123Total Dams
35High Hazard
6Significant
Dam Safety in Erath County, Texas
Erath County has 123 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 35 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 6 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 2 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Erath County is 57 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam at 74 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | High | Not assessed | 74 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 21 Dam | High | Not assessed | 73 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1982 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 27 Dam | High | Not assessed | 70 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 25 Dam | High | Not assessed | 57 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | High | Fair | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 26 Dam | High | Not assessed | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | High | Fair | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | High | Not assessed | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | High | Fair | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | High | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | High | Not assessed | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | High | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1955 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | High | Not assessed | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | High | Fair | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 25 Dam | High | Fair | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | High | Not assessed | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | High | Not assessed | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1972 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | High | Fair | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 14 Dam | High | Not assessed | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | High | Not assessed | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 13 Dam | High | Not assessed | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | High | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1970 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | High | Fair | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 13 Dam | High | Fair | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | High | Unsatisfactory | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1955 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | High | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Thurber Lake Dam | High | Not assessed | 29 | Irrigation | |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | High | Fair | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1955 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | High | Fair | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1954 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | High | Not assessed | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | High | Not assessed | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | High | Fair | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1955 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | High | Fair | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1955 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 14 Dam | High | Fair | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 17 Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 60 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 24 Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 18 Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Thurber Lake No 2 Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 24 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| Viss Dam | Significant | Not assessed | 23 | Recreation | 1993 |
| Hopson Dam No 2 | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1974 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 67 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 65 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 64 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 61 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 58 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1987 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 56 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1985 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 54 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 53 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 52 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 51 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Anglers Cove Dam | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Beacon Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Horseshoe Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 48 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 18 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Collier Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 47 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 23 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 21 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 14 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Paluky River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1989 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 13 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 22 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Thurber Lake No 5 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Brock Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Richardson Creek Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Foster Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 16-1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Upper House Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Lesley Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Thurber Lake No 4 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Spindor Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Crockett Creek Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Irrigation | 1990 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Lesley Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| House Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Irrigation | 1943 |
| Foster Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 31 | Water Supply | 1970 |
| Mitchell Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| Gross Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Water Supply | 1950 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 17 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| El Colina Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 28 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Mize Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Water Supply | 1975 |
| Stewart Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Brock Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Rl Anderson Dam | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Kyle Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Benham Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| J and J Beyers Dairy Dam No 2 | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 16-2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Baileys Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Huckabee Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Brooks Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 22 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Benham Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Stephenville Country Club Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Recreation | 1961 |
| Thurber Lake No 3 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Water Supply | 1975 |
| Mt Pleasant Dairy Holding Pond Dam | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Pass Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| Hopson Dam No 1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Lake Bedrock Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | |
| Warren Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Water Supply | 1955 |
| Farrow Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 19 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Warren Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Water Supply | 1945 |
| Clapp Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Terrell Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Pittman Lake Dam | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Recreation | 1961 |