Dams in Erath County, Texas
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 Rated | 74 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 21 Dam | High | Not Rated | 73 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1982 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 27 Dam | High | Not Rated | 70 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 25 Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 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 Rated | 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 Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | High | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 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 Rated | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | High | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 13 Dam | High | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Thurber Lake Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | High | Not Rated | 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 Rated | 60 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 24 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 18 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Thurber Lake No 2 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 24 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| Viss Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1993 |
| Hopson Dam No 2 | Significant | Not Rated | 17 | Irrigation | 1974 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 5 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 67 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 65 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 64 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 61 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 58 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1987 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 56 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1985 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 55 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 54 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 53 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 52 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 19 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 51 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Anglers Cove Dam | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Beacon Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Recreation | 2002 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Horseshoe Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 48 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 18 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Collier Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 47 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 12 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 23 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 21 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 14 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Paluky River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1989 |
| Paluxy River Ws Scs Site 4 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 13 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 22 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 41 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Thurber Lake No 5 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Brock Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Richardson Creek Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Recreation | 1987 |
| Foster Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 16-1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| Green Creek Ws Scs Site 11 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1956 |
| Upper House Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Lesley Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Thurber Lake No 4 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Spindor Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Crockett Creek Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Irrigation | 1990 |
| Upper Bosque River Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Lesley Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| House Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Irrigation | 1943 |
| Foster Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Water Supply | 1970 |
| Mitchell Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| Gross Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Water Supply | 1950 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 17 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1966 |
| El Colina Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Recreation | 1966 |
| Mize Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Water Supply | 1975 |
| Stewart Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Brock Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Rl Anderson Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Kyle Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Benham Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| J And J Beyers Dairy Dam No 2 | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Ne Trib Leon River Ws Scs Site 16-2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Baileys Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Huckabee Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Brooks Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Benham Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Stephenville Country Club Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Recreation | 1961 |
| Thurber Lake No 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Water Supply | 1975 |
| Mt Pleasant Dairy Holding Pond Dam | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Pass Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Water Supply | 1961 |
| Hopson Dam No 1 | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Lake Bedrock Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | |
| Warren Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Water Supply | 1955 |
| Farrow Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Water Supply | 1976 |
| Warren Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Water Supply | 1945 |
| Clapp Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Terrell Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Water Supply | 1960 |
| Pittman Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1961 |