Dams in Hill County, Texas
115Total Dams
8High Hazard
12Significant
Dam Safety in Hill County, Texas
Hill County has 115 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 8 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 12 carry a significant hazard classification.
The average dam in Hill County is 55 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Whitney Dam at 166 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Dam | High | Not Available | 166 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1951 |
| Aquilla Dam | High | Not Available | 104 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 23a Dam | High | Not Rated | 48 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 54 Dam | High | Not Rated | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 61 Dam | High | Fair | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 21a Dam | High | Fair | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1982 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 68 Dam | High | Not Rated | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | High | Fair | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 15 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 68 Dam | Significant | Fair | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1975 |
| Aquilla-hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 19a Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 70 Dam | Significant | Fair | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 82 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 83 Dam | Significant | Not Rated | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 86 Dam | Significant | Fair | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 71a Dam | Significant | Fair | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 105 | Significant | Not Rated | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 106 | Significant | Not Rated | 19 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 72 Dam | Significant | Fair | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1975 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 63 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 58 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 74 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 57 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 47 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 41 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 46 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Site 7 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1971 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 65a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 42 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 52 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 50 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 43 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1968 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 72a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 38 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 55 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 51 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 72 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 40 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 56 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 17 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 37 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 60 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 59 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 53 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 80 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Galbraith Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1971 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Site 1a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1972 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 62 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 10 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1985 |
| Hopper Gss | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Recreation | 1976 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 93 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 81 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 8 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Gss 11 | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1989 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 65 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 9 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Site 2a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 91a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 45 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 20 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 58 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Wolfe Dam 1 | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Keenan Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Keenan Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 67b Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 39 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Chambers Creek Ws Scs Site 67a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1967 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 37 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 92a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 6 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Kennedy Gss | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Wolfe Dam 2 | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Site 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1972 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 78 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Gss 5-9 | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 87a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1981 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 28 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 46 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 94 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 48 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Burt Gss | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Wright Gss | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 92c Dam | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 92b | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1986 |
| Muesse Gss | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1963 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 89 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 90 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Steele Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Recreation | 1980 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Gss 5-8 | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 66 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 6a Dam | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1964 |
| Stribling Gss No 2 | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Recreation | 1978 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 88 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1974 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 11 3 | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 20-1 | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Burnett Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1973 |
| Mcniel Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Nrcs Gcc 101 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 22 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 14 2 | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1975 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 14-1 | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1975 |
| Hubbard Lake No 4 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Recreation | 1917 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 102 | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 15 1 | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| S And H Gss | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | 1979 |
| Richland Creek Ws Scs Site 49 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 19 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1961 |
| Hubbard Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1956 |
| Hubbard Lake No 3 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1913 |
| Tehuacana Creek Ws Scs Gss 5 1 | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Hubbard Lake No 5 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Recreation | 1925 |
| Kempshafer Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 |
| Gilmer And Walker Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Recreation | 1972 |
| Coffelt Lake No 2 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Recreation | 1957 |
| Isenberg Lake Dam | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Aquilla Hackberry Ck Ws Scs Gss 11 2 | Low | Not Rated | 14 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1976 |
| Coffelt Lake No 1 Dam | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Recreation | 1957 |