| Hickman No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| E. Hunt | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Viet No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Irrigation | 1962 |
| Tribe No.11 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Jack Hunt | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Tribe No.4 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| W. Holmes No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Sammons No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Mraz Bros | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| M. Aspach | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| W. Holmes No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Mandernach & Carlson | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| M. Matthews | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Baxter No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Tribe No.7 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Clavel No.4 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Zorc Bros. No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Baxter No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| Mcclellan Bros. | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Jack Freeman | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Roy Veit No.4 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1972 |
| Mandernach and Carlson 4 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| R. Keckley No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 |
| Mitchell Dam | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1978 |
| Mandernach & Carlson No. | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| M. Schatz No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Mandernach and Carlson 3 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| R. Keckley No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Mandernach and Carlson 6 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Jack Freeman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Budahl | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Clavel No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 |
| F. Miller | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Tribe No.8 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| Tribe No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Water Supply | 1956 |
| Mandernach and Carlson 2 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Tribe No.10 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Water Supply | 1957 |
| Mandernach & Carlson No. 9 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| M. Mraz | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Clavel No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| O. Drageset No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| K. Dorsey No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| W. Holmes No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| K. Dorsey No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| R. Bierman No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 |
| Johnson | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Sammons | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1967 |
| Tribe No.6 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Water Supply | 1947 |
| G. Lund | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| L. Woodward | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| T. Trent No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Tribe No.9 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| V. Miller No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| R. Fields No.4 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| Robert Meyer No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Robert Meyer No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Walter Miller No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| Herron Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| B. Silverman Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Baxter No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Circle Eagle | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1939 |
| Tribe No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Tribe No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1952 |
| Robert Meyer No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| B. Butler No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| Wall Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| M. Schatz No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| C Little Wounded | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 |
| Sargent Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1937 |
| Carmichael | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Matter | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1938 |
| A. Dosch | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Hulm | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| O. Drageset No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| R. Fields No.5 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| M. Kelley No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| Olsen Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1995 |
| R. Fields No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Glad Valley | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Recreation | 1938 |
| M. Schatz No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| C. Bennett | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| R. Bierman | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 |
| Zorc Bros. No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |
| L. Barnica | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| H. Schuchhardt | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1942 |
| B. Butler No.3 | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| A. Herron No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 |
| C. Steen | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Mandernach and Carlson 5 | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| A. Drageset No.4 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1946 |
| C. Birkland | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1944 |
| O. Drageset | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 |
| J. Gebhart No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| R. Fields No.1 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| B. Butler No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| C. Mraz | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |
| Marple | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 |
| Clavel No.2 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 |